Grant Program International Human Rights

To continue litigation against Algeria’s Islamic Salvation Front and leader Anwar Haddam, for gross violations of human rights.

To improve and expand the Human Rights Library on the World Wide Web.

To convene a meeting of prominent Latin American human rights advocates in Lima, Peru, to discuss challenges and strategies for the community.

To enable representatives from two Mexican human rights organizations to travel to Geneva to attend the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

To conduct a trial observer mission in Cambodia.

To promote human rights in Burma by raising international awareness of the repressive conditions in that country.

To promote human rights in China through connections with human rights advocates in China and exiled dissidents around the world.

To provide technical assistance on legal human rights issues to South Asian human rights advocates and organizations.

To reform government secrecy practices and improve human rights accountability in Latin America.

To provide emergency funds for a consultant to travel to Albania to conduct a needs assessment to determine what role the Lawyers Committee might play with Kosovar refugees.