Deadline: 15-Apr-22
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to announce a call for proposals to counter judicial harassment of civil society representatives and human rights defenders (HRDs) from marginalized communities.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to$25,000 are available for projects.
Project Activities
ICNL invites proposals to implement advocacy, monitoring, capacity-building, public awareness, or collective defense strategies aimed at countering judicial harassment of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities.
Activities that may be supported include (but are not limited to):
- Advocating the adoption of policies by relevant ministries, regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, and courts to reduce the incidence of judicial harassment of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities, or to promote the ability of such representatives and HRDs to defend themselves against judicial harassment;
- Creating and implementing methodologies for tracking and reporting judicial harassment of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities generally, or from particular marginalized communities; Developing resources and trainings to support the capacity of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities to exercise civic freedoms without being targeted by judicial harassment;
- Designing and deploying campaigns to raise awareness and mobilize the public against instances of judicial harassment of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities; and
- Setting up collective defense mechanisms to protect civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities against judicial harassment, such as networks of attorneys and legal organizations to provide legal advice and support to those who are targeted.
This list is merely illustrative, and they strongly encourage applicants with innovative ideas and approaches not described above to apply.
Proposals may focus on countering judicial harassment of civil society representatives and HRDs from marginalized communities within a single country or across a region. Proposals may also combine more than of the elements listed above, i.e., advocacy, monitoring, capacity-building, public awareness, and collective defense strategies.
All project activities must be completed by November 15, 2022.
Eligibility Information
This call for proposals is open to domestic civil society organizations located in countries currently listed on the DAC List of ODA recipient countries.
For more information, visit https://www.icnl.org/wp-content/uploads/Judicial-harassment-of-marginalized-communities-CFP-EN-Mar-2022.pdf