1) Grant for Democracy and Human Rights Projects in Overseas 2013
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Introduction to the Grant for Democracy and Human Rights Projects in Overseas 2013
The Grant for Democracy and Human Rights Projects in Overseas (GDHRPO) 2013 supports work that contributes to promoting democracy and human rights and to building international solidarity. The grant will be awarded to non-government organizations (not GOs or individuals) based in civil communities which have been working in this field for more than 3 years.
The May 18 Memorial Foundation has granted total 40 organizations from 18 countries from 2005 to 2012. In 2012 the Foundation provided funds to 5 organizations in 5Countries: CP-UNION ORG (Philippines), Assembly of Social Mobilization (Sri-Lanka), Centre for Organization Research & Education/ Human to Humane Transcultural Centre for Trauma and Torture (India), VISION (Pakistan), Center for The Defence of the Individual (Israel). Activities were made possible by the 2012 Grant Projects included monitoring election, mobilizing civic participation for democracy, supporting torture victims, investigating state violence and providing legal aid for political prisoners.
The Grant consists of 2 main categories: Project support and Organization support. The May 18 Memorial Foundation will support 6 projects from 6 organizations in the field of judicial monitoring, torture and trauma rehabilitation, democracy movement commemoration, fact-finding mission, legal support for human rights victims and election monitoring.
Grantee organizations will receive the opportunity to participate in a variety of the May 18 Memorial Foundation’s international solidarity programs such as Gwangju Asian Forum, the May 18 Academy and so on.
2) Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2013
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Introduction to the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2013.
Every year since 2000, the May 18 Memorial Foundation (Gwangju, Republic of Korea) has announced its annual “Call for nominations for the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights”. This Prize promotes the spirit of the May 18 Democratization Movement in which the people of Gwangju resisted against brutal military forces for the sake of Democracy and Human Rights in 1980. Historically the May 18 Democratization Movement brought democracy to Korea.
The May 18 Memorial Foundation was founded in 1994 with the aim of spreading and commemorating the democratic spirit shown by the people of Gwangju. In the course of restoring the meaning of the May 18 Democratization Movement through fact finding, and bringing the perpetrators to justice, even though Gwangju was isolated by the military junta many overseas countries supported the City and wanted to see the restoration of justice and human rights. Therefore, through this prize the May 18 Memorial Foundation would like to share and empathize with people in similar situations to that which the people of Gwangju faced in 1980.
The prize goes to one individual or an organization that has struggled for or contributed to the improvement and advancement of human rights, democracy and peace in their community and country.
Nominations will be collected from 19 December to 24 February. Preliminary and final reviews of nominees will take place through February to March. The winner of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights will be announced on the first week of April. The official prize ceremony will be held at the May 18 Memorial Culture Center, Gwangju, on May 18, 2013.
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