Asociacion Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia

$40,000

To address human rights violations to which Argentia's poor are subjected by providing legal advocacy and raising policymaker and public awareness.

Asociacion por los Derechos Civiles

$40,000

To investigate inequalities in access to public education in Buenos Aires, and to develop litigation to reduce them.

Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos

$90,000

To promote and protect human rights in Peru using legal mechanisms.

Center for Justice and International Law

$90,000

To promote and defend human rights throughout Latin America using legal mechanisms.

Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society

$70,000

To promote human rights and the rule of law in Colombia using research, analysis, advocacy and training.

Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales

$90,000

To promote and protect human rights in Argentina using national and international litigation and advocacy.

Columbia University Center for the Study of Human Rights

$40,000

To support the participation of young Mexican human rights professionals in the Advocates Program at the Center for the Study of Human Rights.

Comision Colombiana de Juristas

$90,000

To promote and protect human rights in Colombia using legal mechanisms.

Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos

$70,000

To promote and protect human rights in Mexico using legal mechanisms.

Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos

$75,000

To promote and defend human rights in Peru by coordinating the work of in-country organizations.

Due Process of Law Foundation

$45,000

To build capacity in small and geographically removed human rights organizations representing indigenous people in Mexico.

Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense

$75,000

To use forensic science techniques to promote human rights in Latin America; and to train scientists to conduct forensic human rights investigations.

Equipo Colombiano de Trabajo Forense y Asistencia Psicosocial

$50,000

To investigate human rights violations in Colombia using forensic science techniques and providing psychological services to victims' family members.

Equipo Colombiano de Trabajo Forense y Asistencia Psicosocial

$15,000

To provide general support.

Global Rights

$75,000

To provide technical assistance to Colombian organizations documenting human rights abuses and promoting human rights for African Colombians.

Instituto Solidaridad y Desarrollo

$40,000

To ensure that policies developed by the Mercosur trading bloc respect and promote human rights.

Mental Disability Rights International

$40,000

To end human rights abuses against people with mental disabilities in Argentina, including life-long arbitrary detention and degrading treatment in isolation cells.

National Security Archive Fund

$25,000

To assist Latin American human rights organizations in obtaining documents relating to human rights violations using freedom of information petitions.

Programa Venezolano de Educacion-Accion en Derechos Humanos

$89,500

To promote human rights and democracy in Venezuela by documenting violations and informing the public about them.

Tlachinollan Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montana

$40,000

To provide legal counsel and defense to indigenous people in Guerrero, Mexico, who are subjected to human rights violations.

Universidad de Chile Centro de Derechos Humanos

$80,000

To strengthen human rights and democracy in Latin America by building the capacity of professionals who are in a position to influence that process.

Universidad Diego Portales

$40,000

To publish the fifth annual human rights report on Chile, and to use the report to press for improvements in human rights in that country.

Washington Office on Latin America

$65,000

To promote human rights and democracy in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on improving US policy in the region.

Human Rights First

$150,000

To promote human rights around the world, emphasizing US civil liberties, refugee protection, international justice, anti-discrimination and promoting and protecting human rights defenders.

Human Rights Watch

$150,000

To document and prevent human rights abuses in Latin America and the US.

Physicians for Human Rights

$150,000

To promote and protect human rights around the world by mobilizing health care professionals.

Alliance for Justice

$50,000

To hire a senior lawyer for the US Law and Security Program. First installment of a two-year, $214,000 grant.

Human Rights First

$130,000

To support the Pennoyer Human Rights Fellowships.

Human Rights Watch

$25,000

To provide emergency assistance to human rights activists around the world.