Leading Organizations

Government agency tasked with fighting corruption in Malawi. The NAO was at the forefront of the revelations surrounding the Cashgate scandal.

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.

The goals of the Foundation are to: 1) To enable women to acquire great access to knowledge, resources and institutions; 2) To influence attitudes and behavior for a social environment responsive to women’s concerns and people-centred issues; 3) To facilitate citizens' active participation in the process of social change and governance at all level.

Works to defend the rights of vulnerable people, but also guarantee the rights fo all people and the rule of law under recent security measures, through advocacy and strategic litigation.

PCIJ is an independent, nonprofit media agency that specializes in investigative reporting. It was founded in 1989 by nine Filipino journalists who realized the need for newspapers and broadcast agencies to go beyond day–to–day reportage.

Works to protect the rights of women and children suffering from violence and trafficking, through shelters and anti trafficking programs, along with securing environmental rights for affected populations through Disaster Risk Reduction strategies and litigation.

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

Supports the ex-patriot Indian community by providing social, cultural, education, economic, and legal services and activities.

Uses a texting hotline and social media to promote citzen corruption reporting and leads investigation on the cases reported.

A public interest legal project which seeks to curb systematic police abuse and enhance existing accountability mechanisms through litigation, research, and advocacy.

Aims to further the human rights of prisoners and improvement of prisons through research and advocacy

Promotes peace and conflict transformation through collective networking and providing resources to the community

This initiative promotes and monitors the implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) relevant to people with disabilities. It also facilitates access to healthcare services, education, and employment.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: YouthLab: Championing the Voice of Youth Deprived of their Liberty
Works to provide art and music therapy in prisons, and to accompany offenders on the path to economic and social reintegration through business ideas developed while in incarceration.
WJP Program Grantee Title: Construction of Society Through Hip-Hop (2013-2014)

NGO working on strengthening the rule of law and promoting human rights in Colombia and across the Global South.

It was founded in 2001 and works predominantly in the Rift Valley. It aims to empower vulnerable groups and ethnic communities through training, advocacy, networking and linkages in areas of human and constitutional rights, cultural heritage, and equitable distribution of resources.

It seeks to contribute to the reduction of gender inequalities and discrimination against women, men, persons with disabilities, the youth, children, the elderly, minorities, and marginalized communities.

It is comprised of nine international organizations that have worked with displaced and conflict-affected people since 1984. It provides support to approximately 92,000 Burmese refugees located in nine camps in western Thailand. It also supports recovery and community-driven development in southeast Myanmar.

The Center uses a combination of research, advocacy and strategic litigation to advance human rights in South Africa.

SLD is a Delhi-based labour rights organization, that believes in equitable development through social and economic well-being of labour, migrants, and women workers; and through cultural renewal among disenfranchised people.

JSSP employs international and Afghan advisors to train, build the capacity of, and provide technical assistance to Afghan officials within Afghan ministries and institutions. It focuses on developing the technical skills of justice officials through trainings in the criminal justice field. .

Group of women who worked to resolve the Liberian conflict and now provide courses to women on equality and gender based violence, and work with the government to change policy on gender violence and womens' rights.

The organization works to strengthen the relationship between public decision making and social justice. Their main areas of work include transparency and participation in public finance management, poverty reduction, and rights enhancement.

IHRDA has been working since 1998 to strengthen the African human rights system through offering pro bono legal counsel to victims of human rights abuses, conducting training workshops, and other capacity building activities for lawyers and other human rights defenders.

It aims to supplement and complement the development efforts of the Government. It was established with the aim of increasing HIV/AIDS services through addressing the shortage of skilled health professionals in rural underserved settings.