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Welcome! Whether you seek or make human rights grants, or are interested in exploring the relevance of human rights for your work, we hope you find the site a valuable resource.

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

BBC Profile: New UN human rights chief
July 28, 2008 - Jonah Fisher, BBC
Navanethem Pillay, the United Nation's new commissioner for human rights, wants to be the "the champion of human rights in every part of the world". Go to article...

Women Forging New Bonds to Break Old Chains
June 17, 2008 - Nora Boustany, Washington Post
This article explores the emerging network of female leaders who started programs in their own communities, branched out to the national level and later forged bonds with global organizations to provide protection through education, legal counseling and grants. Their efforts have helped women and girls around the world counter the effects of sexual violence and other injustices through such mechanisms as counseling, the media and dance in societies dominated by men and shaped by cultural and religious sensitivities sometimes at odds with women's rights.  Go to article...

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...

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