Support to coordinated advocacy on South Asia and the Middle East

This call is only open on invitation. Do not submit if you’re not invited to.

Objective: to support joint or collaborative initiatives aiming at facilitating experience sharing, comparative analysis on regional trends and development, and coordinated advocacy against the death penalty (including for drug offences) among organisations working on/in South Asia and the Middle East.

Available funding: EUR 30,000

Geographical scope: South Asia and Middle East

Deadline for completion of the activities: 31 December 2027

Support to capacity building and/or advocacy on drug law enforcement funding to countries which retain the death penalty for drug offences

Objective: in the first round of FFPA, HRI has collaborated with the Institute of Journalism and Social Change (IJSC) to conduct innovative research on use of Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) funding to support narcotic control in retentionist countries; shedding light on international assistance that risks facilitating the imposition of death sentences and identifying new avenues for advocacy. Donor countries identified include Japan and South Korea (sometimes through UN agencies) and receiving countries identified include Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The aim of this FSTP is to enable follow-up work on this area, through additional research, initiatives to disseminate, adopt, and/or replicate the research and/or its methodology among abolitionist actors, and/or other advocacy initiatives and capacity building based on the findings of the research.

Available funding: EUR 30,000

Geographical scope: Asia, Middle East, North Africa, third countries whose nationals face death sentences for drug offences in Asia and the MENA region

Deadline for completion of the activities: 31 December 2027

Your project proposal should be sent in English or French and composed of:

• the application form in Word format (attached);
• the budget for the application in Excel format (attached);
• your organisation’s By-laws/constitution/written document of creation of an informal entity as a civil society organisation or informal network of people opposed to the death penalty (bearing in mind that you have to be non-profit-making or social enterprise; and have as part of your mandate the protection and promotion of human rights.);
• your organisation’s most recent activity and financial report or any other documentation to showcase your past experience.

Before sending the application by email in word format, please make sure to have in subject line: [name of the grant] and the organisation’s name.

Please submit your application by email to office@hri.global.

Proposals must be submitted by June 2^nd 2026, 23h59 in your country. Submissions will be reviewed from June 3^rd.

For more details around eligibility and evaluation criteria, and project timeframe, please check the Call for Proposals attached.