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Legal Defence and Assistance Project

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Grants to Legal Defence and Assistance Project

  • $450,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Duration 2 years)

    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 2009 and 2012.