OpportunityTitle: Building Justice Sector Capacity in Timor-Leste
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible organizations may include: (U.S. based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or educational institutions having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS or overseas-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or private/state educational institutions. See complete eligibility criteria attached.
Description: This project will support the increased capacity of Timor-Leste&#8217;s justice sector to handle a range of criminal justice issues, focused specifically on corruption, gender-based violence, and trafficking in persons. The project will provide direct training to members of Timor-Leste&#8217;s justice sector and establish training curricula/programs in order to increase the sector&#8217;s accountability, transparency, and resilience to counter corruption, gender-based violence, and trafficking in persons. The target group for this project includes judges, prosecutors, public defenders, law students, members of the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Office of the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice (PDHJ), law enforcement, and civil society &#8211; especially those concerned with strengthening the justice sector as well as combating corruption, trafficking in persons, and gender-based violence.
GrantorContactText: gillerslj@state.gov