International Human Rights Grants (2006)

• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc

  To end Executive abuses including torture, indefinite detention and unlawful surveillance perpetrated in the context of counter-terrorism by mobilising diverse U.S. constituencies through the press, community activism and reaching across the political aisle, congressional action and litigation. (Over two years)

• Committee for the Administration of Justice

  To contribute, in partnership with British Irish Watch, to continuing truth seeking initiatives addressing the legacy of political conflict in Northern Ireland with a view to ensuring the accountability and reform of State institutions. (Over two years)

• Death Penalty Project Ltd

  To appeal gross miscarriages of justices for individuals on death row in African and Caribbean jurisdictions and to challenge through constitutional provisions and/or international law, systemic flaws in the application of the death penalty including its mandatory imposition and its applicability to juvenile offenders in Uganda and potentially other African jurisdictions. (Over two years)

• Front Line

  To mobilise European Union member states and European media in support of human rights defenders with a view to the improved implementation of the EU Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. (Over two years)

• Humanitarian Law Centre

  To ensure that Serbia confronts the legacy of gross human rights abuses including through truth-telling initiatives, the rigorous documentation of political violence, domestic war crimes prosecutions and civil suits by victims against the State. (Over three years)

• Independent Diplomat Ltd

  To provide, on a confidential basis, independent advice on diplomatic strategy to governments, international institutions and NGOs with a view to levelling the playing field for the disadvantaged and marginalised.

• International Rehabilitation Council on Torture Victims (IRCT)

  To provide general support for IRCT’s activities, principally in the developing world. To nurture forensic and treatment expertise among health professionals for the diagnosis and treatment of torture victims. To develop dedicated rehabilitation centres, and campaign for the total prohibition on torture. To regrant emergency funding to rehabilitation centres in the developing world.

• Kurdish Human Rights Project

  To secure redress for egregious human rights violations perpetrated against Kurdish minorities through strategic litigation at the European Court of Human Rights; to train local advocates to pursue such litigation; and to document and campaign against human rights abuses perpetrated against Kurds in Kurdish territories. (Over two years)

• Martin Ennals Foundation

  To honour two courageous human rights defenders, Akabr Ganji (Iran) and Anrold Tsunga (Zimbabwe) through the annual Martin Ennals Award; to launch an international awareness campaign to highlight their work through press activism and two film portraits.

• Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture

  To mobilise civil society, governments and UN mechanism through the use of Urgent Appeals to secure the release of individuals subjected to torture or unlawfully detained with particular reference to women and children. To provide emergency assistance to victims of torture; to protect human rights defenders and campaign for systemic improvements in human rights protection.

• Reprieve

  To support proactive media, parliamentary and community work on counter-terrorism addressing issues including torture, rendition, 90-day detention and the mooted repeal of the Human Rights Act in the UK. (Over two years)

• Save Darfur Coalition

  To influence African and Arab nations to persuade Khartoum to permit the deployment of a credible peace-keeping force under UN command; permit unfettered access for humanitarian agencies; permit the voluntary and safe return of those displaced to their region of origin; and ensure accountability for those responsible for the worst of the violence.

• Witness Inc

  To empower local human rights defenders to strengthen the impact of their advocacy through the use of video images and other communication technologies. (Over two years)

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