IHRFG on Human Rights Grantmaking
Human rights grantmaking supports a wide range of efforts to
ensure that all people have the opportunity to enjoy a genuinely
human existence. As affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) and the international and domestic laws to which
it gave rise, the people of the world are endowed with inalienable
civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. What
gives human rights work such power is that all governments, including
the United States, have a recognized obligation to respect, protect
and fulfill these rights, both domestically and internationally.
Increasingly, non-state actors – corporations and individuals
– are also being held accountable.
Funders contribute to the advancement of human rights around
the world through their grantmaking. Grants varying in type and
amount support a broad range of approaches, including:
- Public education to inform people about their human rights
and how to exercise them;
- Documenting, reporting and fact-finding to expose human rights
violations;
- Litigation to uphold human rights and hold abusers accountable;
- Policy advocacy to ensure that states and non-state actors
conform to human rights standards;
- Research and scholarship to define the content of rights;
- Networking and coalition building to further the effectiveness
of a global human rights movement; and
- Capacity building for organizations engaged in the above
work, locally and internationally.
Human Rights and Humanitarian Grantmaking
Humanitarian and human rights funding are complementary and mutually
enhancing. Humanitarian funding contributes essential support
for direct services that meet vital needs of communities the world
over. Human rights funding supports efforts to ensure that states
and non-state actors comply with laws promulgated for the protection
of people throughout the world. The combination – alleviating
human suffering today while working to eliminate it tomorrow –
holds the promise for the realization of a more caring and just
world. |
| Article 1: |
Right to Equality |
| Article 2: |
Freedom from Discrimination |
| Article 3: |
Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security |
| Article 4: |
Freedom from Slavery |
| Article 5: |
Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment |
| Article 6: |
Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law |
| Article 7: |
Right to Equality before the Law |
| Article 8: |
Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal |
| Article 9: |
Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest and Exile |
| Article 10: |
Right to Fair Public Hearing |
| Article 11: |
Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty |
| Article 12: |
Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, and
Correspondence |
| Article 13: |
Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country |
| Article 14: |
Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution |
| Article 15: |
Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It |
| Article 16: |
Right to Marriage and Family |
| Article 17: |
Right to Own Property |
| Article 18: |
Freedom of Belief and Religion |
| Article 19: |
Freedom of Opinion and Information |
| Article 20: |
Right of Peaceful Assembly and Association |
| Article 21: |
Right to Participate in Government and in Free Elections |
| Article 22: |
Right to Social Security |
| Article 23: |
Right to Desirable Work and to Join Trade Unions |
| Article 24: |
Right to Rest and Leisure |
| Article 25: |
Right to Adequate Living Standard |
| Article 26: |
Right to Education |
| Article 27: |
Right to Participate in the Cultural Life of Community |
| Article 28: |
Right to a Social Order that Articulates this Document |
| Article 29: |
Right to fulfill Community Duties Essential to Free and
Full Development |
| Article 30: |
Freedom from State or Personal Interference in the above
Rights |
* Amnesty International, Speak Truth to Power, 2000
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