Grants or cooperative agreements to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations, NGOs, IHEs, for profit-businesses, and public international organizations to promote coexistence and equal citizenship rights in Indonesia. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take up to eight weeks to complete. Funding is intended for projects to support religious freedom. The geographic focus should be Java; or with strong justification, Java and one additional principal island.

DRL’s goal is to support equitable legislative implementation and access to justice consistent with Indonesia’s international obligations on religious freedom and is respectful toward all faith communities (including those of no faith) and those not among officially recognized religious communities. Programs should address legal sector responses to government actions regarding tolerance and respect for members of religious minority groups, seeking to work with judicial actors, legal communities, as well as national and local leaders to promote rights-respecting legal and policy implementation. This includes a recognition of historic peaceful coexistence leading to equal citizenship rights through strengthened rule of law. Activities should involve concrete actions and community-engagement, rather than be solely deliberative and relationship-building meetings and gatherings.

Expected Program Outcomes could include but are not limited to: 

• Government, security, legal, or judicial actors leverage existing domestic and international legal frameworks to advance human rights related to freedoms of religion and expression and reduce discriminatory laws and practices;
• Increased awareness among local communities and community leaders of the value and importance of legal protections regarding religious belief and pluralism irrespective of one’s religion or beliefs;
• Increased awareness among communities, local leaders, and legal actors of the domestic legal framework and principles relating to freedom of religion or belief;
• Increased knowledge about legal strategy and approaches to inclusive advocacy among lawyers and other legal sector actors to protect freedom of religion or belief;
• Strengthened legal protections for members of Indonesia’s religious and ethnic minority groups;
• Legal sector actors and/or local government officials deepen trust with community stakeholders through equitable access to justice; and
• Increased public literacy on domestic and international religious freedom laws, agreements, and protections leading to increased popular support for efforts to bring Indonesia’s domestic laws more in line with international standards, particularly for members of religious minority groups and those of no faith.