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Although the IHRFG does not make grants, the Funders Directory lists funders that do, including the Fund for Global Human Rights.

South African Court issues landmark ruling against pre-paid water meters in Johannesburg township, requires provision of 50 litres of water free per person per day
May 1, 2008 - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
The High Court of South Africa has ruled that the City of Johannesburg’s forced prepayment water meters scheme in Phiri, a township in Soweto, is unconstitutional. This judgement, in which the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) provided a third party submission (amicus curiae), also reaffirmed the principle of progressive realisation and increases the minimal amount of safe drinking water that the City is obligated to provide. Go to article...

US prison rate soars even higher
March 4, 2008 - BBC News
The US prison population has risen further, with one in 138 people now in jail, new official figures reveal. There are more than 2.1 million US citizens in jail - more than in any other country, the Bureau of Justice Statistics says. The government says putting and keeping criminals in jail is working. Recent figures have shown violent crime and murder falling. But critics say less severe ways of approaching crime are being ignored.  Go to article...

Russian Federation: Human rights activist and journalists beaten in Ingushetia
November 24, 2007 - Amnesty International
Amnesty International is shocked and appalled by the latest attack against a human rights defender and members of the media in the southern Russian Republic of Ingushetia. According to the Human Rights Centre Memorial, Oleg Orlov, head of the Human Rights Centre Memorial, and three journalists from the Russian TV station REN TV, were taken from a hotel in Nazran, Ingushetia, during the night of 23 to 24 November by armed masked men and beaten. Go to article...

Housing is a Human Right
November 30, 2007 - Joe Lamport, Gotham Gazette
The New York City’s affordable housing crisis has brought housing advocates together to seek political solutions to what is commonly seen as an economic problem. But advocates in some other cities are finding more ammunition for their efforts: They are citing international treaties that oblige governments to respect a human right to adequate housing.  Go to article...

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