There are example activities listed under the EIDHR “Support to Human Rights Defenders” call for proposals 2010 which can be funded under the instrument. These activities are not exhaustive:
- The provision of long-term emergency-response services, including the appointment of regional focal points, and the development of a capacity to transfer and re-house human rights defenders;
- The provision of specific training in security and protection for human rights defenders, including the provision of relevant material and equipment, as well as any other type of preventive activities aimed at ensuring the protection and security of human rights defenders;
- The provision of medical and psychological assistance, legal counselling and any other type of support to human rights defenders, including to those placed in detention or in prison, as well as to their relatives’, including activities aimed at preventing or denouncing cases of torture and illtreatment exerted against detained defenders;
- The preparation, publication and dissemination of reports on the situation of human rights defenders;
The reinforcement and coordination of advocacy, sensitisation and lobbying capacities of local human rights organisations and individuals in the promotion and respect of human rights before relevant stakeholders in their countries, such as the media, national authorities, regional and international human rights institutions; - Trial monitoring;
- Prison visits;
- Capacity-building activities in the field of human rights, including advocacy, lobbying, on strategies of change, researching, documenting and writing about violations of human rights and the fight against impunity, in particular with a view of transmitting them to international fora, such as the UN Human Rights Council and its Special Procedures, etc;
- Language and informatics courses to improve the defenders’ possibilities to develop links with international stakeholders;
- Monitoring and international investigative and solidarity missions (visits to countries);
- Training and awareness-building of human rights defenders, in particular of those living outside the capitals and in remote areas, on international law as well as of international, regional and national mechanisms for the protection of defenders, including the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders;
- The participation of human rights defenders in international and regional initiatives, conferences,etc;
- Assistance and consolidation of the capacities of human rights defenders who are outside their country of work on a temporary basis for security reasons or until their return to that country is possible and safe.
- Activities aimed at reinforcing the capacities of specialised actors (NGOs, local authorities, etc.) to host human rights defenders who are outside their country of work for security reasons (shelter cities, etc.).
In general, all actions should provide direct financial and material support to human rights defenders. Additionally, the actions should also lead to sustainable results and increase the organizational and financial management capacities of human rights defenders.
