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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Seeks to end poverty and redress human dignity, provide education for children living in poverty or homelessness and the basic right to shelter.

National Law College (NaLC) Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

NaLC was established with a mission to uplift legal education in Nepal. NaLC is affiliated with Tribhuvan University of Nepal. NaLC's aim is to create excellent legal professionals in the country by bestowing best teaching methods with multidisciplinary and rigorous approach.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NLADA works to deliver high quality pro bono legal services along with advocacy, guidance, information, training and technical assistance to legal clinics and pro bono associations in the equal justice community.

National Legal Aid Clinic for Women Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

A free legal aid resource for underrepresented women and children which aims to protect their rights and advocate for policy reform

National Legal Aid Service Bangladesh
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to legal aid services to people in need, and is involved in transforming Bangladesh's criminal justice system through legal aid training for paralegals in prisons and transforming laws for more restorative justice.

National Legal Services Authority India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.

National LGTBQ Task Force United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to bring down barriers for LGBTQ people in all social areas from justice to housing to healthcare through training and advocacy.

National Movement for Human Rights Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos (MNDH) Brazil
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to monitor the situtation on human rights in Brazil and publish information on cases of violation, collect claims from victims and defend the human rights of abused persons.

National Network Against the Trafficking, Trade, Commercial and Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Red RATT) Red Nacional Alto Al Trafico, la Trata, y la Explotación Comercial y Sexual de los Niños y Adolescentes(Red RATT) Argentina
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to fight human trafficking in Argentina, and promote the rights of children and adolescents, through implementation of regional and international instruments.

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Brings together various immigrant community to organize and defend their rights regardless of their status for social and economuic justice.

National Network for the Defense of Food Sovereignty in Guatemala Red Nacional por la Defensa de la Soberanía Alimentaria en Guatemala - REDSAG Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

REDSAG works to develop proposals, political actions, and strategies to defend the food sovereignty of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. Their areas of work include farmers and indigenous agroecological systems; community, peasant, and indigenous economies; and gender and youth focused programming.

National Network of Citizen Initiatives for Peace and against War REDEPAZ – Red Nacional de Iniciativas Ciudadanas por la Paz y contra la Guerra Colombia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It assembles local, regional, and national viewpoints towards peace, with the purpose of defending the fundamental right of peace for the Colombian people.

National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal (NEFAD) Nepal
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NEFAD is a network of district based associations of families of the missing and disappeared in Nepal. The national network aims to provide support, advocacy and relief for the families of the disappeared.

National Network of Pro Bono Lawyers (RENAP) Rede Nacional de Advogados e Advogadas Populares (RENAP) Brazil
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to provide legal assistance to local and rural organizations facing legal challenges, and to persons victim of human rights abuses in Brazil.

National Network of Sexual Diversity and HIV of Guatemala Red Nacional de la Diversidad Sexual y VIH de Guatemala - REDNADS Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

REDNADS is the main LGBT organization in Guatemala. Additionally, it is tasked with monitoring the recommendations issued to Guatemala by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

National Observatory of Centers of Deprivation of Liberty Observatoire National des Lieux de Privation des Libertés Senegal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Works to monitor and investigate places of detention, along with investigating any allegations of torture or mistreatement.

National Office for the Fight Against Corruption ?????? ??????? ??????? ?????? Tunisia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Proposes policies against corruption, enacts general policy principles, provides advice on legislative and regulatory projects related to the fight against corruption, collects data on corruption, facilitates contact between players and broadcasts an anti-corruption culture.

National Office for the Fight Against Fraud and Corruption (OFNAC) Office National de Lutte contre la Fraude et la Corruption (OFNAC) Senegal
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to fight fraud and corruption in Senegal through legal assistance, testimony collecting (free phone number) and reform of government policy.

National Office for the Fight against Trafficking of Persons Cellule Nationale de Lutte contre la Traite des Personnes (CNLTP) Senegal
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to prevent trafficking in persons, and defend and assist people who have suffered trafficking or that are marginalised.

National Ombudsman ??????????? ??????? ???????? Georgia
Factor 5: Order and Security

Investigate civil and Criminal Justice cases, protects the rights of citizens and monitors prison conditions and reform.

National Organization for Women (NOW) United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Fights to defend the rights of women against discrimination and abuse and achieve social, economic and political equality between men and women.

National Peace Council of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

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.

National Police Gendarmeria Nacional Chile
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Investigates the prison system and produces reports on living conditions of prisoners, torture and abuse statements and proposes reviews of government policy and practices.

National Police of Peru Policía Nacional del Perú Peru
Factor 5: Order and Security

The National Police has improved its standards in recent years, and enjoys public backing. Its missions are to defend the rights of citizens and to organize their security in the face of crime and violence.

National Press Center of Norbert Zongo Centre National de Presse Norbert Zongo Burkina Faso
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CNP aims to promote free media and press through expanding freedom of expression by training journalists and supporting media organizations.