Resources
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Artist Support and Awards
- FREEMUSE – Freedom of Musical Expression
- Freedom to Create
- The Impossible Music Sessions
- Article IX – Artist Alert
- The File Room
- National Coalition Against Censorship
- Tim Hetherington Grant – Photographers Documenting Human Rights Issues
- Residency Unlimited
Mobility
- Sin Fronteras
- On the Move
- Hospitality Club
- Visiting Arts
- Roberto Cimetta Fund – Artistic Mobility in Mediterranean
- Young Arab Theatre Fund
- ArtMoves Africa’s Mobility Fund for Africa
- CEC ArtsLink
- Theatre Communications Group
- European Cultural Foundation (See STEP beyond)
- Wooloo / Art and Hospitality
- Asian Cultural Council – Visual and Performance Arts Grants
- Culture 360
Distress Funding
- Canadian Journalists for Free Expression / Journalists in Distress Fund
- Human Rights Watch / Hellman-Hammett Emergency Grants
- International Federation of Journalists / IFJ Safety Fund
- International PEN / PEN Emergency Fund
- PEN American Center / Writers Fund
- PEN American Center/Compiled Emergency Funds
- International Press Institute / Distress Fund
- Media Institute for Southern Africa / SADC Journalists Under Fire Fund
- Reporters Without Borders / Solidarity Fund
- World Press Freedom Committee / Fund Against Censorship
- Commonwealth Press Union
- Rory Peck Trust
- Front Line / Defenders of Human Rights Defenders
- The Actors’ Fund of America
- Global Human Rights Grants
- Human Rights First / Freedom House
Health and Psycho-Social Support
- Life Skills Manual (a guide to health education)
- Global Toolkit of Orientation and Training Materials for Emergencies
- African Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV)
- Torture Treatment Programs
Legal Aid
- Center for Justice and International Law – See also: Pro Bono Guide
- La Strada International – European Network Against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund
- Open Society Justice Initiative Fellowship
- Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
Immigration Support
- Directory of Services for Immigrants / A Guide to Community-based Organizations in NYC
- The Political Asylum / Immigration Representation Project (PAIR)
- Family, Unvalued / Discrimination, Denial, and the Fate of. Binational Same-Sex Couples under U.S. Law
Human Rights Awards & Services
- International Network for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Poets of All Nations (PAN)
- International Service for Human Rights / Human Rights Defenders Office
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Special Representative of the Secretary / General on the situation of human rights defenders
- Reebok Human Rights Foundation / Reebok Human Rights Award Program
- Institute for Policy Studies / Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
- Frontline Handbook for Human Rights Defenders: What protection can EU and Norwegian Diplomatic missions offer?”
- Protection Handbook for Human Rights Defenders
- Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
- International Pen and Oxfam / Novib PEN Prize
- Prix Samir Kassir Award / Awarded by the European Union
- RFK Human Rights Awards / RFK Center for Human Rights
- Baldwin Medal of Liberty / Human Rights First
- Freedom of Expression (FOE) / Index on Censorship
- Freedom to Write Award / Pen America Center
- International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development / John Humphrey Freedom Award
- South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO)
- The International Activist Award / The Gleitsman Foundation
- Hamburg Foundation Scholarship for the Politically Persecuted
- Amnesty International / Human Rights Defenders Program
Accompaniment
- Nonviolent Peaceforce
- Peace Brigades International
- Nonviolence International
- Peace Brigades International – Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders
- Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment
Technology
- EngageMedia
- Civiblog
- Digital Security & Privacy for Human Rights Defenders
- Reporters Without Borders
- Virtual Activism
- Tactical Technology Collective
- NGO-in-a-Box: Security Version
Journalist Support & Publication Outlets
- Media Empowerment – A Guide to Understanding Media Power and Organizing for Media Justice in your Community
- OneWorldTV International Documentary Festival Calendar
- Driknet: Images, Communication, and Information Technology
- The Issue Magazine
- Daylight Magazine
- Majority World
- The Aftermath Project
- Journalisten Helfen Journalisten e.V.
