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  • Presentation
    • Who are we
    • Why do we exist
    • How do we work
    • What have we done
    • Who supports us
  • Structure
    • Board
    • Council of Representatives
    • Secretariat
  • Grants
    • Criteria
    • Urgent grants
    • Standard grants
    • Procedures
    • FAQ
  • Resources
    • Statutes
    • Internal policies
    • Annual Reports
    • External Evaluations
    • Studies
  • Partners
    • EuroMed Rights
    • Human Rights Funders Network
    • Ariadne
    • EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism
  • Recruitment
  • Highlights
    • Emerging
    • Innovation
    • Protection
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Who are we

Who are we

The Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) is an independent regional foundation led by human rights defenders and experts in the affairs of the Arab region and acting for local human rights defenders, groups and NGOs from the region.

The Foundation was established and registered as a Danish foundation in 2004 by EuroMed Rights, a network comprising of more than 80 human rights organisations and defenders from the region, following a feasibility study that acknowledged the need for creating a flexible financial instrument to cover funding gaps for independent civil society actors.

The Foundation is a unique regional contribution to promote respect for human rights within the South-Mediterranean region (including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria).

More specifically, it allocates financial support and provides tailored coaching to protect the safety of individual defenders and NGOs, to allow them to start innovative and sensitive initiatives and to adapt and sustain their human rights work in situations of conflict or hostile environments, and in transitions towards democracy.

Tags | Human Rights Defenders, identity, NGOs, South-Mediterranean region
About EMHRF

About EMHRF

The Foundation aims at providing flexible financial assistance to regional, national and local human rights NGOs and institutes as well as individuals who promote, support, protect and monitor the observance of human rights in the South-Mediterranean region.

Grants are allocated to support defenders and NGOs that are at risk or facing difficulties, and NGOs that carry out innovative, sensitive initiatives, aim to develop women and youth’s leadership, and operate in remote regions.

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  • EmergingA few examples… MOROCCO Seizing the opportunity offered by the new migration policy, a unique Platform composed of a dozen of newly registered migrants’ associations…May 23, 2018
  • InnovationA few examples… TUNISIA Thanks to the collection of digital archives by a group of civil society activists across Tunisia during the period 2016-2018, an…May 23, 2018
  • ProtectionA few examples… EGYPT Eight human rights NGOs have jointly received distinctly tailored security trainings and IT equipment aimed at mitigating threats and securing their…May 23, 2018

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