Grantee Profile
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
Grants to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project
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$350,000Active Strategy
2013 (Duration 3 years)
Human Rights & International Justice
LAGOS, NIGERIA — To use strategic litigation and legal empowerment to enforce the Freedom of Information Act (over three years).
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$350,000Active Strategy
2011 (Duration 3 years)
Human Rights & International Justice
LAGOS, NIGERIA — To conduct strategic litigation before national, sub-regional, and regional courts (over three years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project $700,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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