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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Initiative for Transparency in Extracting Industries Initiative pour la Transparence dans les Industries Extractives Senegal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Seeks to implement the transparency norms set up during the 2002 Johannesburg Conference on Sustainable Development for extracting companies and present the information to the public.

Initiative for the Americas Fund (FIAES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to protect and regulate environmental conservation in El Salvador through public and private funds and experts

Information Centre for the African Network for Integral Development (CIJ-RADI) Centre d'Informations Juridiques du Réseau Africain pour le Développement Intégré (CIJ-RADI) Senegal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

A center for civil justice, offering legal assistance, brochures explaining peoples' rights (wolof and french) and helping NGOs prepare legal documents.

Information and Service Center for Health Advice (CISAS) Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS) Nicaragua
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CISAS is a leading organization in public education about sexual and public health, reaching out to youths, communities and persons at risk in Nicaragua.

Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works as a watchdog for the cause of human rights through research and documentation, community mobilization, public education and awareness, and lobbying and advocacy.

Indonesian Women's Coalition for Justice and Democracy Koalisi Perempuan Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to defend women and minority rights through social engagement, empowerment and creation of a network for action.
WJP Program Grantee Title: The Role of Civil Society in Accelerating the Civil Administration and Registry Documents Service (2015-2016)

Indonesian Press Council Indonesian Press Council Indonesia
Factor 3: Open Government

Aims to protect the rights of journalists and guarante freedom of expression and opinion.

Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Structural Legal Aid
Pioneering, promoting, and supporting law enforcement and legal reform through providing legal assistance and fighting for the rights of the poor.

Indonesian Future Leaders Indonesian Future Leaders Indonesia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to involve youth in civic participation and decision making through youth parliaments and other initiatives.

Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to protect the rights of people affected by environmental degradation and to monitor government implementation of environmental conservation and sustainability measures.

Indonesian Community Mapping Network (JKPP) Jaringan Kerja Pemetaan Partisipatif (JKPP) Indonesia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to develop maps of land and economic activity in order to monitor government policy and drive dispute resolution and land management.

Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL) Yayasan Pengembangan Hukum Lingkungan Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to assist NGOs, citizens and government in implementing sustainable measures for environmental management in accordance with universal principles.

Indonesian Advocates Association Perhimpunan Advokat Indonesia (PERADI) Indonesia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Creating a free and independent bar association that serves to protect the interests of justice seekers and lawyers.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Anti Korupsi (ICW) Indonesia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Citizen group working to eliminate corruption through social engagement and participation in policy development.

IndiaSpend India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

IndiaSpend is a data journalism initiative of the Spending & Policy Research Foundation. It utilizes open data to analyze a range of issues with the broad objective of fostering better governance, transparency and accountability in the Indian government, particularly of the Indian judiciary.

Indian Social Center AJMAN United Arab Emirates
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

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

India Vision Foundation India
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The India Vision Foundation works to bring about police reforms and prison reforms and worked in various Indian states. It also aims to better the life of children who grow up in prisons.

India Rejuvenation Initiative India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

India Rejuvenation Initiative was formed by a group of retired and serving top bureaucrats in 2005, IRI focused its attention towards corruption prevalent at the top echelons of Indian polity.

India Institute India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

India Institute promotes dignity, choice and enterprise through research, advocacy and litigation. It also focuses on property rights and legal reform.

Independent Youth Alliance (ARI) Aliansi Remaja Independen (ARI) Indonesia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to defend the rights of youths and to involve them in the democratic process and policy making.

Independent Radio Network Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Founded in 2002, it works to achieve an independent media sector capable of providing access to accurate information. It comprises 25 community radio stations throughout the country.

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) South Africa
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to investigate allegations of misconduct and abuses committed by police officers, in an independent and professional fashion.

Independent National Commission on Human Rights Liberia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to reconcile grievances from the war. Through its Palava Hut program, the INCHR uses traditional conflict resolution mechanisms to repair grievances and reconcile memories, consolidating the peacebuilding process.

Independent Movement Movimiento Independiente - MOVIN Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It aspires to achieve a citizenry that is conscious of the value of social equity and recognizes the importance of human development for the creation of a prosperous society.

Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor working conditions in various industries in the country and to develop a Center for Labour Rights, to educate and provide legal assistance to workers about their rights.