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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Law and Justice Foundation Australia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Created in 1967 it works to create a fair justice system with equal access for all including those historically marginalized and the economically disadvantaged. It produces many publications supports community initiatives to equalize access to justice.

Global Rights Alert Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Ensures that citizens are the ones benefitting from the extraction of natural resources through transparency and institutional development

Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

Founded in 1988, it works to protect the rights of the Sierra Leoneans and to transform the conditions of poverty and injustice. They advocate and strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations, rights holders, and the government, to effectively engage in the transformation of society.

Ethiopian Public Health Association - EPHA Ethiopia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

EPHA was founded in 1991 and works to achieve an optimal standard of health for the people of Ethiopia. It promotes better health services for the public and high professional standards through advocacy, relevant policies, and effective networking.

The Philippine Judicial Academy  Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

The Philippine Judicial Academy, a separate but component unit of the Supreme Court, has become an all-important factor in the promotion of judicial education in the Philippines.Its mission is to provide opportunities to develop judicial competence, instill sound values, and form constructive attitudes in its continuing pursuit of judicial excellence.

Egypt Justice Project Egypt
Factor 3: Open Government

The Egypt Justice Project has two objectives. The first is to engage in an ongoing project of serious study of the Egyptian judiciary and its jurisprudence, with all its rich history and currents and crosscurrents. The second is to educate to help close the gap between popular perception and reality regarding the Egyptian judiciary, and to open up English language access to the Egyptian judiciary's jurisprudence.

Prison Fellowship Gambia The Gambia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is the national chapter of Prision Fellowship International and seeks to complement the government’s efforts in the criminal justice system through training of judicial officials and advocacy for penal reforms. It aims to achive restorative justice and the rehabilitation of offenders.

Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Set up in 1995, its goal is foster democratic participation and promote democratic values in Malawi society through training, research and advocacy.

The Kukah Centre - TKC Nigeria
Factor 5: Order and Security

The Center works to support interfaith dialogue, promoting conversations among communities, the civil society, and leaders in faith and public policy. The Centre has a good governance program that seeks to foster an informed and active electorate. They also coordinate the National Peace Committee.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It works to provide civilian oversight over the work of the police in Kenya. It is aimed at preventing impunity and enhancing accountability within the National Police Service. It also monitors internal police disciplinary processes to ensure fairness and effectiveness.

LAWASIA Australia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

As the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, LAWASIA brings together under a regional umbrella, the peak bodies representing lawyers of the ESCAP region and individual members of the legal community from around the world.

ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) - Judicial Strengthening to Build Court Effectiveness (JUSTICE) program  Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

The JUSTICE program combats court ineffectiveness and ABA ROLI, in close collaboration with local partners, such as the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, the Office of Government Corporate Counsel and the Intellectual Property Office, is implementing targeted interventions to make the Philippine justice system more responsive, reliable and efficient.

Tanzania Network of Legal Aid Providers - TANLAP Tanzania
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a membership network comprising non-governmental organizations. It was founded in 2006, and its core aim is to work and link up with other civil society organizations that provide quality legal aid and advocate for access to justice among the poor and marginalized sections of society in Tanzania.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Vietnam Vietnam
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

To contribute to the achievement of security and justice for all by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism.

Transparency International Bangladesh Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to prevent and fight corruption, especially through its Young Professionals against Corruption program; and fosters civic engagement through various local and rural initiatives, and drives policy and integrity around climate and water governance in Bangladesh.

Nepalese Army (NA) Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

NA has its own military intelligence unit and it serves as the third layer for maintaining security in the country.

Expert Forum (EFOR) Romania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Works to ensure transparency and accountability of government, implementation of the rule of law, and activism.

Desiree Alliance United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

A coalition of sex workers, health professionals, social scientists, professional sex educators working to build local and regional leadership and constructive activism in the sex worker population to advocate for sex workers’ human, labor and civil rights.

Media Institute of Southern Africa Zambia Zambia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Conducts media monitoring to identify incidents of censorhip and publicize free speech violations, while also reporting on elections

Legal Aid Society (LAS) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Legal Aid Society's efforts are geared towards bridging the gap to provide pro bono/low bono legal aid service to enhance access to justice to underserved, marginalized and disempowered segments of the society, specifically women, religious minorities and juveniles.

The Jammeh Foundation for Peace - JFP The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works for the improvement in the quality of life of all communities in The Gambia by providing support in the sectors of education, health, agriculture, women's rights, and youth development. The Foundation is an initiative of the former president, Alhaji Yahya Jammeh.

Women in Need Sri Lanka
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

WiN aim to combat violence, especially gendered violence, in order to promote a conflict-free society in which the law protects women and they may access justice equally and fairy.

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service) Kazakhstan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Anti Corruption Service is the officla body charged with investigating corruption on the national level, and enforcing regulations related to transparency. It manages a call center and reporting system for citizens to be involved in the process

Uganda Safety Council Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Ensures safe and healthy work environments and regulations

Code for Ghana Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

Using open data and technology to promote effective governance, it assembles software developers and civil society activists that use their knowledge to achieve transparency and citizen engagement. Their programs include, GotToVote, Odenkro, and Where My Money Dey.