General information
Title
Expanding civic space and promoting the right to defend human rights defenders and their collective in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region - DRCongo - Protection International
ID
XM-DAC-2-10-6782
CRS ID
2021C06782
Start date
End date
Activity status
Completion
Budget
€500.000
Actor
CSO other donor CSO
Country
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REP.)
Sector
Government and civil society - Democratic participation and civil society
Policy markers
Gender 1
Environment 1
Good Governance 1
Aid type
Project-type interventions
Priority partner country
Yes
Fragile state
Yes
Least developed country
Yes
Budgetline
54 16 356049 Society-building and good governance
Finance type
GRANT
Tied status
No
Flow type
ODA
Body
General
The project intervention will focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which plays a major role in
the stabilization in the region. The important cross-border dimension and transnational ethnic identities have
favored the interconnection of conflicts destabilizing the whole region. To expand civic space and promote the Right to Defend Human Rights for Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lake Region.
Results
SO1. The capacities of defenders' organizations are strengthened to ensure their protection and enable them to
work collectively on the right to defend human rights in the DRC.
SO2. State authorities and influential stakeholders respect, protect and recognize human rights defenders as key actors in the advancement of the rule of law in the country.