The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) champions universal values, including respect for the rule of law, democratic institutions, and human rights. The Bureau’s work helps bolster democratic institutions, confront democratic backsliding, promote accountability, uphold internationally recognized labor standards, and advance the rights and equity of members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and religious communities, indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQI+ persons.
This grant program focuses on projects that aim to: 1) Strengthen civil society efforts to investigate and document human rights violations and abuses, especially against ethnic and religious minority communities in Burma, including the Rohingya; 2) Support pro-democracy activists seeking justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators of abuses; and 3) Promote the non-recurrence of atrocities.