§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding is available under the human rights fund; and what projects were approved for funding in 1998.[83367]
§ Mr. Tony LloydFor financial year 1999–2000, £5.13 million has been allocated to the Human Rights Project Fund, £350,000 to the fund providing Support for International Human Rights Activities and £200,000 to the Commonwealth Human Rights Fund. A list of projects approved for funding under each of these budgets in financial year 1998–99 has been listed. The list of projects supported from the Human Rights Project Fund updates that given in reply to the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir J. Stanley) on 13 July 1998,Official Report, columns 33–37.
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Human rights project fund spending 1998–99 Number Post/department Project description Amount (£) 11 Addis Ababa Films for Street Children by street Children 28,500 12 Addis Ababa Provision of legal books for Federal Supreme Court 10,000 13 Almaty Media and Governance Workshop 18,858 14 Almaty Puplication of Booklets on Human Rights 2,869 15 Almaty Support to Seminar on Women's Political Participation 4,500 16 Amman Integrated Support to the Rights of the Child 78,900 17 Ankara Young Lawyer Exchange Scheme 37,650 18 Ankara Citizen's Advice Bureau pilot project 16,540 19 Antananarivo Improvement of Preventive Dentention Process 35,288 20 Ashgabat Assistance to Information Centre and Library of the Institute of Democracy 6,000 21 Atlanta Young and Human Rights 5,000 22 Bangkok Human Rights Education and Development Training Programme 10,050 23 Bangkok Public Education Programme for New Labour Protection Act 6,455 24 Belgrade Assistance with TV documentaries on human rights 30,057 25 Belmopan Provision of Training Materials and Support for Human Rights Promoters 11,500 26 Bogota Support for rehabilitation of Child Prostitutes in Urban Colombia 45,700 27 Bogota Training of teachers about detection and prevetion of child abuse 18,500 28 Brasilia Training for Federal Government human rights officials 20,000 29 Brasilia Support to centre for street children 23,000 30 Brasilia The Life Institute —Shelter for street children 16,000 31 Brasilia Support to NGO working with street children 23,000 32 Brasilia Support to centre for street children 8,500 33 Brasilia British Law Week 25,000 34 Bridgetown Campaign to raise awareness about violence against women/children 11,000 35 Budapest Vocationl training for Roma in prison 2,900 36 Buenos Aires British Law Week 15,000 37 Cairo Support for Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights: Womens Legal Aid project 15,600 38 Caracas Legal entitlement workshops for prisoners 9,200 39 Caracas Publication and distribution of report on human rights 12,100 40 Caracas Judicial Reform Project 6,000 41 Castries Training programme for St. Lucian prison officers 13,500 42 China Hong Kong Department Child rights in China 25,512 43 China Hong Kong Department British Law Week —Mock Trial 50,000 44 Colombo Training for Health Officials and Police 6,000 45 Damascus In-Service Training for Staff Responsible for Detention and Juvenile Centres in Syria 15,000 46 Dar es Salaam Production and distribution of human rights booklets 5,000 47 Dar es Salaam Contribution to Arusha peace talks 50,000 48 Dar es Salaam Support to Arusha III Peace talks 50,000 49 Dhaka Know Your Rights Media Campaign 20,000 50 Dhaka British Law Week 36,500 51 Dhaka Study Tour to Promote Legal Awareness for Women 32,690 52 Dominica Prisons and magistrates courts reform project 14,190 1 Durban Centre for Socia-legal Studies/Lawyers for Human Rights 7,500 53 Durban Support for programmes for community conflict management and resolution 7,500 54 Eastern Adriatic Department Technical Support for Radio B92 in Belgrade 40,000 55 Eastern Adriatic Department Support to Macedonian Prison Service 4,000 56 Eastern Adriatic Department Article XIX Balkans Media Seminar 45,000 57 Far Eastern and Pacific Department Seminar on ethical and Professional Standards in the Media 65,208 58 Gaborone Support for work on administration of justice on violence against women 7,100 59 Guatemala City Contribution to Truth Commission 62,000 60 Harare Provision of CCTV equipment to victim-friendly court 2,300 61 Harare Human Rights education radio series 800 62 Harare Rights of the girl child education project 4,900 63 Honiara Support to Community Based Rehabilitation Programme National Workshop 3,130 64 HRPD Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 3,500 65 HRPD UNICEF/BBC World Service project on broadcasting to children in conflict 100,000 66 HRPD Support for NGO working group on rights for disabled children 15,000 67 HRPD Human Rights and Policing Dissemination Project 3,500 68 HRPD South Asia Judicial Colloquium 50,000 69 HRPD PRI International Penal Reform Conference 50,000 70 HRPD ECPAT Child Sex Tourism Awareness Campaign 10,000 71 HRPD Design and Operation of Interactive HRPF Microsoft and Database 18,289 72 HRPD Pilot Study on Non-Consensual Sex in Marriage 30,000 73 HRPD One World Broadcasting Trust Conference on Media and Children's rights 25,000 74 HRPD Production of Video Film on Human rights of Street children 12,000 75 HRPD OSCE/CoE Launch of manual on protecting the rights of street children 5,000 76 HRPD/CoE Proposed NGO Training Seminar 25,000 77 HRPD/ODHIR Attachment of gender mainstreaming officer to OSCE Office for Democratic 61,000
