Leading Organizations

It was the first organization to offer free legal aid services in Ghana in 1985. They promote the rights of women, children, and vulnerable individuals. It offers legal literacy programs, legal assistance, counseling, mediation, and court representation through volunteer lawyers.

The NPC works with different target groups with the aim to strengthen civil society, advocate for basic human rights, and ensure the free expression of ideas. Ultimately, they want to educate, mobilise and advocate for the building of a “rights conscious society” of citizens.

Advocates for poverty-focused policies and to ensure transparency and accountability with regards to allocation of public resources

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is an independent quasi-regulatory, quasi-judicial body that helps ensure healthy competition between companies for the benefit of the economy.

The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) is a registered civil society network that was established in 1995 to encourage the recognition, protection and fulfillment of Filipino migrants' rights - both in the Philippines and abroad during the entire migration proces.

People's Watch is a Program Unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns. It's mission is to protect human rights through monitoring human rights violations, intervention and building solidarity with peoples’ struggle for human rights.

Works to involve citizens in the allocation and operation of resource exploitation, through control of industries and governance, and to provide a framework for sustainable resource exploitation in Liberia.

The Charles Koch Institute also works to foster a national conversation on critical issues that have a strong impact on the advancement of societal well-being.

It provides health service implementation, capacity building, and research to ensure equitable access to individuals and communities in Nigeria. Their areas of expertise include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, cancer, and other infectious diseases.

It works in all 14 districts of the country, strengthening healthcare systems with an emphasis on adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

CNBM is the advocacy project of Community Excel Services. It raises awareness and provides a platform for policy action and societal transformation. Their areas of work include elections, poverty, good governance and anti-corruption, and the rights of indigenous communities.

Asean LIP is an online platform that facilitates free, easy, and meaningful access to Southeast Asian legal information. It is an Access to Law initiative developed and promoted by the University of Malaya and Muttath Knowledge Management Services (MKMS) with the support of leading regional law schools and key stakeholders of the Asean legal, tax and business communities.

Sets the standards for sustainability and environmentally conscious planning, and enjoys significant overreach on public private partnerships.

Works to end mass incarceration in Texas through legal assistance, litigation and providing resources to communities most affected by incarceration.

Works to uphold the rule of law and to train lawyers, and manages the network of lawyers in Malawi. It also does public policy through recommendations to the government.

NHRC is an independent and autonomous constitutional body. The primary responsibility of NHRC is to protect and promote human rights of Nepalese people through inquiries and investigations.

Works to fight corruption in all its aspects and promote integrity through awareness raising and training of judges, prosecutors and investigators.

It strives to contribute to local development in Tanzania. Their programs are divided into two sectors: programs that change practices (i.e. Mama Yangu Maisha Yangu Campaign -My Mother my life Campaign- and Vijana na maendeleo), and programs that contribute to laws and policies (i.e. Proposed reforms on the Law of the Marriage Act.).

Representative body of more than 8,000 professional media persons working in all areas of modern media across Nepal. Seeks to promote and protect freedom of the press and expression, professional and physical security of the journalists and envisions a well-informed Nepali society.

FWLD works for the protection, promotion and enjoyment human rights. In order to eliminate all forms of discrimination, FWLD uses law as an instrument to ensure the rights of women, children, minorities and all other marginalized groups.

It is a human rights and law reform initiative that challenges unconstitutional decisions and acts perpetrated by the government. Their work addresses issues related to prisoners' rights, policies that perpetuate statelessness, and death in the custody of the police, to name a few.

Da Qanoon Ghushtonky was established to take up and follow up on criminal and family cases and provide free legal representation.

Their main areas of interest are increasing public understanding of, and engagement with budgets, and budgetary transparency. They engage civil society, the media and the government. They offer research, technical assistance and training, and advocacy.

It coordinates advocacy efforts for their members for the promotion of peace, justice, and unity in Ethiopia, while also working with similar national and international associations.

Works to provide sexual and reproductive health services to women in Bangladesh and to advocate for these rights at the national level through consultations and partnerships.