Republic of Congo

Association pour les Droits de l'Homme et l'Univers Carceral (Association for Human Rights and Prisons) (ADHUC)
$32,500
To promote increased transparency and concrete strategies to combat state corruption. ADHUC will work with the Office of the Prosecutor and the Court of Financial and Budgetary Discipline to apply the rules of procedure regarding controls on financial management of the national treasury and lobby for the formal application of Congo’s anti-corruption law.

Centre des Droits de l’Homme et Développement (Center for Human Rights and Development) (CDHD)
$30,000
To promote greater government and citizen participation in the protection of the environment. CDHD will organize a two-part training program for twenty journalists in Point Noire. The first phase will include a five-day course based on the longer training program initiated last year in Brazzaville. At the close of the workshop, the journalists will investigate the state of environmental protection in the city of Pointe Noire and publish their findings through their respective media outlets.