A/HRC/22/22
Annex
Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment: call for applications
for the period 2011-2012
Table of projects approved to date by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights Grants Committee
Grant amount
(United States
dollars)
Country
Project summary
Applicant
1.
Benin
The implementation of recommendations
concerning juveniles in detention
World Organisation Against Torture
(NGO) in partnership with Enfants
Solidaires d’Afrique et du Monde
(local NGO)
19 539
2.
Honduras
Training on human rights standards and
prevention of torture for prison staff
Ministry of Justice and Human
Rights
20 000
3.
Honduras
Technical support to the national preventive
mechanism (NPM) in Honduras and training
for judges, prosecutors and public defenders
Regional Office of the Association
for the Prevention of Torture (APT)
(NGO) in Panama
14 847
4.
Maldives
The notification of fundamental rights to
foreign detainees in their local languages
Human Rights Commission of the
Maldives (NPM)
13 200
5.
Maldives*
Strengthening the work of the NPM through
the organization of a second National
Dialogue on the Prevention of Torture
APT-Geneva (NGO) in partnership
with the NPM
20 000
6.
Mexico
The provision of training on the use of the
Manual on the Effective Investigation and
Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (Istanbul Protocol)
Colectivo contra la Tortura y la
Impunidad (NGO)
19 807
7.
Paraguay
The systematization of police records
Ministry of the Interior
19 984
8.
Paraguay
The design of fair-trial indicators allowing the Supreme Court of Justice
monitoring of constitutional guarantees of
lawful detention and the presumption of
innocence
20 000
9.
Paraguay
Support for the work of the national body in
charge of the selection of the commissioners
for the future NPM
19 500
Total
*
6
Project cancelled due to a political situation in Maldives.
Ministry of Justice and Labour
166,977
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