Leading Organizations

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process or OPAPP is the office mandated to oversee, coordinate, and integrate the implementation of the comprehensive peace process.

Works to promote youth involvement in the promotion of human rights and social change through art projects for advocacy.

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

Founded in 1983, it is the umbrella organization for NGO's that operate in The Gambia. Some themes of their work are gender and poverty, climate, agriculture, the environment, and human rights and governance, among others.

It works to enhance the quality of life of Nigerians by supporting initiatives that improve access to health and educational opportunities.

It is a community-based prisoner harm reduction organization that provides legal and economic support, education programs, and advocates for prisoners and ex-prisoners' rights in Canada. They also provide a unique forum for prisoners to share their experiences through their newsletter Cell Count.

CeLRRd has worked extensively to promote, uphold and respect rule of law, good governance, fair and unrestricted access to justice, human rights and peace through high caliber research and legal advocacy.

It is a group of individuals and organizations from various branches of the criminal justice system that aims to aid in the prevention of crime by providing awareness and a forum for the free discussion of such issues.

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

BABSEACLE's mission is to strengthen and support access to justice and the rule of law globally through justice education and raising awareness of pro bono. Their Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programs and Pro Bono Initiatives are active throughout Asia including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, the Maldives, and Nepal.

Founded in 2013, it provides evidence-based research on government policies and agendas for use in advocacy and governance reforms. Their areas of focus include: economic governance, political governance, and sustainable development.

Offers training and education to make news media a more credible source of information and to promote the freedom of press and expression

Promotes transparency and accountability in extractive industries in order to account for fraud, corruption and tracability of taxpayer money.

Links health professionals with individuals and other organizations to improve health care and influence healthy policies

Inspired by the Medill Justice Project, it works to investigate miscarriages of justice along with promoting change and innovation in the criminal justice system.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Monitoring Maternal Health Entitlements & Increasing Access to Grievance Redressal
Nazdeek, meaning “to be close” in Urdu, is a legal capacity building organization committed to bringing access to justice closer to marginalized communities in India. Nazdeek partners with grassroots activists and lawyers to build community-based legal networks to increase accountability in the protection of social and economic rights.

Implements programs for environmental management, risk assessment and conservation all across South Africa.

It works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency, and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. Undertaking effective public policy engagement, through powerful media partnerships and global leadership of initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership.

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.

Designed to uphold human rights standards by investigating human rights abuses, visiting prisons, and educating on the rehabilitation of torture victims

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.

The Commission supervises and sets standards for elections at the local, regional and national level in Nepal, ensuring that they are free and fair, and provide the framework for local polling stations.

MBC is composed of the largest and most dynamic corporations in the Philippines represented by their senior executives. It has become the leading private forum for meetings that bring together business, government, and community leaders in the country. MBC fosters and promotes the role of the business sector in national development efforts, both in the planning and the implementation of policies.

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

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Tile: Strengthening the inclusion and participation of Non-state Actors in the Nigeria CountryReproductive, Maternal, New-Born, Child and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N)Multi-stakeholder Platform
It works to improve the quality of health care services for women and children through advocacy, accountability, research, and information sharing.