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Human rights project fund spending 1998–99 Number Post/department Project description Amount(£) Institutions and Human Rights 78 HRPD/UKMIS Geneva Support for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women 112,905 79 Jakarta EU Human Rights Seminar 22,500 80 Jakarta Assistance to National Human Rights Commission and Legal Aid Foundation 40,400 81 Jakarta/South East Asia Department BBC World Service Training in Support of Indonesian Election Process 40,000 82 Jerusalem Palestinian Rights Programme 348,000 83 Kampala Support for Ugandan Human Rights Commission 30,000 84 Kampala Human Rights Education in Schools 11,420 85 Kampala Support for "The Prisoner" Magazine 3,000 86 Kathmandu Regional Seminar on Crimes Against Women and Children 10,000 87 Kathmandu Legal Aid Service for Women Prisoners in Eastern Nepal 9,500 88 Kathmandu Translation of PRI Handbook on Good Prison Practice 2,460 89 Kathmandu Attendance at International Conference on Penal Reform 1,750 90 Khartoum Publication and distribution of human rights material 6,500 91 Kiev From Declaration to Reality: Implementing Human Rights in Ukraine 48,000 92 Kiev Children's rights awareness project 26,600 93 Kiev Support for human rights NGOs 33,400 94 Kiev Support to National Conference on Human Rights 1,500 95 Kiev Printing of International Human Rights Documents for use by Police and Prison Officers 4,000 96 Kingston Support for Jamaica Council for Human Rights 14,500 97 Kingston Human Rights Lectures by British Law Lord 1,700 98 Kingstown Equipment for prison workshop 5,500 99 Kinshasa Support for Documentation Centre for Legal Studies at Ministry of Justice 53,000 100 Kuala Lumpur Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 4,000 101 Kuala Lumpur Support to National Human Rights Society 2,100 102 Kuala Lumpur Support to Sisters in Islam Women's Group 2,000 103 Kuwait Human rights seminar 15,000 104 Latin America Department Participation by representative of Northern Ireland Office in Peace Conference in Bogota 2,000 105 Lagos Prison link units scheme 17,000 106 Lagos Presidential Committee on Prison Decongestion and Reform 17,300 107 Lima Contribution to Ad Hoc Pardon Commission 78,800 108 Lima Support for radio programmes on human rights 70,000 109 Lusaka Vernacular Leaflets and Broadcasts on Governance 10,000 110 Maputo Training for Government Officials and Women in Small Businesses 24,000 111 Maseru Conversations With Abused Women and Children 7,500 112 Mbabane Support for Human Rights Seminar 1,500 113 Mexico City Project to promote awareness of women's rights 161,600 114 Mexico City Production of TV documentary on children's rights 10,000 115 Mexico City Human rights of HIV/AIDS sufferers: education and awareness project 10,000 116 Moscow Development of links between human rights NGOs and the mass media 21,240 117 Moscow Human rights of HIV/AIDS sufferers: education and awareness project 23,000 118 Moscow Support for regional monitoring of human rights 25,000 119 Moscow Project to promote public access to information 18,000 120 Moscow Presidential Commission on Human Rights Conference on Teaching Human Rights 5,000 121 Moscow Regional Monitoring of Human Rights 25,000 122 Moscow Youth Human Rights Film Festival 25,000 123 Moscow Support to "Express-Chronicle" Human Rights Newspaper 31,250 124 Moscow Support for Early Intervention Centre for Disabled Children 17,000 125 Moscow Russian Women Lawyers Advocacy and Community Initiatives Project 24,000 126 Moscow International Journalists Congress 11,160 127 Moscow Law and Mass Media 25,000 128 Nairobi Support to International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) 20,000 129 Nairobi Civic education workshops to promote awareness of role of MPs 17,900 130 Nairobi Participation in human rights seminar in Belfast 5,000 131 Nairobi Medical Aid to prisoners and torture victims 85,000 132 Nairobi Advocacy campaign to promote children's rights 50,000 133 Nairobi Rift Valley Law Society Link Project 24,500 134 Nairobi Global March Against Child Labour 17,000 135 Nairobi Cross-Party Parliamentary Initiative on Consensus Building 5,000 136 New Delhi Project to raise awareness of human rights in prison management 85,000 137 New Delhi Training and development of counselling skills for legal NGOs 28,000 138 New Delhi Mainstreaming a Human rights Module in Civil Service Training 27,500 139 New Delhi Provision of books and information resources to human rights NGOs 42,000 140 New Delhi Assistance to Institute of Social Sciences 11,000 141 New Delhi Pilot Study of Civil Society Mobilisation Against Caste Violence 9,800 142 Peking Professional Ethics Seminar 90,000
Human rights project fund spending 1998–99 Number Post/department Project description Amount£ 143 Peking Impact of HR Conventions on National Legislation 15,000 144 Peking Legal Personality 15,000 145 Peking Publicity of British policing methods and judicial system 55,000 146 Peking Training Video for Supreme People's Procuratorate 35,000 147 Peking Human Rights Education 27,000 148 Phnom Penh Training for provincial authorities by Cambodian Institute of Human Rights 24,540 149 Phnom Penh Programme of support for street children 51,160 150 Port Louis Media training 8,000 151 Prague Education for Czech Roma Children Project 40,000 152 Pretoria Simunye News (community newspaper) 3,800 153 Pretoria Support for 2nd African Human Rights Conference 5,000 154 Pretoria All Africa Human Rights Moot Court Competition 5,000 155 Pretoria Strengthening links between African Human Rights NGOs 10,000 156 Pretoria Media Training 6,500 157 Pretoria Participation in Oxford International Human Rights Course 10,000 158 Pretoria CSVR Safe Schools Project 50,000 159 Quito Promotion of women's participation in politics 41,513 160 South Asian Department Joint human rights projects with UK company 8,386 161 Sana'a UK/Yemen Criminal Justice System 66,000 162 Santiago Support for implementation of prison reform 4,534 163 Sarajevo Human Rights Advocacy and Training (project to be completed FY 1999–2000) 39,160 164 Sarajevo Women's Advice and Support Centres 15,000 165 SEAD UK/Philippines initiative on child welfare 161,400 166 Seoul Seminar on "Protecting the Vulnerable" 11,800 167 Singapore Participation in Wilton Park Conference on Promoting Press Freedom 3,500 168 Tbilisi Support to Human Rights Seminar 2,172 169 Tel Aviv Production of Human Rights Newspaper 40,000 170 Tel Aviv Human Rights Within the Community 29,500 171 Tibilisi Human Rights Media Training 24,000 172 UKMis Geneva Support for UN Special Representative on Human Rights in Rwanda 68,500 173 UKMis Geneva World Organisation Against Torture Database 42,500 174 Ulaanbataar Training for members of the Mongolian prison service 11,100 175 Ulaanbataar Support for Mongolian National Centre Against Violence 16,000 176 Victoria Audio/visual Equipment for Victim Friendly Court 8,230 177 Vila Assistance to Vanuatu Ombudsman 7,500 178 Windhoek Walvis Bay Legal Advice Office 6,700 Total 4,952,485
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Commonwealth human rights fund spending 1998–99 Number Post/NGO Project description Amount(£) 1 Commonwealth Broadcasters Association Funding for fares of a number of delegates to attend Commonwealth Broadcasters Association general conference, Gibraltar 13,250 2 Commonwealth Lawyers Association/Commonwealth Parliamentary Association/ Commonwealth Legal Education Association/Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association Joint Colloquium on Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Independence: Towards a Commonwealth Model, Bucks, 15–19 June 40,000 3 Ottawa/Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (Canadian) Non-Governmental Organisation Conference, Harare 45,000 4 Bridgetown Conference on children's rights, "Means of implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in a Commonwealth context" 28,811.50 5 Commonwealth Press Association (in association with Commonwealth Journalists) Production of draft "Commonwealth Statement on the Independence of the Press and the Journalists who work within it" Phase I: research on state of press law. Phase II: Wilton Park Conference 30,000 6 Commonwealth Broadcasters Association Part-funding Nigerian speaker at Commonwealth Broadcasting Association lecture, 19 October 1998 (Ms Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Organisation, Nigeria) 259.5 7 Dar es Salaam Workshop on Human Rights 15,000 8 New Delhi Development by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative of human rights curriculum for use by non-governmental organisations across the Commonwealth 23,400 195,711
Support for international human rights activities 1998–99 Number Project description Amount(£) 1 Contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture 130,000 2 Support for the Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability 20,000 3 Support for the Office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture 36,700 4 Annual Subscription to the Hague Peace Academy 7,800 5 Annual Contribution to the Permanent Court of Arbitration 12,700 6 Annual Contribution to the International Commission of Jurists 15,000 7 Consultancy fees for the preparation of United Nations Treaty Monitoring Body reports and to the Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights 14,200 8 Seminar at the 54th United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHANGE) 4,200 9 Amnesty International, "Rights Idea Competition" 4,300 10 Minority Rights Group Seminar, "The Role of the Media in the Protection of Minorities" 10,000 11 Council for Education and World Citizenship, "Broadsheet on Child Rights" 5,000 12 British Council seminar at the 43rd Commission on the Status of Women 5,000 13 Save the Children Fund, Children and Torture Project 30,000 14 Catholic Institute for International Relations Conference, "Burying the Past" 3,000 15 Contribution to Nepalese Women's Non-Governmental Organisation for a representative to attend the 43rd Commission on the Status of Women 1,000 16 Death Penalty Panel Discussion at the 55th United Nations Commission on Human Rights 10,000 17 Contribution to the United Nations Association for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th celebrations 5,000 313,900