| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, file sheet, file notes, reports, financial papers, grant terms and conditions, project proposal and agenda relating to the Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG). Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The PHRG promotes the use of the Parliamentary platform and mandate to raise awareness of serious international human rights violations and to lobby for redress and reform. It works closely with many human rights organisations in the UK to facilitate their access to Parliament and parliamentarians. They provide information to MPs about pressing or emerging issues, conduct visits to human rights hot spots and report their findings, and work with other similar groups in parliaments around the world. Nature of support: In 2009 the Trust made a grant of £61,050 over twenty-four months to pay the cost of employing a Legal Advisor/Group Co-ordinator for the group. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: File organised by subject. File not numbered. |