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Human Rights Trust Fund supports three new projects

On 21 December 2022 the Assembly of Contributors of the Human Rights Trust Fund (HRTF) allocated 1 010 000 € to three projects aimed to:

  • support efficient national mechanisms for the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Council of Europe member states;
  • support the timely and effective execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia;
  • communicate the changes brought about by the Court’s judgments in people’s lives across Europe.

Since its creation in 2008, the HRTF has funded a total of 50 projects, with commitments over 24 million Euros.

The purpose of the HRTF is, inter alia,to support efforts of member States to meet their commitments under the European Convention on Human Rights and other Council of Europe human rights standards. The Fund currently brings together Finland, Germany, Ireland,Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Ambassador Nina Nordström, Permanent Representative of Finland to the Council of Europe, is the current Chairperson of the Assembly of Contributors, with the Directorate of Programme Co-ordination of the Council of Europe providing the Secretariat of the Assembly.

 

 Projects funded - Directorate of Programme Co-ordination 

Strasbourg 21 December 2022
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