Human Rights Grants Scheme

Successful Human Rights Grants Scheme projects for 2011–12

Successful projects for the 2011–12 round of the Human Rights Grants Scheme have been announced.

Australia will provide $3.7 million to fund 41 projects across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, including:

The Philippines, where $99,000 will help provide mobile legal support to regions experiencing human rights violations.
The Solomon Islands, where $100,000 will assist enlisting and training men in 20 target settlements to champion ending violence against women.
In Vietnam, where $99,000 will reduce discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people by increasing their access to legal advice, and training government officials to reduce discrimination.
In Burma, $100,000 will assist communities, government officials and corporations to incorporate human rights into the planning of mining projects.
In Tanzania, $90,000 will train a network of paralegals at the district and national levels to enable improved access for marginalised people to legal aid.

List of Human Rights Grants Scheme projects 2011–12 [PDF 57kb]
List of Human Rights Grants Scheme projects 2011–12 [Word 102kb]

About the Human Rights Grants Scheme

The Human Rights Grants Scheme provides grant funding to non-government organisations and human rights institutions based or operating in developing countries to promote and protect human rights in direct and tangible ways.

Grants are awarded to projects that achieve one or more of the following objectives:

prevent or end gross human rights violations
promote positive change in policies or actions of government or relevant non-state actors in the area of human rights
monitor, seek redress for and/or report on human rights violations, including supporting victims of human rights abuses
educate and/or train human rights victims, workers or defenders
promote observance and implementation of international human rights standards
promote and strengthen national or regional human rights institutions or mechanisms.