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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Alliance of Women and Indigenous Women for Access to Justice Alianza de Mujeres y Mujeres Indígenas por el Acceso a la Justicia Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Alliance provides a space that brings together different grassroots organizations that work to advance women's human rights in Guatemala. They promote women's participation in all levels of politics and encourage political parity and indigenous people's inclusion in decision making processes.

Alternative Foundation Altalap Alternatíva Alapítvány Hungary
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It provides harm-reduction services and works to prevent HIV and STD infections among drug users, sex workers, and people with disabilities. It provides medical services, counseling, and advocates for the improvement of healthcare services.

Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG) Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

ALG works to improve participatory and democratic land use, justice reform through the empowerment of the marginalized groups, legal education, policy advocacy, strengthening alternative dispute resolute mechanisms, ensuring transparency and accountability of the judiciary, and institutional capacity.

Alternatives Foundation Fundación Alternativas Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The Alternatives Foundation advances sustainable initiatives to guarantee food security in Bolivia's cities. Their work is centered on uniting civil, public, and private interests in the design and application of public policies, programs, and mechanisms that guarantees food and nutrition rights.

Altus Global Alliance Network International
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Altus is a global alliance working across continents and from a multicultural perspective to improve public safety and justice.

Amass Ghana Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Ghana
Factor 5: Order and Security

It aims to empower the Ghanaian citizenry to achieve democracy, education, and economic freedom by transforming conflict and violence for the advancement of peace and sustainable development. It advocates for peaceful elections, while also, providing health services for women in deprived or violent communities, and food security programs.

Amel Association Lebanon
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to develop crisis response mechanisms and conflict assistance, along with a rehabilitation program for victims of war. It also works on empowering local communities and minorities.

American Bar Association International
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The ABA seeks to provide high quality services to its members, enhance the legal profession, improve the delivery of justice and uphold the rule of law around the world.

American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) International
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

An international development program that promotes justice, economic opportunity and human dignity through the rule of law.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Seeks to defend the rights of citizens enshrined in the Constitution and to fight government abuses of liberties.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to defend the rights of all working people, access to fair pay and working rights, along with protecting their civil rights.
WJP Grantee Program Title : Labor and the Rule of Law (2008-2009)

American Judges Association (AJA) United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to maintain the independence of the justice system, and to improve the running of the justice process.

American Judicature Society United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to protect the integrity of the American justice system through special monitoring committees, research, publications and advocacy.

Amman Center for Human Rights Studies (ACHRS) ???? ???? ??????? ???? ??????? Jordan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Promotes a robust human rights culture by conducting and disseminating studies, research and training as well as launching campaigns, initiatives, and networks around specific human rights issues.

AMREF Health Africa Kenya
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an international African organization with its headquarters in Nairobi. AMREF implements projects through country offices in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, South Sudan, and South Africa. It also provides training and consulting support to 30 other African countries.

Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Anti-violence Studies (AITAS) ???? ????? ??????? ??????? ? ?????? ????? Egypt
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A team of lawyers and legal experts in the human rights field working on promoting human rights values through providing legal aid and initiating law suits to victims of human rights violations.

Andean Action Bolivia Acción Andina Bolivia Bolivia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Strategic Litigation to Promote Rights of Marginalized Drug Users
Created in 1992 with a social justice and human rights mission, Action Andean Bolivia monitors public policy on drugs and works directly with communities affected by these policies. It undertakes action research and works with citizen coalitions, academic networks, and private or public organizations to advance public policy reforms and decriminalization of use.

ANNA Moscow Crisis Center for Women ?????????? ????????? ????? ??? ?????? «????» Russia
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to educate on, prevent and promote the rights of women and children in the face of domestic violence and runs a dedicated helpine for victims.

Anonymous Ways Foundation Névtelen Utak Alapítvány Hungary
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It offers rehabilitation and reintegration support for victims of human trafficking, principally victims of sexual exploitation and prostitution. It works to prevent crime in partnership with civil society and faith-based organizations.

Ansar Burney Trust International Pakistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Human rights organization wroking to promote human rights and civil liberties in Pakistan through raising awareness, providing free legal advice and services and humanitarian assistance where needed. They have also been pushing for reforms in Police Stations, Prisons and Mental Institutions.

Answer the Call Associacion Noddenooto (A2N) Burkina Faso
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

A2N contributes to the economic, social, and cultural well-being of the people of the Sahel by supporting local organizations to better manage environmental resources, improve citizen participation in local decision making, disseminate good government practices, and promote equitable access to resources and equitable economic initiatives.

Anti Corruption Action Center ????? ???????? ???????? Ukraine
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Launching Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine
The Center seeks to use investigative journalism in order to uncover cases of corruption and malpractice and to work with local partners, citizens and members of parliament to eradicate corruption. It has helped write up and enact laws against corruption, and has revealed some of the biggest scandals of corruption in the country.

Anti Corruption Front India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Anti Corruption Front is a media and public coalition providing a powerful platform for common masses to register their complaints against corruption/ bribe, with the help of right minded and honest persons from society and also with the help of some honest officials of various departments and the media.

Anti Corruption International Uganda Uganda
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Brings together students in Uganda to research corruption in the country and pressure elected officials for reform

Anti Defamation League United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Seeks to combat discrimination against Jewish people and all other minorities, and to uphold the civil rights of all citizens.