Grant Program International Human Rights

To promote public policies that reduce inequality in access to public education in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

To restore respect for the rule of law, civil liberties and other human rights in the post-Bush era through litigation, education, outreach and media advocacy.

To promote citizen security and end political violence in Mexico.

To conduct public and media education about the importance of restoring the right of habeas corpus for political detainees following a recent Supreme Court decision, Boumediene v. Bush, that certain Bush Administration practices are unconstitutional.

To promote and defend human rights throughout Latin America by litigating cases of violations before the Inter-American System of Human Rights.

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

To end the practices of torture and cruel treatment that the United States now inflicts on political prisoners by building broad support for a presidential executive order prohibiting them.

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

To build capacity within small, remote human rights organizations in Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico.

To use forensic science techniques to generate evidence that sheds light on cases of human rights violations in Latin America.