Rights defenders operate under difficult conditions all over the world. You can find information about the support programs created in different categories to improve their conditions here.

Global South Fellowships developed by Dejusticia
Human Rights Defenders at Risk
Sakharov Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Defenders
The Marianne Initiative for Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Defenders
Shelter City Netherlands: Call for Applications for September 2023
Human Rights Activists, Journalists, Lawyers, Academics, Artists, Writers, Civil society members
Sakharov Fellowship 2023
Human Rights Defenders
Fellowship Opportunity: The Center for Victims of Torture
Human Rights Defenders in Exile
Call for applications for initiatives by Justice & Peace in 2023
Human Rights Defenders at Risk
Human Rights Conference scholarships programme
LGBTİ+ hakları savunucuları
Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York: Protective Fellowship Scheme
Human Rights Defenders
Institute of International Education: Scholar Rescue Fund
Academics
Human Rights Program - Harvard Law School: Visiting Fellows Program
Academics, Human Rights Activists
The Assistance Desk of Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Journalists
Rory Peck Trust: Assistance Grants
Journalists
PEN Emergency Fund
Writers
Media Legal Defence Initiative
Journalists
La Maison des Journalistes
Journalists
International Women’s Media Foundation: Emergency Fund
Women Journalists
National Endowment for Democracy - Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
Academics, Journalists
Scholars at Risk Network
Academics
Global South Fellowships developed by Dejusticia
Human Rights Defenders at Risk
Shelter City Netherlands: Call For Applications
Academics, Artists, Human Rights Activists, Human Rights Defenders at Risk, Journalists, Lawyers, Writers
The IDREAM Project: Capacity Building for Human Rights Defenders Living in Exile
Human Rights Defenders in Exile
Comprehensive Support to Human Rights Defenders in Turkey from EU
Human Rights Defenders
The ECPMF’s Journalists-in-Residence Programme
Journalists
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative
Academics, Researchers
The Council for At-Risk Academics (cara)
Academics
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy - International Visiting Fellowship
Human Rights Defenders
International Media Support: Safety Fund
Journalists
International Federation of Journalists: Safety Fund
Journalists
Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
Women Human Rights Defenders
World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
Human Rights Defenders
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression: Journalists in Distress Fund
Journalists
Digital Defenders Partnership: Incidental Emergency Grants
Civil Society Organizations, Human Rights Activists, Human Rights Defenders, Journalists
Doha Centre for Media Freedom: Emergency Assistance
Journalists
Free Press Unlimited: Reporters Respond
Journalists
Human Rights Watch: Hellman/Hammett Grant Program
Writers
International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)
Artists, Writers
Colby College: Oak Human Rights Fellowship
Human Rights Defenders
Civil Rights Defenders
Human Rights Defenders
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
Human Rights Defenders at Risk
Agir Ensemble Pour Les Droits de l’Homme (AEDH)
Human Rights Defenders at Risk, Journalists, Lawyers, Unionists
Freedom House: Dignity for All LGBTI Assistance Program
Civil Society Organizations Under Attack or Threat, Human Rights Defenders
Freedom House & Front Line Defenders: Lifeline Assistance for Embattled Civil Society Organizations
Civil Society Organizations Under Attack or Threat
Freedom House: Emergency Assistance Programs
Frontline Activists
Frontline Defenders: Protection Grants
Human Rights Defenders at Risk
Columbia University: Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellowship Program
Human Rights Activists, Journalists, Lawyers
Defenred Respite House Project
Human Rights Defenders
Urgent Action Fund (UAF)
Human Rights Defenders, Women Human Rights Defenders
Shelter City
Human Rights Defenders
Scottish Human Rights Defender Fellowship (SHRDF)
Human Rights Defenders
Natalia Project
Human Rights Defenders
Ireland: Humanitarian Visa Scheme for HRDs
Human Rights Defenders
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Human Rights Defenders
Hamburg Foundation for the Politically Persecuted
Human Rights Defenders
Euro Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF)
Human Rights Defenders
ProtectDefenders.EU
Human Rights Defenders