FUNDING UN Human Rights Humanitarian Funds UN Human Rights provides joint secretariat support to two grant-making funds, namely the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture and the Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. Together, they are known as the UN Human Rights Humanitarian Funds. They were established by the General Assembly with the purpose of providing direct assistance and rehabilitation to individuals whose rights have been violated in the context of torture and contemporary forms of slavery, respectively. This assistance translates into yearly grants that are primarily awarded to civil society organizations that provide humanitarian, medical, psychological, social and legal aid to victims. They are financed through voluntary contributions and are formally administered by the Secretary-General, who acts on the advice of Boards of Trustees. The Boards distribute the grants in accordance with the mandates of the UN Human Rights Humanitarian Funds. In 2019, 31 Member States and two private donors made contributions to the two Funds for a total of US$10.1 million. As of 31 December 2019, the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture had received a total of US$9,225,449 in pledges and contributions compared to US$9,413,584 in 2018. The total expenditure of the Fund in 2019 amounted to US$9,222,001 compared to US$9,166,265 in 2018. As of 31 December 2019, the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery had received a total of US$872,728 in pledges and contributions compared to US$722,326 in 2018. The total expenditure of the Fund in 2019 amounted to US$721,382 compared to US$601,683 in 2018. UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, established by General Assembly resolution 36/151, in 1981, is mandated to provide direct assistance to victims of torture and their families. The Fund awards annual and emergency grants to civil society organizations, including to support rehabilitation centres, grassroots organizations and legal aid programmes. The Fund is managed with the advice of a Board of Trustees that is composed of independent experts from the five world regions: Ms. Vivienne Nathanson (United Kingdom, Chair), Mr. Lawrence Mute (Kenya), Ms. Gaby Ore Aguilar (Peru), Mr. Mikolaj Pietrzak (Poland) and Ms. Sara Hossein (Bangladesh). FORCED STERILIZATIONS IN PERU: ONE WOMAN’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND REDRESS “All of us victims of forced sterilization have been experiencing trauma for more than 20 years as a consequence of forced sterilizations... Health is definitely paramount to keep living and not to give up. I received support and it has given me the strength and power to face everything that comes our way.” Ms. Maria Elena Carbajal. For the past 19 years, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has been providing support to the Psychosocial Care Centre (Centro de Atención Psicosocial (CAPS)) in Peru. The project “Rehabilitation of torture victims and promotion of justice and redress in Peru” provides psychological, medical and social assistance to an estimated 120 torture victims, including victims of sexual violence, detainees and relatives of victims of enforced disappearance (whose remains are in the process of exhumation and restitution) in Quechua communities. Ms. Maria Elena Carbajal was one of hundreds of thousands of women who was subjected to sterilization under a Peruvian government family planning programme to address poverty. In recent years, she has received psychological support through CAPS, which has given her the “strength and power” to go on. Maria Elena Carbajal Cepeda, survivor of forced sterilization in Peru. © OHCHR UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2019 123