FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS ery, respectively. This translates into yearly grants that are 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 Fund mandates. In 2017, 26 Member States and a handful of private donors made contributions to the two Funds for a total of almost US$9 million. The contributions are not used to support the Office’s wider work. United Nations Voluntary Fund for the Victims of Torture The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, established by General Assembly resolution 36/151 in 1981, aims to support projects around the world which offer remedies and reparations, including rehabilitation, to victims of torture and their families. The Fund is administered by UN Human Rights on behalf of the Secretary-General with the advice of a Board of Trustees that is composed of five persons. In 2017, the Board members were: Ms. Gaby Ore Aguilar (Peru); Mr. Mikolaj Pietrzak (Poland); Ms. Sara Hossein (Bangladesh); Ms. Vivienne Nathanson (United Kingdom); and Mr. Lawrence Mute (Kenya). In 2017, the Fund supported 173 regular projects for direct assistance to over 45,000 victims of torture and their families in more than 80 countries for a total of US$7,169,300. In addition, the Fund supported a number of emergency projects implemented in Argentina, France, Italy, the Russian Federation, Senegal and Tunisia/Libya. Victims assisted included human rights defenders, asylum-seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants, victims of sexual violence in armed conflict, victims of enforced disappearances, indigenous peoples, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and individuals who have been tortured in detention. Practitioners sponsored by the Fund included medical doctors, psychiatrists and psychologists, human rights lawyers and social workers. The Fund also invested resources in monitoring and evaluating project proposals, in particular through visits to applicants and grantees. In 2017, a total of 65 projects were visited by the Secretariat team, field presences and the Fund’s Trustees. Recommendations were formulated and partnerships were subsequently renewed or terminated. In 2017, the Voluntary Fund convened a specialized Expert Workshop on the theme of “torture in the context of 118 UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2017 migration,” with a particular focus on the early identification of torture victims. In anticipation of the Workshop, the Fund published a report, entitled Torture victims in the context of migration, and produced two related videos, which are available at www.ohchr.org/torturefund. UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture Voluntary contributions in 2017 Donor Austria Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark France Germany India Ireland Italy Kuwait Liechtenstein Luxembourg Norway Peru Saudi Arabia South Africa Sri Lanka Switzerland Turkey United States of America Individual donors US$ 16,797 45,113 5,000 9,029 430,354 22,753 650,061 25,000 91,300 43,865 10,000 24,826 17,422 94,877 1,482 75,000 5,537 5,000 203,252 10,000 6,550,000 309 TOTAL 8,336,978 United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, established by General Assembly resolution 46/122, in 1991, provides financial support to non-governmental organizations that are assisting victims of contemporary forms of slavery to obtain assistance and redress. Modern forms of slavery are brought to light on a regular basis and include 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. The Trust Fund is administered by UN Human Rights on behalf of the Secretary-General, acting on the advice of a five-member Board of Trustees. The Board meets annually to determine priorities and policies, review working methods and adopt recommendations on new grants. In 2017, the Board members were: Ms. Nevena