New funding opportunities for defending human rights

The ‘European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)’ has launched a new call for proposals addressed to civil society and human rights defenders, working in non-EU countries. The call is composed of five lots corresponding to five key areas of human rights.

The first lot is for Human Rights Defenders and Human Rights organisations which are working on land and other natural resources-related rights, including ‘land grabbing’, climate change and indigenous peoples ‘rights. The second lot is devoted to promoting projects dealing with the prevention of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

Forced labour and modern slavery (3rd lot) has the objective of ensuring access to remedy for victims, accountability and prosecution of perpetrators.

The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights also aims to promote and support the rights of persons with disabilities. To that end, proposals to promote and support the ratification, effective implementation and monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are encouraged (4th lot/area).

The fifth and final lot of this call is to protect freedom of religion or belief with a particular focus on countries or situations where individuals are penalised for freely choosing their religion or belief.

The deadline for submitting concept notes is 9 November 2017 at 16:00 (Brussels time).

Original source: EC
Published on 16 October 2017