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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1998
Human
Rights and International Cooperation Approved Grants and Projects,
Fiscal Year 1998
United
States and Worldwide Programs
Civil
and political liberties
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Canadian
Committee to Protect Journalists
$175,000
For a worldwide network of organizations concerned with free
speech.
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Cooperative
for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) (Atlanta)
$100,000
To encourage the inclusion of human rights concerns in
humanitarian fieldwork.
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European
Roma Rights Center (Hungary)
$600,000
For institutional development.
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Hungarian
Civil Liberties Union
$160,000
For program development for a public-interest law
organization.
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Native
American Public Telecommunications (Lincoln, Neb.)
$100,000
For "Native Americans in the 21st Century," a TV and
radio documentary series.
International human rights law
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American
University
$84,000
To educate journalists and the broader public about
humanitarian law and war crimes.
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Aspen
Institute (Queenstown, Md.)
$44,000
To support activities leading to the creation of an
international criminal court.
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Center for
Justice and International Law (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000
To strengthen the inter-American system for protecting human
rights.
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Coalition
for Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment (Washington,
D.C.)
$300,000
For a U.S.-based coalition defending the rights and territories
of indigenous peoples and the environment in the
Amazon.
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International Human Rights Law Group (Washington,
D.C.)
$300,000
To encourage U.S. compliance with the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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International Monitor Institute (Los
Angeles)
$115,000
For activities related to the International Criminal Tribunal
for Rwanda.
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MADRE, Inc.
(New York)
$50,000
To insure that gender concerns are addressed at the United
Nations Diplomatic Conference on the International Criminal
Court.
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Parliamentarians for Global Action (New
York)
$150,000
For a project entitled Mechanisms for International Criminal
Justice.
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Penal
Reform International (England)
$100,000
For strengthening this human rights organization.
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World
Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy (New York)
$75,000
For participation by nongovenmental organizations in the United
Nations Diplomatic Conference on the International Criminal
Court.
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World
Organization Against Torture USA (Washington, D.C.)
$55,000
For a coalition of nongovernmental organizations monitoring
U.S. compliance with international conventions on torture and
racial discrimination.
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To
promote public-interest law in Eastern Europe, four grants:
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Association
of Citizen Advice Bureaus (Poland)
$150,000
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Helsinki
Foundation for Human Rights (Poland)
$600,000
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Massag
Foundation (Hungary)
$50,000
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Women's
Rights Center
$300,000
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To
develop a legal education program at Jagiellonian University in
Poland, two grants:
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Catholic
University of America
$48,000
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Jagiellonian University
$265,000
Access
to social justice/legal services
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Adalah:
Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
$480,000
For legal activities to advance the rights of the Israeli-Arab
minority.
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Association
for Civil Rights in Israel
$200,000
For organizational support.
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Black
Filmmaker Foundation (New York)
$150,000
To develop a community-based cable television program on civil
rights.
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Black
Leadership Forum Incorporated (Washington, D.C.)
$75,000
For networking and collaborative activities on behalf of
African-American civil rights organizations.
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California,
University of (Berkeley)
$650,000
For research on admissions in higher education following the
termination of affirmative action policies.
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Center for
Constitutional Rights (New York)
$150,000
For civil rights litigation, advocacy, research and educational
activities.
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Center for
Policy Alternatives (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000
For activities related to devolution.
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Center for
the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence (Seattle)
$250,000
To train African-American and Jewish clergy members to serve
families experiencing domestic violence.
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Cine Qua
Non (New York)
$50,000
For a film on race and the criminal justice
system.
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Citizens'
Commission on Civil Rights (Washington, D.C.)
$170,000
For policy research and analysis of federal civil rights
enforcement.
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Community
Partners (Los Angeles)
$25,000
To develop media and community outreach strategies on civil
rights policy.
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Cornell
University
$1,000,000
For meetings and public education activities addressing
economic opportunities for women.
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Educational
Broadcasting Corporation WNET (New York)
$607,000
For a documentary on the social history of New York
City.
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Fair
Employment Council of Greater Washington (Washington, D.C.)
$200,000
For research and advocacy on race and gender discrimination in
employment.