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International Human Rights Programme
Protecting and promoting the human rights of all people
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Protecting civic society online
Keeping civil society safe, connected, and empowered is essential to protecting human rights and democracy. That’s why the work of Privacy International and Open Briefings is essential to ensure a safe online environment for all. Click below to learn
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Digital space: the frontier of civic repression and activism
Global surveillance, censorship and information controls can impact human rights, and the openness and security of the internet. Both Citizen Lab and Access Now are working to ensure that journalists and human rights activists can carry out their wor
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Holding the criminal justice system accountable
Racism and discrimination around the world manifest clearly in criminal justice systems. From discriminatory policing to the denial of basic due process rights, marginalised communities are frequently the subject of unfair and unequal treatment. In m
Since 1948 the international community has developed an extensive body of laws and principles to protect human rights. The laws provide all of us with the tools to live full lives with access to justice. But, there remains a gulf between human rights rhetoric and the lived experience of so many people. We seek to close that gap.
We provide core, project, and seed funding in multi-year grants to organisations that work on five key priorities. We support efforts that ensure:
justice for victims of international crimes;
detention as a last resort and zero-tolerance for torture;
full dignity for LGBTQI people;
a healthy information sphere; and
strong human rights movements.
Find out more about our programme and strategy in our video and/or in our strategy paper.
In this video, our programme director Adrian Arena gives an overview about the programme and strategy.
International Human Rights Programme/ Strategy paper
Programme strategy paper
We fund organisations working on justice for victims of international crimes, ending torture, LGBTQI dignity, a healthy information sphere, and strong human rights movements. Find out more about our strategy in this paper.
In 2023, we made 56 grants totalling USD 38.85 million
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International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Protecting civic society online
Keeping civil society safe, connected, and empowered is essential to protecting human rights and democracy. That’s why the work of Privacy International and Open Briefings is essential to ensure a saf…
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Digital space: the frontier of civic repression and activism
Global surveillance, censorship and information controls can impact human rights, and the openness and security of the internet. Both Citizen Lab and Access Now are working to ensure that journalists…
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Holding the criminal justice system accountable
Racism and discrimination around the world manifest clearly in criminal justice systems. From discriminatory policing to the denial of basic due process rights, marginalised communities are frequently…
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Addressing racial justice in prisons in Brazil
In August 2019, large fires scorched huge swathes of the Amazon and Cerrado, polluting cities many miles away with thick, impenetrable smoke. Many consider industrial farming and large infrastructure…
A film that offers an intimate portrait of a young Kenyan gay couple Samuel and Alex premiered at the London Film Festival in October. The documentary tells the story of two gay men who must both bala…
International Human Rights Programme/Partner story
Securing, promoting and protecting human rights for all
During this exceptionally difficult time of lockdowns because of Covid-19, our partners are working to close the gap between the human rights rhetoric and the lived experience of so many people. From…
Around the world, immigration detention is increasingly imposed, not as a ‘last resort’, as required in international law, but as a routine tool of migration management. The collective efforts of our partners successfully garnered cross-party support for an amendment to the Immigration and Social Security Coordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, which set out a 28-day time limit to immigration detention. Our partners remain committed to seeking ways to implement the amendment’s measures in the new parliament, and to securing a strict time limit to detention with robust judicial oversights.
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