The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to promote data privacy and protection policies consistent with democratic values and safeguarding of human rights in Malaysia from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a two-year, $740,740 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The grant will support ABA FJE's work to promote religious freedom in Indonesia through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). Specifically, ABA FJE will work to better inform legal advocates and the public in Indonesia about...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $987,654 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen tolerance and equal protection under the law for religious minorities in Sudan. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted programs globally to address human rights abuses and open political...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,007,407 project grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to strengthen regional capacities for coordinated interventions to respond, protect, and prevent human rights violations of environmental defenders in Colombia. This funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) was awarded a $1,070,000 cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA) to support the bureau's foreign assistance goals and objectives as outlined in its FY strategic plan. Under the three-year cooperative agreement, which commenced on October 1, 2022 and runs through September 30, 2025, ABA FJE will provide legal capacity building programs and technical assistance in Iran....
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $987,654 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) to enhance the capacity of defenders and local communities to safely advocate for greater environmental protection at the national and regional levels in Uganda. The grant funding will support ABA FJE's work under DRL's International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345)...
The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $825,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to support efforts combating human trafficking in Morocco as part of the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019). Under the award, ABA FJE will create a national referral mechanism (NRM) in Morocco to improve victim identification and expand services...
The Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) to the American Bar Association (ABA). The grant will fund technical and financial support to journalists and human rights defenders in Angola, including training to build investigative capacity and public dialogues on press freedom. The grant will also provide pro bono legal support for 3 cases related to press freedom. The ABA is partnering with the Mapsos...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,295,062 Project Grant to The Atlantic Council of the United States, Inc. (doing business as Atlantic Council) under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support legal practitioners, human rights and anti-corruption advocates, and victims and survivors of human rights violations and corruption offenses in Iran from August 2022...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705) to the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education. The grant, titled "PROTECTT MIOMBO", aims to reduce the ability of criminal groups to carry out and profit from illegal logging and timber trafficking in the Miombo woodlands. The project will run from October 1, 2024, to February 28, 2025, and will...