The implementing partner will lead efforts to address torture in mexico, through initiatives that include, but are not limited to, legal assistance for victims, direct government engagement, and…

This $315,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, will support efforts to address torture in Mexico. The implementing partner, Documenta. Analisis Y Accion Para La Justicia Social, A.C., will lead initiatives that include legal assistance for victims, direct government engagement, and support to local human rights organizations. Key objectives are to analyze the link between torture and other human rights violations, expand technical assistance to increase authorities' ability to prevent, investigate, and sanction torture, empower communities to counter abuses, build networks for collective action, and implement technical solutions and artistic interventions related to torture prevention. The award period runs from November 2024 to November 2029.

The implementing partner will lead efforts to address torture in mexico, through initiatives that include, but are not limited to, legal assistance for victims, direct government engagement, and support to local human rights organizations, building on past programming. The implementing partner will 1) analyze the link between the crime of torture and other grave human rights violations to better respond to complex phenomena; 2) expand their technical assistance model to increase authorities' ability to prevent, investigate, and sanction torture; 3) work at the community level to increase target populations' legal empowerment to counter human rights abuses; 4) forge networks for collective action against torture; and 5) implement technical solutions and develop artistic interventions related to the prevention of torture.