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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that strengthen opposition governance actors’ ability to design policies that are responsive to the needs of local communities, promote democratic norms, and protect fundamental freedoms.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support the resiliency, diversity, and efficacy of Burma’s pro-democracy movement in advancing fundamental freedoms and human rights.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that strengthen the resilience and capacity of independent media and citizen journalists in Burma to securely disseminate information to Burmese audiences and stakeholders that allows decision-makers and citizens to have informed debates on the country’s future.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor DRL announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a project that promotes long term reconciliation and peace in Sri Lanka through independent, credible, transparent, effective, and victim centric transitional justice processes.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open solicitation for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects strengthening human rights and fundamental freedoms, including religious freedom, in the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The resulting project(s) will support Tibetan institutes established by Tibetan nationals and located in Asia promoting these goals.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that support a more independent judiciary in Angola.

In response to Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine and reports of prevalent and devastating conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) , the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition to organizations interested in submitting applications for survivor-centered and trauma informed projects that strengthen civil society efforts to investigate and document CRSV crimes and abuses committed against Ukrainian citizens since February 2022. Programming will advance the pursuit of truth and justice for victims and survivors, and accountability for crimes committed in violation of international human rights and humanitarian law.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in advancing freedom of association for workers in the informal sector in Nepal.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for a research project that supports the following goal: Contribute to building a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy and rights program strategies that are effective, in an effort to improve program relevance and impact. Background DRL works to promote accountability as a vehicle for addressing human rights violations. In particular we work to strengthen criminal accountability and access to justice in the pursuit of combatting impunity and bolstering the rule of law. Examples of DRL programs which meet these aims include those centered around documentation, capacity building and systematic transformations. This particular project will focus on the breadth of measures through which those responsible for human rights abuses and violations can be held accountable. Furthermore, the definition of being held accountable differs between contexts and parties to human rights abuses. The purpose of the project is to determine measures which can be utilized to improve relevant DRL programs in line with strategic goals and values. There is no regional or country specific focus. The project should meet the following objective: Produce findings on what accountability measures are most effective in holding those responsible for human rights abuses and violations accountable for human rights abuses and violations relevant to DRL programming and related diplomatic engagement. The final tangible products of this research project should be communications products, based on the research findings, which can be easily utilized by Program Officers to improve DRL programming.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for programs to strengthen the administrative and grants management capacity of up to seven locally led civil society partners that are first-time recipients of DRL funding.