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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1984







GRANTS AND PROJECTS Approvals (Reductions) Payments (Refunds)
Human Rights and Social Justice
UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE
International human rights law
American Association for the International Commission of Jurists (New York) $ 10,000
American Society of International Law (Washington, D.C.) 50,000
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies (New York) [$32,556—1983] $ 32,556
Columbia University [$150,000—1982] 67,470
Human Rights Internet (Washington, D.C.) [$200,000—1983] 50,000
Institute of International Education (New York) 475,000 95,000
International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (England) 125,000 63,500
International Human Rights Law Group (Washington, D.C.) [$135,000—1983] 65,310
International League for Human Rights (New York) [$195,000—1983] 91,000
Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights (New York) [$300,000—1983] 150,000
Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.) 25,000
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (New York) 169,000
Exchange of ideas and information
Center for Communication (New York) [$10,000—1983] 10,000
Columbia University [$43,800—1982] 1,671
Committee to Protect Journalists (New York) 209,000 37,500
Dialogues Européens (France) [$100,000—1983] 50,000
Foundation for European Intellectual Cooperation and Exchange (France) 225,000 68,654
Fund for Free Expression (New York) 20,000
Interlink Press Service (New York) 60,000
Readers International (New York) 50,000
Western Ontario, University of (Canada) 8,950 8,950
Civil and political liberties
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Washington, D.C.) 195,000
American Bar Association Fund for Public Education (Chicago) 40,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York) [$50,000—1983] 50,000
Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights (England) 95,000
Helsinki Watch (New York) [$150,000—1983] 75,000
Inuit Circumpolar Conference (Greenland) 125,000 125,000
Johns Hopkins University 15,000 15,000
Joint Center for Political Studies (Washington, D.C.) 35,000 35,000
Maryland, University of 15,000 15,000
Michigan, University of 172,708 22,708
National Indian Youth Council (Albuquerque) [$50,000—1983] 50,000
Jan Palach Information and Research Trust (England) 50,000 50,000
Potomac Institute (Washington, D.C.) 25,000 25,000
Rutgers University 30,000 30,000
Southern Regional Council (Atlanta) 150,000 50,000
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (San Antonio) 300,000 105,234
Voter Education Project (Atlanta) 200,000 150,000
Access to social justice/legal services
Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation (Chicago) 30,000
American Citizenship Education Project (Washington, D.C.) 25,000 25,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (New York) 800,000 383,000
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies (New York) 16,000 16,000
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund 100,000
Bank Street College of Education (New York) [$100,000—1983] 20,000
Catholic University of America 200,000 25,000
Catholics for a Free Choice (Washington, D.C.) 50,000 25,000
Center for Law and Social Policy (Washington, D.C.) 150,000 125,000

for the Advancement of Science for its Clearinghouse on Science and Human Rights, which collects and disseminates information on scientists who are victims of government persecution. A new project will under-take case studies of torture in three countries and disseminate information on how members of the medical profession can document evidence of such abuse and also help rehabilitate torture victims and their families. A related grant to the Social Aid Foundation of the Christian Churches in Chile supported the writing of a book on the psychological damage torture causes and on the therapy that has helped victims in Chile.

States that have ratified international human rights conventions are required to report on their compliance, an obligation intended to promote more rigorous observance of human rights. To encourage improvements in such reporting, the Foundation granted funds to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to organize three training seminars, in the Caribbean, West Africa, and South Asia, for government officials responsible for preparing the reports.

Freedom of Expression.

For many years the Foundation has supported organizations that promote the free expression of ideas. This year supplementary assistance went to the Writers and Scholars Educational Trust, which monitors censorship around the world and gives silenced authors and artists a voice in its publication Index on Censorship. Support