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Human Rights

2005 Grants

Grants in or Related to Latin America

Asociacion Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia	$40,000
To encourage Argentina's legal community to recognize social and economic rights, and to conduct legal advocacy that promotes essential services for the poor

Center for Justice and International Law	$100,000
To promote and protect human rights in Latin America through litigation and by providing training to human rights advocates.

Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society	$84,500
To promote human rights and the rule of law in Colombia through research, advocacy, training and information dissemination.

Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez	$90,000
To promote human rights in Mexico through litigation and legal assistance to victims of human rights violations.

Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales	$68,000
To litigate cases of human rights violations in Argentina before federal and international courts. Final installment of a three year, $200,000 grant.

Comision Colombiana de Juristas	$100,000
To use legal strategies for promoting and protecting human rights in Colombia.

Comision Colombiana de Juristas	$15,000
To provide general support.

Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos	$80,000
To promote and defend human rights in Mexico, with a particular emphasis on litigation.

Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos	$90,000
To promote and defend human rights in Peru.

Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense	$75,000
To use forensic science techniques to promote human rights in Latin America; and to train scientists to conduct forensic human rights investigations. First installment of a two-year, $150,000 grant.

Equipo Colombiano de Trabajo Forense y Asistencia Psicosocial	$50,000
Investigate human rights violations in Colombia using forensic science techniques, and to provide psychological support services to victims and their family members.

Fundacion Documentacion y Archivo de la Vicaria de la Solidaridad	$10,000
To preserve archival documents relating to human rights in Chile in the 20th century.

Global Rights Partners for Justice	$75,000
To combat racial discrimination and promote human rights for African descendants in Latin America.

Instituto Solidaridad y Desarrollo	$90,000
To strengthen the Human Rights Public Policies Oversight System of the Southern Cone Common Market.

Memoria Abierta	$60,000
To preserve the history of Argentina's period of state terrorism and its impact throughout the country by strengthening the organization's development and communications programs.

National Security Archive Fund	$80,000
To assist Latin American human rights organizations in accessing documents relating to human rights violations.

Tlachinollan Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montana	$40,000
To defend and promote human rights for indigenous people in the Costa Chica and Montaña regions of Guerrero, Mexico.

Universidad de Chile Centro de Derechos Humanos	$90,000
To strengthen human rights and democracy in Latin America by building the capacity of lawyers, human rights advocates, government officials and journalists.

Universidad Diego Portales	$50,000
To publish the fourth annual report on human rights in Chile.

Washington Office on Latin America	$75,000
To promote human rights and democracy in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on improving US policy in the region.

Core Grantees

Human Rights First	$150,000
To promote human rights around the world, focusing on US civil liberties, refugee protection, international justice, and promoting and protecting human rights defenders.

Human Rights Watch	$150,000
To defend human rights through in-depth research and advocacy with local, national and international government policymakers, nongovernmental organizations and the media.

Physicians for Human Rights	$150,000
To promote human rights around the world by engaging in fact-finding investigations and mobilizing health professionals in support of human rights.

Grants to Other Regions or Issues

Human Rights First	$107,000
To hire a senior lawyer for the US Law and Security Program. First installment of a two-year, $214,000 grant.

International League for Human Rights	$50,000
To counteract US violations of Geneva Convention mandates, and to stimulate and support the involvement of professional organizations to uphold US compliance with international human rights standards.

Protecting Threatened Activists

Human Rights First	$28,500
To provide emergency support to threatened human rights advocates from China, Colombia, Iran, South Africa, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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