- Breakthrough TV
- Association for Progressive Communications
- The Nation Institute Investigative Fund
- International Journalists’ Network
- International News Safety Institute
- Reporters Without Borders
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- La Maison des Journalistes – See also: France Terre d’Asile
- Drik News International News Photo Agency
- Globalinfo: Daily News Service of the Developing World
- Guerilla News Network
- Peace Reporter
- An Operational Framework for Media and Peacebuilding
- Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
- Award for the Best Investigative Report on Corruption in Latin America and the Carribbean
- Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism
- Avina Awards for Investigative Journalism/ Initiatives for Social Transformation
- International Federation of Journalist -Journalism for Tolerance Prize
- Journalism Prize in Human Rights – Lorenzo Natili Journalism Prize
- CJFE International Press Freedom Award – Canadian Journalist for Free Expression
- Media Institute of South Africa -MISA Press Freedom Award
- South Africa’s National Editor’s Forum – Nat Nakasa Award
- UNESCO
- Writers Emergency Assistance Fund – American Society of Journalist and Authors
- Fund Against Censorship – World Press Freedom Committee
- Exiled Journalist Network
- Kiplinger Program in Public Journalism
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- Soros Justice Media Fellowship Program
- Open Society Institute – Documentary Photo Project
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting
- Dmitry Zavadsky Foundation – Free Expression in Belarus
- The Freedom of Expression Institute(FXI) of South Africa
- Media Development Loan Fund
Assistance from Academia
- International Human Rights Network
- Plan of Action: World Programme for Human Rights Education (PDF)
- Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)
- Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR)
- Peace Education Center
- Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
- Oak Fellowship for Human Rights at Colby College
- Columbia University Human Rights Advocates Program – See also: Other HR Training Programs
- Scholars at Risk
- Cities of Refuge – North America
- IIE Iraq Scholars and Leaders Program
- Rotary World Peace Fellowship and Conflict Studies Programme
- P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund
- AGA Khan Foundations Scholarships
- International Writers Project Fellowship – Sanctuary and Support for Creative Writers
- Scholars at Risk Network
- Villa Aurora – Artist Residence
- Scholar Rescue Fund – International Institute of Boston
- Civil Rights Foundation Grants
- The William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences
Environment
- Taking Action – An Environmental Guide for you and your community
- Environmental Media Awards – Reuter’s Foundation
- Society for Environmental Journalist
LGBTQ
- Astraea Lesbian Fund for Justice
- OUT Fund
- International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- Human Rights Watch – LGBT Rights
- Everyday Activism – a handbook for lesbian, gay and bisexual people and their allies
- Leeway Foundation
Women
- Berger-Marks Foundation - Award Honoring Young Women for Social Justice Work
- Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID): Reference Tool For Women Human Rights Defenders http://www.awid.org/eng/About-AWID/AWID-News/New-reference-tool-for-women-human-rights-defenders
- Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: a guidebook on women human rights defenders
- “What’s the Point of Revolution if We Can’t Dance?”
- The Hegg Hoffet Fund for Displaced Women Graduates
- Global Fund for Women
- Urgent Action Fund for Women´s Human Rights
General Information & Toolkits
- Johannesburg Principles
- The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK
- International Artist Tool
- Grackle
- Self Made World
- Art for Refugees in Transition
- ArtCorps
- Creative Exchange: Culture, Art and Refugees
- OneWorld Topic Guides
- New Tactics in Human Rights
- Provisions Library
- UNESCO: Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
- Residencies: Spaces+Artists+Managers+Communities
- Cour pénale internationale: guide pratique à l’usage des victimes
- UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
- 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action
Related Networks & Resources
- International Network for Cultural Diversity
- International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
- Culturelink Network
- AVAAZ.org
- The Dandelion Trust
- Movement Strategy Center
- Artadia – The Fund for Art & Dialogue
- Bread & Puppet
- Human Rights House Network
- International Hub Network
- Artport Project
- Greenmaps
- Speak Truth
- iBase (See Human Rights Cities)
- 4th World Movement
- The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
- Alternate Roots – Resources for Social Change
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CRF News
- Astraea Lesbian Justice Foundation announces Global Arts Fund
- Cultures of Resistance Network grant to freeDimensional and Freemuse
- Detroit: A tribute to multi-faceted artist, David Blair
- Malaysia: Cartoon Rights Network statement against banning of Zunar’s political cartoons
- Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Arts Forum at Khami Prison
- Freedom to Create Prize 2011 – Only One Month Left to Enter!
- Supporting Community Art Spaces in Senegal & Brazil
- Precarity & Intersectionality
- CRF seeds Asia Distress Fund
- CRF joins Solidarity Fund for Belarus Free Theatre
