Leading Organizations

It was founded in 1995 in Arusha city, it is the premier Bar Association in the East African Region. It seeks the promotion of constitutionalism, democracy and good governance, the rule of law and the advancement, promotion, and protection of human rights of all people in East Africa and beyond.

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

Founded in 1997, it is the governmental body responsible for the implementation of electoral activities across the country. The Commission's activities are primarily funded by the government, but it has also received funding from UNDP and DFID.

Works to develop the use and understanding of law, and has worked on a monitoring mechanism for human rights, strategic litigation against mining companies and provides legal assistance to incarcerated persons and their families.

Government and private sector initiative to fight corruption through the development of a rating index, and serving as a platform to coordinate actions against corruption in businesses.

It is comprised by a group of bloggers and social media activists that build capacity among members, promote citizen journalism, and educate the public through the platform. They have developed projects such as Ghana Decides to promote electoral accountability, and Inform Ghana to foster information sharing between citizens.

It works to eliminate violence against women and children, and to promote gender equality and social justice. Their services include hospital support and training for medical personnel, shelters, legal counseling, and court representation for victims of GBV.

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.

Originally entrusted with the task of policing the frontiers, their scope of work has expanded to include supporting law enforcement agencies in controlling law and order situation and providing security to diplomats, government installations, multi-national companies and hydro-power projects.

Works to defend the rights of the LGBT community and provide them with information and support on their sexual orientation and gender identity

It seeks to promote and reinforce the rights of vulnerable children. Their four key areas are: child marriage (they hold the Secretariat for the Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network - TECMN); female genital mutilation; child protection and participation; and male engagement (they coordinate The MenEngage Network in Tanzania).

Works to produce reports on new modes of social engagement and does capacity building with business, government, NGOs and citizens.

Works to help women who have been victims of domestic violence, through surgery programs, financial assistance, community projects, and public policy advocacy.

It is a website of citizen journalists whose aim it to report important stories from all the counties in Kenya. It is a project by Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE), and seeks to support online activists defending free speech and to empower citizens to exercise their fundamental rights.

It is a collective action organization that combats corruption affecting the business sector by connecting companies, chambers of commerce, and industry groups with the government. It also maps corruption to identify where it is occurring within the business community.

Aims to promote social equity, gender equality, and environmental justice through the empowerment of women

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

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.

The Centre's mission is to provide public services and advance research in the interdisciplinary area of information technology and law. Their initiatives include the Community Legal Information Centres (Youth CLIC, Senior CLIC, Family CLIC), the eQuality Project, and the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute - HKLII, among others.

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.

Provides legal and ethical aid for survivors of domestic violence

It is a pan-African organization headquartered in Banjul. It was founded in 1989 by an Act of the Parliament of the Republic of The Gambia, becoming an independent NGO in 1995. Its mission is the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy in Africa.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan is a grassroots organization that was formed in 1990, working in rural Rajasthan. Its objective was to use modes of struggle and constructive action for changing the lives of its primary constituents — the rural poor.