Call for Proposals: “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work”
Civil Rights Defenders, on behalf of the “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” Programme, is launching a Call for Proposals aiming to support local actors globally. The deadline for submission of application forms is 17 August 2024.
*** Update 5 November 2024 ***
Due to the high volume of proposals received under the Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work programme, the assessment and evaluation process is taking longer than initially anticipated. We are committed to thoroughly reviewing each submission, and as a result, notifications regarding the outcomes will be provided on a rolling basis through the end of 2024.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to ensure a fair evaluation process.
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The “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” is a programme co-founded and initiated by the European Union, whose goal is to promote inclusive, integrated, comprehensive justice and accountability for serious human rights violations worldwide. This action is implemented by a Consortium of nine organisations and two associate partners: The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) as the lead agency, Civil Rights Defenders, The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Impunity Watch (IW), Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), Redress, TRIAL International, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice (WIGJ), Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), The Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities (AIPG), associate partner, and The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), associate partner.
Objectives
The FSTP mechanism aims to support local actors and the capacity building component of the Global Initiative Against Impunity, according to the criteria set forth in these guidelines. This scheme is also an opportunity to support projects which address gaps, focus on less well-documented situations, ensuring a balanced and holistic approach to transitional justice. The applications from CSOs should contribute to the overall objective of the programme which is integrated and inclusive action that contributes to comprehensive justice and accountability for serious human rights violations.
The project proposals must align with one or more of the following specific objectives:
- Increased agency and participation of right-holders (victims, survivors, civil society organisations) in formal and informal justice processes.
- Enhanced effectiveness of the accountability frameworks and systems to fight impunity and ensure victim-centred, trauma-informed and gender-transformative justice.
Financial allocation and project duration
The minimum amount awarded per grant will be EUR 30,000 and the maximum amount will be EUR 60,000. On an exceptional basis, grants up to EUR 80,000 will be awarded when a project requires a higher level of financial support in order to achieve the objectives.
The implementation period is minimum 6 months and maximum 18 months with possibility for minor changes not involving additional funding. Expected results of the projects and fixed list of activities can be found in the Guidelines for Applicants below.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible, the applicant must:
- Be a registered civil society organisation (CSO), including those operating in exile. Non-registered CSOs will be eligible for consideration within this call for proposals. CSOs established for non-profit purposes with a mandate or a strategic priority in the fight against impunity.
- Be a CSO established for non-profit purposes actively participating in shaping judicial processes, engaging with decisions-makers on the fight against impunity and/or working on holistic justice and accountability processes.
- Have sufficient capacity and readiness to manage the financial support requested and to provide reports on its use and impact.
How to apply?
- Call for proposals will be open on the 17 July 2024. Applicants will have one month to submit the applications, alongside relevant documents.
- Online Information sessions in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Arabic for this call will be held during 23 – 25 July 2024 (In order to participate in the information sessions, you have to register by the links provided below, as well as in the detailed Guidelines). Registrations will be closed on 22 July.
- Deadline to submit applications is 17 August 2024, 23:59 CET.
- Applicants must complete and submit their applications in English. The proposal must be composed of: a narrative proposal detailing the action, a budget proposal in EUR, proof of registration (for registered organisations), the organisation’s most recent annual report and/or financial statements (if available), supporting document for payment details (bank document or screenshot from online banking). The templates for narrative and budget proposals can be found in Annex I and Annex II.
Contact
Proposals should be submitted to the following email address: makingjusticework@civilrightsdefenders.org
Inquiries should be submitted to the following email address: inquiries.makingjusticework@civilrightsdefenders.org
Detailed guidelines for applicants
- GUIDELINES (In English)
- LIGNES DIRECTRICES (In French)
- DIRECTRICES (In Spanish)
- المبادئ التوجيهية (In Arabic)
- РУКОВОДСТВО (In Russian)
Annex
ANNEX I (Project Proposal Template).
ANNEX II (Budget Proposal Template).
Information sessions – FAQ and presentations
- INFORMATION SESSION ON THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- FAQ – INFORMATION SESSION
- INFORMATION SESSION, JULY 2024 (Presentation in English)
- INFORMATION SESSION, JULY 2024 (Presentation in French)
- INFORMATION SESSION, JULY 2024 (Presentation in Spanish)
- INFORMATION SESSION, JULY 2024 (Presentation in Arabic)
- INFORMATION SESSION, JULY 2024 (Presentation in Russian)
