Grant Program International Human Rights

To train government employees on the interpretation and implementation of national and international legislation dealing with refugee issues.

To prepare, submit and defend cases of human rights violations against Mexican citizens before local and national courts.

To promote human rights in Colombia using litigation, policy analysis, education and negotiation.

To promote and protect the rights to freedom of expression and information in Venezuela, bringing together representatives from the media, the public interest sector, government and academia.

To support the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ independent technical verification of the evidence pertaining to the death of Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa in 2001.

To send an observer to the opening of the trial of senior military officers accused of murdering Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack.

To provide emergency legal assistance to Palestinian detainees held by the Israeli military or security services.

To support the Committee on Human Rights, which works to gain the release of scientists, engineers, and health professionals around the world who are unjustly detained or imprisoned for exercising their basic human rights.

To promote and protect human rights in Mexico through a partnership with the Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights.

To provide emergency support for Indonesian human rights advocate Thamrin Ely, to escape death threats and seek refuge in the United States.