Provides financial and administrative support: legal and medical fees; find safe refuge (safe relocation); asylum process support for journalists who are victims of reprisals because of their reporting.
Requests by individuals,
NGOs or media outlets for assistance should be sent to:
Reporters Without Borders
Assistance Desk
CS 90247
75083 Paris Cedex 02
France
For individual requests for assistance: assistance2@rsf.org or +33 1 4483 8466
Fellows spend from one semester to a full academic year (preference for candidates who can commit to a full academic year) in residence at the Law School and devote the majority of their time to research and writing on a specific human rights topic. During this time, they may also audit courses in human rights and related subjects.
Information: http://hrp.law.harvard.edu/fellowships/visiting-fellowships/
In solidarity with the human rights movement, Dejusticia has developed a fellowship program to support human rights defenders of the Global South who, because of their work and advocacies, have been subjected to elevated risk from repressive actions by governments and other actors. Through the fellowship program, they offer the fellows respite from the difficult contexts in which they work, time to reflect on and retool their strategies and approaches, the opportunity to receive financial s
Financial aid helping HRDs to continue work in their home country OR chance to travel to Spain, for a period of several weeks to provide a period of rest to be used for their physical and psychological recovery
Contact Form: http://www.defenred.org/paginas/contact/
Opportunity to engage in training, networking, project work, and academic study in historical dialogue and related fields at Columbia University in New York City for the fall semester. The comprehensive fellowship program provides fellows with the opportunity to hone practical skills in fundraising, advocacy and leadership; to develop a deeper understanding of and engagement with the past; and to foster mutually beneficial relationships with their peers and with international and non-profit organizations based in New York and Washington, D.C.
The Oak Fellowship is a faculty position. The Fellow’s primary responsibility is to teach about human rights issues in his or her area,
The online application form is available in September, and the deadline is December.
Link: http://www.colby.edu/oakinstitute/oak-fellowship-2016-application/
* The program accepts one human rights professional.
The Natalia Project is the world’s first alarm and positioning system for HRDs at risk. The participants wear the Natalia Project alarm on their wrists. In case of an attack, a pull of the wristband activates the alarm upon which a distress signal is sent to Civil Rights Defenders headquarters in Stockholm. Each participant of Natalia Project also has a comprehensive security plan. In order to become a participant, each HRD gets tailored security training where they learn how to use the bracelet and get assistance in developing an organizational security protocol.
Efficient assistance through temporary relocation; trial observation; other types of urgent assistance (such as medical support fees).
(Maximum grant is 5,000 EUR)
Information: https://www.forum-asia.org/?p=7302
Email: protection@forum-asia.org
Tel: +66(0)263-79-126 ext. no. 201
* The human rights defender applying for assistance should be endorsed by one of FORUM-ASIA’s member/partner organisations.
Evacuation aid, relocation assistance, legal assistance, medical aid and intervention with authorities
Information: http://www.aedh.org/en/home/what-we-do/emergency-fund-for-human-rights-defenders?id=224
Phone number: + 33 (0)4 37 37 10 11
Medical expenses; legal representation; prison visits; trial monitoring; temporary relocation; dependent support; security and equipment replacement; other urgent matters.
Information: https://freedomhouse.org/program/dignity-all-lgbti-assistance-program
* Civil Society organizations are supported due to their work for LGBTI rights.