Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project [through United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]

$375K USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Country	Laos
Start Date	Jun 13, 2008
End Date	Sep 22, 2010
Duration	831 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`82471-54`

Grant Description

Strengthen the capacity of criminal justice institutions, including judiciary and law enforcement bodies; enhance Lao criminal justice mechanisms and law enforcement.

The project will propose amendments to Lao criminal law provisions and will train criminal justice practitioners and law enforcement officials. This is an extension of current funding from Canada, Norway, Sweden; the project started in October 2006.