Trouver et mettre en œuvre des solutions aux problèmes de droits de l’homme à des milliers de kilomètres de distance se traduit souvent par des résultats qui ne sont pas viables. L’heure est venue pour les acteurs des droits de l’homme dans le Sud de trouver des financements au sein de leur propre
Nora Lester Murad describes a new alternative to international aid and domestic charity for Palestine; community directed fundsA contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights. Español עברית العربية
Designing and planning solutions to human rights problems from thousands of miles away often produces unsustainable results. The time has come for Southern human rights actors to find funding within their own societies. A contribution from Nigeria to the openGlobalRights debate on funding for huma
Human rights groups in the global South are dependent on international funds, but those monies are dwindling for NGOs in emerging economies such as Brazil. To survive, Brazilian public interest groups must lobby for an autonomous public funding mechanism as well as new laws to incentivize private
L’aide internationale n’est pas mauvaise sur le plan éthique et les organisations locales de défense des droits de l’homme vont l’utiliser dans les années à venir. Nous devons aussi mobiliser des sources locales de financement en améliorant notre compréhension de notre propre cadre politique, phil
International aid is not ethically wrong, and local rights groups will use it for years to come. We must also mobilize domestic funds, however, by gaining a better understanding of our own policy, philanthropic, and economic environments. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding fo
Donations by ordinary citizens to India’s newest political party, the AAP, prove that Indians can and will donate to important causes. Indian rights groups can tap in to this generosity, but only if they satisfy the public’s demand for political change and good governance. A contribution to the op
If international funding compromises the work of domestic human rights groups, what should international donors do? It is admirable for local groups to refuse international aid on principle, but the ethical implications for global human rights funders are complex. A contribution to the openGlobalR
Le Kenya a présenté en octobre un projet de loi qui aurait plafonné le financement étranger des ONG et exigé que l'argent transite par un organisme gouvernemental. La loi semblait sonner le glas pour une société civile dynamique. Suite à une pression locale et internationale soutenue, le projet de
Human rights NGOs do not necessarily need to be grassroots social movements. But issues of dependence on foreign funding and corruption that accompany 'professionalization' are not unique to human rights organizations. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights. العر
Aid to Palestine is essentially palliative, intended to maintain a status quo. From that vantage point, aid seems to be remarkably complicit with continued Israeli occupation. How can funders and recipients break the cycle? A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights.
संस्थागत अनुदान पर निर्भरता ने भारत में अधिकतर मानवाधिकार कार्यों का काफ़ी हद तक ग़ैर-राजनीतिकरण, मुद्रीकृत और भ्रष्ट कर दिया है। हालांकि मानवाधिकारों के अनुदान पर सरकारी-नियंत्रण आपत्तिजनक है, तथािप अधिकारों के आंदोलन तभी चिरस्थायी और प्रभावी रहेंगे जब वे बड़े प्रायोजकों से स्वतंत्र होंगे। अनंत ग
