Grantee Profile
Legal Defence and Assistance Project
Grants to Legal Defence and Assistance Project
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$450,000Active Strategy
2011 (Duration 2 years)
Human Rights & International Justice
ANTHONY VILLAGE, NIGERIA — To promote and improve coordination among criminal justice institutions and develop a national policy and strategy on the prosecution of crimes in Nigeria (over two years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Legal Defence and Assistance Project $450,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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