Confidence

Going into exile is a particularly traumatic experience. Often unprepared, human dignity defenders, both in their personal capacity, but often as entire organization, see themselves forced to leave everything behind to start not only a new life in a country that is not always a country of their choice but also to go through organizational establishment processes to continue their work from abroad. Not much special support is yet available for those in exile, but we hope to be able to grow the below resources rapidly and in due time.

• The Center for Victims of Torture IDREAM project offers exiled Human Rights Defenders to join a global  capacity development project. CVT provides training and networking on  advocacy efforts, psychosocial resilience & well-being, and physical and digital security.

• The European Union Global Diaspora Facility is a pilot project funded by the European Union’s  Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) under the  Development Cooperation Instrument. The project is implemented by the International Centre for Migration  Policy Development (ICMPD). EUDiF offers support to public institutions of partner countries and diaspora organisations based in Europe. 

• EUDiF’s Diaspora 4 Development (D4D) Grants aim to promote sustainable  development by supporting diaspora-led initiatives in their countries of origin in the areas of climate, economy, education and health. D4D  Grants provide financial support for diaspora organisations to undertake  small-scale projects that generate tangible improvements in the well-being of the target community. 

• Exile Hub was formed to support human rights defenders and media professionals facing immediate threats from the junta for their essential work. Since then, the organization has been a dedicated and reliable support system for media professionals and human rights defenders to safely carry on their professions.

• Exile Hub is also running a successful podcast to build mental resilience of human rights defenders: