The Emergency Fund – When the Situation Escalates

Our Emergency Fund provide rapid support to human rights defenders when the situation escalates and someone is in acute danger. The Emergency Fund can, for example, provide legal aid or temporarily relocate people. We also work preventively with security trainings and help with physical and digital security solutions.

In 2020, 730 human rights defenders from 34 countries received emergency support.

 

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The Emergency Fund

Through the Emergency Fund, we provide rapid support to human rights defenders in acute danger. Read more about each year.

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2018

Temporary Relocations

One of the most common types of support in recent years has been temporary relocations of human rights defenders and their families.

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News about the Emergency Fund

“Today, in the place where I am based now, we can continue working”

  • Colombia, Emergency Fund, News
  • 17 June 2021

Colombia is the deadliest country in the world for human rights defenders. Of the more than 330 huma…

“We Work Towards Equality and Respect”

  • Emergency Fund, News, Uganda
  • 16 June 2021

In recent years, violent attacks against LGBTI+ people have been on the rise in Uganda. Among those …

“I Have Continued My Activism. I Have Continued to Fight for LGBTI+ Rights”

  • Emergency Fund, News, North Macedonia
  • 15 June 2021

Among the 730 human rights defenders who received support from the Emergency Fund last year was Nort…

Burma Coup – What has Happened and Why?

  • Burma, Emergency Fund, News
  • 25 March 2021

On 1 February, the military seized power over Burma by overturning the November 2020 election result…
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