Organization Name | Organization Name (Local Language) | Country | Factors | Organization Description |
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Network for Peace | Redprodepaz | Colombia |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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It coordinates and articulates local based initiatives with government, businesses, churches, and international agencies for the construction of a nation in peace through local and regional developmental processes. It assembles approximately 27 regional programs for development and peace. |
Network of Human Rights Defenders Association - dhColombia | Asociación Red de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos - dhColombia | Colombia |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
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It is an independent association of lawyers who defend victims of human rights violations perpetrated by officials of the Colombian State. They utilize a strategic litigation methodology to create political impact at a national level. |
New Rainbow Corporation | Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris - CNAI | Colombia |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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Is a research and social action center promoting national reconciliation through initiatives of peace building and security. It contributes to the expansion of participatory democracy through the construction of alternatives for social equity, the recognition of ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity with the aim of strengthening the rule of law. |
Orlando Fals Borda Socio-Juridical Collective Corporation | Corporación Colectivo Sociojurídico Orlando Fals Borda | Colombia |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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It is a multidisciplinary organization aimed at developing a critical approach towards public polices, political violence, human rights, and the rights of the victims in Colombia. Their work is based on a direct relationship with local organizations (i.e. communal action boards, peasant associations, trade unions, neighborhood associations, etc.), to provide social and legal assistance in situations of rights infringements. |
Pacific Women's Route | Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres | Colombia |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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It is a feminist social movement that works towards the pacific conflict resolution in Colombia, and to make visible the consequences of war in the lives of women. It is composed of more than 300 organizations and groups representing nine regions of the country. |
Partners in Action-Reaction Against Exclusion | PARCES Pares en Acción-Reacción Contra la Exclusión Social | Colombia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It works against discrimination and exclusion, and towards the protection of the rights of historically vulnerable communities. They implement critical and participative strategies to create political and social impact at the national and international level. |
Peace and Conflict Observatory National University of Colombia | Observatorio de Paz y Conflicto - OPC - Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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It is oriented towards the monitoring, study, and analysis of the processes and problems related to the construction of peace and the dynamics of the conflict. It develops educational initiatives for the construction of peace in different regions of the country. |
Peace and Reconciliation Foundation | Fundación Paz y Reconciliación | Colombia |
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
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It generates knowledge for political, economical and social debates as a mechanism to contribute to the peace building process and for the national reconciliation of the country. |
Peoples' Legal Team Corporation | Corporación Equipo Jurídico Pueblos - EJP | Colombia |
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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The organization principally focuses on the defense and promotion of human rights, representation of victims of state crimes, assistance for political prisoners, and others deprived of liberty. They also support organizations that have been criminalized for protesting states actions and private corporations. |
Pro Bono Foundation | Fundación ProBono | Colombia |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It contributes to the access of justice for vulnerable persons, communities, and organizations, through the volunteer work of highly qualified lawyers. |
Racial Discrimination Observatory | Observatorio de Discriminación Racial | Colombia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It combats practices of racial discrimination through strengthening alliances and collaborations between young defenders of racial justice. Its members belong to the Human Rights and Global Justice Program of the University of the Andes, the Black Communities Process, and the Center for Legal, Justice and Societal Studies Dejusticia. It facilitates courses, workshops, and master programs for its members. |
Sisma Women Corporation | Corporación Sisma Mujer | Colombia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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A feminist organization established in 1998 that works with victims of gender based violence and discrimination in the private and public spheres. They have adopted a legal approach using an interdisciplinary perspective. They are based in Bogota but also have a delegation in Valencia, Spain. |
Solidarity Commission with Political Prisoners Foundation | Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos - CSPP | Colombia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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It contributes to the debate on the justice system and demands the implementation of a democratic criminal policy with social justice. It demands that guarantees of the rights to search for truth, justice, and reparation are respected. They focus on fair treatment, fair and impartial trials, and other rights for persons deprived of freedom or those prosecuted for political offenses. |
State Crimes Victim's Movement | Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado - MOVICE | Colombia |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
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It works to consolidate a national movement to denounce and eradicate the impunity, and the strategies, methods, and criminal models of violence perpetrated by state officials. |
Tax Justice | Justicia Tributaria | Colombia |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
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An initiative of academics, former state officials, and organizations, with the objective of analyzing the country's tax structure, monitoring the contributions that large national and foreign companies make to the economy, and demanding transparency in tax information. Their initiatives include Gender and Economic Justice and Transnational Companies Fair Tax. |
The Ombudsman's Office Colombia | Defensoria del Pueblo | Colombia |
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
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It complies with the work of monitoring the public power, especially regarding the protection, defense, promotion, dissemination, and exercise of human rights and the freedom of all persons to face unlawful acts, threats, or actions. |
Transparency and Anti-corruption Observatory | Observatorio de Transparencia y Anticorrupción | Colombia |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
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Led by the Secretariat of Transparency of the Presidency of the Republic, it contributes to raising the level of transparency in public management. It measures and analyses the phenomenon of corruption based on the interactions between citizens and public and private organizations. |
Transparency International - Colombian Chapter | Tansparencia por Colombia | Colombia |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
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Leads civil society efforts to combat corruption. It focuses on transforming and guiding public and private institutions towards more transparent practices. |
Visible Congress | Congreso Visible | Colombia |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
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Founded in 1998 by the department of political science at the University of the Andes, it monitors and analyzes the work of the Colombian Congress and subsequently publishes reports through its legislative activity. Their work aims to strengthen and promote the accountability of the legislative branch and the increased participation of the citizenry. |
Visible Election | Elección Visible | Colombia |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
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It is a coalition of nine civil society organizations established in 2008 to follow the elections processes of magistrates to the high courts. |