The Secretariat of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT) is pleased to announce that the Fund will accept requests for funding from 15 January to 1 March 2025, for grants that will be used between 1 January and 31 December 2026.
Applications will be received until 1 March 2025. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Decisions on grants will be communicated to applicants in November 2025, following the 62nd session of the Board of Trustees of the Fund. Grants may only be awarded to organizations for projects that provide direct assistance to victims of torture and their family members. Such assistance may be in the form medical, psychological, social, economic, legal, humanitarian, educational or other forms of direct assistance. Examples of issues addressed by direct assistance projects include, inter alia, the following: victims of torture and intersecting discrimination, such as persons with disabilities, LGBTI persons and minorities; gender based violence amounting to torture; denial of medical treatment or care, including in places of deprivation of liberty; excessive use of force amounting to torture, notably in the context of protests and social movements; attacks amounting to acts of torture against human rights defenders working under restrictive or retaliatory measures.
The Fund welcomes any project proposal that is compliant with the Fund’s mandate and designed in line with the Fund’s Guidelines. The Fund will also award a small number of grants to organizations or specialized networks (for example hospitals, professional associations, rehabilitation centres, survivors’ groups, etc.) seeking to strengthen their own capacity, to ensure the provision of specialized services to torture survivors and their family members.
For more information please visit the following link:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/about-us/funding-and-budget/trust-funds/united…