How does the nomination process work?

CAHR accepts up to ten human rights defenders as visiting fellows every year across the two schemes:

• Protective Fellowship Scheme for Human Rights Defenders at Risk
• Protective Writing Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders.

Applications for these fellowships can only be made via a nominating organisation.

Nominations to the fellowships are accepted from recognised civil society organisations and inter-governmental organisations working in human rights and/or specifically with human rights defenders. A reputed civil society organisation who knows an individual's human rights work can act as their nominating organisation.

Organisations cannot nominate their own employees or volunteers and we cannot consider individual petitions.

For nomination forms and queries regarding the schemes, please contact hrdhub@york.ac.uk.

Nomination deadlines

Protective Fellowship Scheme for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

The next call for nominations is open until 18th February 2024.

Protective Writing Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders

The next call for nominations is open until 18th February 2024.