The U.S. Human Rights Fund proudly announces its upcoming global strategy exchange, to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from Sunday, January 11th to Tuesday, January 13th 2009. The convening will bring together advocates doing human rights work both overseas and in the United States, and will include plenary discussions, issue specific breakouts, and local and regional site visits.  read more »

by Anja Rudiger, Human Right to Health Collaborative

Published in Health and Human Rights: An International Journal, Harvard School of Public Health, Vol 10, No 1 (2008)

The human right to health care offers an analytical and advocacy framework for shifting the health care reform debate from individualist, market-based approaches to the collective responsibility for health care as a public good.

The submission deadline for letters of inquiry has passed.  LOIs submitted past the deadline will not be considered. Please contact Justin Restauri at the U.S. Human Rights Fund, via email or (212)764-1508 x236, with your queries. 

The US Human Rights Fund (the Fund), a collaborative fund comprised of nine national and regional donors, is pleased to announce $735,000 in grants to be awarded to eight domestic social justice organizations for their work to promote human rights in the United States.  read more »