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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network Jamaica
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to promote youth in leadership positions and train youth in decision making and awareness raising.

Open Society Foundations (OSF) International

Foundation working to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.

Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute (GZO) Philippines
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to train communities and practitioners in peaceful resolution of conflict and provide information on the conflict resolution process.

HAKAM National Human Rights Society Malaysia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Their mission is to preserve and defend human rights and fundamental freedoms by holding the government accountable and denouncing repressive laws. It advocates for the repeal of the death penalty and to increase accountability of police departments.

Bureau for Reconstruction and Development (BRD) Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

BRD has been working in Afghanistan since 2002. It has been working to enhance the skills and knowledge of civil society organizations on effective conflict resolution and management through training programs.

Transparancy International Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security

TI raises awareness of the effects of corruption and works with partners in both government and civil society to develop and implement appropriate measures to tackle these profound issues.

National Coordinating Organisation for Farmer Associations of the Gambia (NACOFAG) The Gambia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It works to reinforce and protect the interest of peasants and agricultural organizations with an enabling policy to guide the welfare of its members. It coordinates farmers and their organizations activities in order to ensure capacity building, lobbying and advocacy, policy dialogue, and partnership building.

Institute for Peace and Security Studies Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It fosters peace and security through research, dialogue, and outreach activities in Ethiopia and throughout Africa by offering quality education and capacity training in the specialized field of peace and security to students and stakeholders.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights - CDHR Nigeria
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Founded in 1989, it works to defend and promote human rights in Nigeria through campaigns and activities in collaboration with other civil society organizations.

Child Rights and You India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CRY is a pioneering institution in the field of rights of underprivileged children in India.

Tanzania Bora Initiative Tanzania
Factor 3: Open Government

Through Media and Arts, Tanzania Bora Initiative engages the youth community in providing civic educational programs and projects based on effective leadership, democracy and accountability, good governance, Human rights, and development issues.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NLADA works to deliver high quality pro bono legal services along with advocacy, guidance, information, training and technical assistance to legal clinics and pro bono associations in the equal justice community.

Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Pro bono lawyers trained to defend unnacompanied minors who have suffered trafficking, abuse or abandonment.

Centers for Studies on Public Safety and Citizenship International

The Center works to uphold the rule of law within the justice, criminal and prison systems of Brazil and other countries through high quality research and innovative programmatic operations with different area experts.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Kenya
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It works to conduct free and fair elections and to institutionalize a sustainable electoral process. It is responsible for conducting or supervising referendums and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution.

CPR Land Rights Initiative India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CPR Land Rights Initiative's vision is to generate a knowledge base for policy interventions regarding land rights that bring about development which is socially inclusive, ecologically sustainable and politically feasible.

Odhikar Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor human rights violations such as extrajudicial killings, violence against women and forced dissapearance along with providing training for Human Rights Defenders and running election monitoring stations.

Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) Bangladesh
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide rural areas with disaster risk aversion strategies, programs on food security and is involved in the IRSOP project for restorative justice.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre Australia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

A not for profit law and policy organization focusing on issues such as police power, government accountability, and indigenous disadvantage. Its strategies include: legal assitance, research, and community engagement.

Myanmar Legal Aid Network Myanmar
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It works to strengthen the rule of law in Myanmar by building the capacity of legal workers, such as young lawyers, politicians, and community leaders.

Isis-Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Aims to strengthen women's political participation, inform institutions on gender inequality, and restore women's bodily integrity

The Sierra Leone WASH Sector Learning Partnership Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a coalition of eight organizations implementing WASH activities across the country. Their work aligns with the Sector Learning Policy and Framework, an initiative established by the Ministry of Water Resources in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.

Fordham University School of Law United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Seeks to educate young lawyers for the advancement of the spirit of justice and the rule of law in practice for all people.

African Centre for Peace Building Ghana
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is a peace-building organization that aims to prevent violent conflict through mediation, justice, youth development, anti-corruption campaigns, and capacity building initiatives.

Legal Resources Foundation - Zambia Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Provides pro-bono legal aid and litigation to the public to enhance human rights