OHCHR will accept project applications from eligible applicants aimed at implementing recommendations made by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) after a visit to a State party.
Eligible applicants include State Parties who requested the SPT to publish their country visit reports and National Preventive Mechanisms.
In addition, applications may be submitted as well by National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI), if fully compliant with the Paris Principles and by Non-Governmental organizations (NGO), in particular if the proposed projects are implemented in cooperation with State Parties and/or NPMs.
Applicants may request grants of up to US$ 20,000, for project applications implemented between 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
In 2011, four thematic priorities have been established:
Notifications of fundamental rights to detainees in a language which they can understand Improving recreational and/or vocational activities for juveniles in detention
Basic training programmes for detention personnel (with the inclusion of a focus on health care
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Any other specific recommendation in the visit reports that details a pressing and compelling need.
The Call for Applications 2011-2012 will close on 30 November 2011 at 24:00 CET.