FUNDING
UN VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURE IN 2019
Donor
US$
Andorra
10,941
Austria
32,823
Canada1
76,859
Chile
10,000
Czech Republic
8,703
Denmark
762,311
Egypt
10,000
France
78,038
Germany
777,328
Holy See
4,000
India
50,000
Ireland
94,760
Italy
27,503
Kuwait
10,000
Liechtenstein
25,025
Luxembourg
16,411
Mexico
10,000
Norway
324,957
Pakistan
3,000
Peru
2,264
Portugal
22,002
Saudi Arabia
75,000
Switzerland
201,613
United Arab Emirates
10,000
United Kingdom
31,606
United States of America
6,550,000
Individual donors
305
1
TOTAL
9,225,449
EXPENDITURE
9,222,001
Includes a contribution of CAD 30,000 from the Government of Québec.
124 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019
At the fiftieth Board Session of the Fund,
held in Geneva from 7 to 11 October, the
Board of Trustees recommended that
171 annual grants be awarded in 2020,
in 78 countries, reaching approximately
40,000 torture victims, for a total of
US$7,303,850 (with an average grant
size of US$42,713). Of those projects, 164
are for the delivery of direct assistance
to victims of torture and their families (US$7,059,500) and seven are for
training and capacity-building projects
(US$244,350) aimed at strengthening
the capacity of organizations to deliver
such services. In addition, through its
emergency grants procedure, the Fund
supported seven emergency projects
(US$417,313) in all five regions of the
world to respond to urgent humanitarian
and human rights situations in 2019.
UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY
TRUST FUND ON CONTEMPORARY
FORMS OF SLAVERY
The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund
on Contemporary Forms of Slavery was
established by General Assembly resolution 46/122, in 1991, with the mandate
of providing direct assistance to victims of contemporary forms of slavery.
It awards annual grants to civil society
organizations, including rehabilitation
centres, trade unions, shelters for victims
and legal redress programmes. Modern
forms of slavery are brought to light on a
regular basis, including serfdom, forced
labour, bonded labour, trafficking in
persons and in human organs, sexual
slavery, the worst forms of child labour,
early and forced marriage, inherited widows, the sale of wives and other forms
of slavery.
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