§ Sir John StanleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the projects approved for funding from the Human Rights Project Fund to date and the sums allocated in each case. [49485]
§ Mr. Tony LloydMore than 100 projects totalling over £3.5 million have been approved or approved in principle to date from the Human Rights Project Fund:
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Projects approved/approved in principle under the Human Rights Project Fund Post/department Project description Amount (£) Accra Building capacity of NGOs lobbying about the rights of the poor 46,000 Accra Radio programmes to raise awareness of women's rights 40,000 Addis Ababa Assistance to Ethiopian human rights conference 46,060 Addis Ababa Human rights training for regional officials 24,300 Addis Ababa Support for Ethiopian Women's Lawyers Association 23,000 Addis Ababa Provision of legal books for Federal Supreme Court 10,000 Addis Ababa Funding for gender and development officer 5,000 African Department (Equatorial) Support to UN Commission on Arms Flows to Rwanda 50,000 Almaty Media and governance workshop 28,000 Almaty Publication of booklets on human rights 15,625 Ankara Young Lawyer Exchange Scheme 38,300 Ankara Citizen's Advice Bureau pilot project 27,400 Beijing Professional ethics seminar for lawyers 90,000 Beijing Publicity about British policing methods and judicial system 55,000 Beijing Training video for legal officials 35,000 Beijing Human rights education project 27,000 Beijing Support for conference on impact of human rights conventions on national laws 15,000 Beijing Training for government legal officials 15,000
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Projects approved/approved in principle under the Human Rights Project Fund Post/department Project description Amount (£) Belgrade Assistance with TV documentaries on human rights 30,057 Bogota Support for rehabilitation of child prostitutes 45,700 Bogota Training of teachers about detection and prevention of child abuse 18,500 Brasilia Support to NGO working with street children 23,000 Brasilia Training for federal government human rights officials 20,000 Brasilia Support to centre for street children 8,500 Bridgetown Campaign to raise awareness about violence against women/children 11,000 Budapest Vocational training for Roma in prison 2,900 Cairo Support for women's legal aid project 15,600 Caracas Publication and distribution of report on human rights 12,100 Caracas Legal entitlement workshops for prisoners 9,200 Castries Training programme for prison officers 13,500 China Hong Kong Department Seminar on professional standards in the media 107,639 China Hong Kong Department Training course on the role of trade unions in a market economy 57,633 Damascus Human rights scholarships 30,000 Dar es Salaam Contribution to Arusha peace talks 50,000 Dar es Salaam Production and distribution of human rights booklets 5,000 Dominica Prisons and magistrates courts reform project 14,190 Durban Development of resource materials on women's rights 7,500 Durban Support for programmes for community conflict management and resolution 7,500 Gaborone Support for work on administration of justice on violence against women 7,100 Guatemala City Contribution to Truth Commission 62,000 Harare Provision of CCTV equipment to victim-friendly court 2,300 Human Rights Policy Department UNICEF/BBC World Service project on broadcasting to children in armed conflict 100,000
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Projects approved/approved in principle under the Human Rights Project Fund Post/department Project description Amount (£) Human Rights Policy Department Attachment of gender mainstreaming officer to OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 61,000 Human Rights Policy Department Support for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women 25,000 Human Rights Policy Department NGO training seminar on Framework Convention on National Minorities 25,000 Human Rights Policy Department Support for NGO working group on rights of disabled children 15,000 Human Rights Policy Department Launch of manual on protecting the rights of street Children 5,000 Human Rights Policy Department Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 3,500 Jakarta Assistance to National Human Rights Commission and Legal Aid Foundation 25,000 Jakarta EU human rights seminar 22,500 Jerusalem Palestinian rights programme 348,000 Kampala Support for Ugandan Human Rights Commission 30,000 Khartoum Publication and distribution of human rights material 6,500 Kiev Training seminars and publications on human rights 60,770 Kiev Support for human rights NGOs 33,400 Kiev Children's rights awareness project 26,000 Kigali Assistance to Ministry of Justice in connection with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 61,610 Kingston Support for Jamaica Council for Human Rights 14,500 Kingstown Equipment for prison workshop 5,500 Kinshasa Support for Documentation Centre for Legal Studies at Ministry of Justice 53,000 Kuala Lumpur Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 4,000 Kuwait Human rights seminar 15,000 Latin America Department Participation by representative of Northern Ireland Office in Peace Conference in Bogota 2,000 Lima Contribution to Ad Hoc Pardon commission 78,000
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Projects approved/approved in principle under the Human Rights Project Fund Post/department Project description Amount (£) Lima Support for radio programmes on human rights 70,000 Mexico City Project to promote awareness of women's rights 161,600 Mexico City Production of TV documentary on children's rights 10,000 Mexico City Human rights of HIV/AIDS sufferers: education and awareness project 10,000 Moscow Support for Regional Human Rights Commissioners and NGOs 25,000 Moscow Support for education initiative by Presidential Commission on Human Rights 25,000 Moscow Support for regional monitoring of human rights 25,000 Moscow Youth Human Rights Film Festival 25,000 Moscow Human rights of HIV/AIDS sufferers: education and awareness project 23,000 Moscow Development of links between human rights NGOs and the mass media 21,240 Moscow Project to promote public access to information 18,000 Nairobi Medical aid to prisoners and torture victims 50,000 Nairobi Advocacy campaign to promote children's rights 50,000 Nairobi Support to International Federation of Women Lawyers (Kenya Chapter) 20,000 Nairobi Civic education workshops to promote awareness of role of MPs 17,900 Nairobi Participation in human rights seminar in Belfast 5,000 New Delhi Project to raise awareness of human rights in prison management 85,000 New Delhi Provision of books and information resources to human rights NGOs 50,000 New Delhi Training and development of counselling skills for legal NGOs 38,000 New Delhi Human rights training for civil servants 27,500 Phnom Penh Programme of support for street children 51,160 Phnom Penh Training for provincial authorities by Cambodian Institute of Human Rights 24,540
Projects approved/approved in principle under the Human Rights Project Fund Post/department Project description Amount (£) Port Louis Media training 8,000 Port Moresby Establishment of NGO Liaison Office 40,000 Port of Spain Workshops to raise awareness of domestic violence 5,000 Prague Education of Roma children 10,000 Pretoria Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 10,000 Pretoria Strengthening links between African human rights NGOs 10,000 Pretoria Support for 2nd African Human Rights Conference 9,000 Pretoria Training for community newspaper reporters 9,000 Pretoria Media training 6,300 Pretoria All Africa Human Rights Moot Court Competition 5,000 Quito Promotion of women's participation in politics 41,513 Sana'a UK/Yemen criminal justice system initiative 70,000 Santiago Support for implementation of prison reform 40,000 Santiago Support for establishment of family and children's courts 35,000 South Asian Department Joint human rights projects with UK company 50,000 South East Asian Department UK/Philippines initiative on child welfare 150,000 Ulaanbataar Training for members of Mongolian prison service 11,000 Vila Assistance to Vanuatu Ombudsman 7,500