Leading Organizations

Founded in 1972, it assists disadvantaged communities with emergency relief, rehabilitation, support for refugees/returnees, and HIV/AIDS prevention. It promotes sustainable development, community empowerment, and gender equality.

Works to find innovative solutions to reintegrating offenders, and to prevent social crime especially in youths, along with working to improve the criminal justice system.

It is a developmental or structural legal aid group; not only does it provide legal aid but even challenges the law. It asks for law reform where the law is found to be unfair or discriminatory. It asks for legislation in areas where there is a lack of laws dealing with the subject.

CCRI is dedicated to the promotion, protection and implementation of the right to information in Nepal. The core areas of its work include awareness, research and dissemination.

Maitri's work is organized under two main categories: violence against women and migrant workers. The organization has been addressing the issue of violence against women and acts as a catalyst to enable access to basic rights to some of the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in India.

LANCAU NEPAL is a law based social engineering organization, dedicated to uproot the untouchability system from Nepal. Some of the activities it focuses on are formation of a global pressure group of lawyers to curb untouchability, and providing national and global level pro-bono legal support.

Parivartan works for building organizations of deprived masses, supporting their struggles for sustainable socio-economic development through participation in planning and implementation of development process and influencing the policies for transparent, responsive and responsible governance.

It aims to identify and support innovations that have the potential to create social impact in education, health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across Tanzania with a focus on market driven solutions.

It is a multidisciplinary research group working on issues such as inequality, environmental change, and indigenous policy. They aim to both provide information on current policies and encourage policy reform.

Aims to combat environmental degradation and conserve natural resources through training and awareness seminars

Works to develop political culture and involvement in Bangladesh; developed election monitoring committees, candidate profiles, debate structures and open budget meetings for more transparency and citizen involvement in the political process.

Think tank working with business, political and civil society organizations in order to regulate and open up the space for the energy sector in Ukraine.

The Pakistan Workers Federation is the largest Workers Federation in Pakistan working to promote and protect workers' rights and to campaign for legislative changes.

Works to provide information on human trafficking, and develop outeach and awareness projects.

It represents different sectors of Coastal Muslim communities in Kenya. Their work is focused on the following areas: peace and security development, social accountability, access to justice, and land and advocacy. They also promote the health rights of drug users, especially related to HIV infection.

Works to uncover cases of fraud and corruption through investigative journalism and produces a corruption risk report card ranking states.

Founded in 2012, it advocates for the defense of LGBTI people's rights. Its initiatives include the provision of training for community leaders, research, and legal assistance in cases of sexual orientation based discrimination through paralegal services.

ACWC is an intergovernmental body comprised of twenty representatives of ASEAN Member States and has consultative status to ASEAN. Its mandate is the promotion and protection of the rights of women and children in ASEAN.

The organization is committed to transforming conflict, peace building, safeguarding of human rights, and providing access to justice.

Aims to increase citizen participation in political processes in order strengthen good governance and encourage citizen centered policies

One of the leading organizations in the field of human rights monitoring, transitional justice and legal assistance in El Salvador.

Founded in 1981, it works to defend and protect the right to freedom of expression in Canada and the world. CJFE monitors, defends, and reports on free expression and access to information.

The Centre for Civil Society advances social change through public policy. It is extensively involved in education, livelihood, and policy training to promote choice and accountability across private and public sectors. CCS engages with policy and opinion leaders through research, pilot projects and advocacy.

The Prosecutor's Office works to uncover, litigate and bring into the public eye cases of corruption, independently of state institutions which it may also investigate. It also plays a crucial role in educating the public about corruption and how eliminate it

National social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities, focusing on ending violence and stigma through education and advocacy.