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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageExploring local possibilities for local rights
Designing and planning solutions to human rights problems from thousands of miles away often produces unsustainable...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageBrazil needs new public mechanisms and laws to fund human rights domestically
Human rights groups in the global South are dependent on international funds, but those monies are dwindling for...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDes fonds locaux pour des problématiques locales : placer la barre plus haut
L’aide internationale n’est pas mauvaise sur le plan éthique et les organisations locales de défense des droits de...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageLocal funds for local issues: raising the bar
International aid is not ethically wrong, and local rights groups will use it for years to come. We must also...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTo raise funds, Indian rights groups must emulate the country’s newest political party
Donations by ordinary citizens to India’s newest political party, the AAP, prove that Indians can and will donate to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWhat's a funder to do?
If international funding compromises the work of domestic human rights groups, what should international donors do?...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEviter l’étranglement financier de la société civile au Kenya
Le Kenya a présenté en octobre un projet de loi qui aurait plafonné le financement étranger des ONG et exigé que...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn defense of 'professional' human rights organizations
Human rights NGOs do not necessarily need to be grassroots social movements. But issues of dependence on foreign...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageNo shortage of international complicity with Israeli occupation
Aid to Palestine is essentially palliative, intended to maintain a status quo. From that vantage point, aid seems to...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageअनुदान और नागरिक स्वतंत्रताएं
संस्थागत अनुदान पर निर्भरता ने भारत में अधिकतर मानवाधिकार कार्यों का काफ़ी हद तक ग़ैर-राजनीतिकरण, मुद्रीकृत और...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageFunds and civil liberties
Dependence on institutional funding has depoliticized, monetized and corrupted much of the human rights work in...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageBuilding a domestic human rights constituency in India
To fight the chilling effect created by new laws on foreign funding, Indian human rights NGOs need to develop...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageCan corporate campaigners tap corporate largesse? Unlocking millions for human rights advocates
Human rights advocates are loathe to accept corporate funding, even in pursuit of worthy initiatives. But companies...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights in Brazil: international funders must empower David against Goliath
Brazil’s recent economic growth – driven by multinational corporations and supported by the government – is a source...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageAnti-ngo legislation in Israel: a first step toward silencing dissent
Ultra-nationalist political parties are yet again trying to crack down on dissenting Israeli NGOs. This is the...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageערכים אוניברסליים, מימון זר: ארגוני זכויות אדם מקומיים בדרום הגלובלי
על אף שהם נהנים מתמיכה מקומית נאה, ארגוני זכויות אדם מקומיים בדרום הגלובלי עדיין נשענים במידה רבה על מימון זר. על...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn Kenya, averting a move to strangle civil society with the financial noose
In October Kenya introduced legislation capping foreign funding to NGOs and requiring that money be channeled...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTurkey’s human rights groups in a funding squeeze
The government often accuses Turkey’s human rights groups of doing the work of “foreign powers,” which scares off...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageTürkiyeli hak örgütleri fon baskısında
Hükümetler çoğunlukla yerel hak örgütlerini yabancı güçlerin’ işbirlikçisi olmakla suçluyor. Bu da faaliyetler için...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpage现在正是投资中国新兴维权组织的好时机!
虽然中国的社会财富不断增长,但慈善文化还没有完全形成。慈善事业能够在保障人权方面产生实质性的影响,而且不应受政府行政权力的干涉。所以,大额捐助人和西方组织在这方面能够发挥积极的作用。English.