Leading Organizations

Works to advance the socio economic rights of people and functions as an umbrella for associations and a guarantor of freedom of assembly and expression.

Founded in 1972, it assists disadvantaged communities with emergency relief, rehabilitation, support for refugees/returnees, and HIV/AIDS prevention. It promotes sustainable development, community empowerment, and gender equality.

It was founded in 1989 and provided emergency and humanitarian relief during the civil war. Their present initiatives include post war peace building projects, programs for HIV/AIDS prevention, food security, environmental protection, poverty eradication, and gender equality.

It promotes social justice, peace, and the rule of law. Their Free Legal Clinics offer access to justice to the underprivileged in areas such as employment, family, housing, immigration, and welfare benefits, to name a few.

It facilitates and empowers individuals to cultivate sustainable and peaceful communities in Northern Ghana by offering innovative education and training in peacebuilding, social justice, democratic values, and reconciliation.

It is an initiative that promotes democratic principles, the rule of law, and respect for human rights in criminal law and the administration of criminal justice. Its mission is to improve the quality of justice through reforms of criminal law, policy, and practice.

Works to expand education about the rule of law by disseminating its principles and tenets in order to change the understanding of the rule of law and provide capacity for adults and, especially, young people to explore its usefulness as a foundation of society.

Public Affairs Centre (PAC) was established with a mandate to improve the quality of governance in India. The Centre is globally known for its pioneering Citizen Report Cards, benchmarking studies used to improve public services, as well as their work on electoral transparency, public works quality monitoring tools and approaches.

Government Body tasked with monitoring government compliance with human rights, and in particular with delivering effective access to information for citizens.

ACSEN is a network of civil society organizations that works to improve the electoral process, transparency and accountablity, and increase public participation, especially for women.

FORUM-ASIA works to promote and protect human rights through collaboration and cooperation among organizations and defenders in Asia and beyond. FORUM-ASIA has had consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC Status) since 2004 and has had a consultative relationship with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) since 2017.

Works to provide rehabiliation programmes and mechanisms for offenders, and inform the public on the workings of the prison system.

The Children and Community Initiative for Development (CAID), is an research organization striving towards child and community development in The Gambia.

Works to investigate and find dissapeared persons, and to provide legal and psychological assistance to families seeking justice for the forced dissapeareance of their children.

It is registered in both Somalia and Kenya, and has its liaison office in Nairobi. Its work is programs based in areas such as peacebuilding, WASH, education, gender equity, environment, and Livelihoods.

It works to end the cycle of violence in the tribal lands of Eastern Africa by building peaceful and reconciled communities. Their work is based on the following pillars: non-violent societal transformation; peace, truth, justice, and mercy; integral human development and security; environmental integrity; and respect for local culture and traditions.

Works to influence the public policy debate on key issues regarding civil rights, and push for modernising reforms through legislative advocacy.

It assesses NGO's perceived ability to be a part of public discourse and properly advocate. It also provides information about legal rights.

The IDRC funds research in developing countries to promote growth, reduce poverty, and drive large-scale positive change.

Works to develop a transformative program for inmate to reintegrate into society and reduce recidivism, through skills training and its Prison Diaries program.

Works with state and non-state actors to strengthen democratic processes and rule of law and to improve citizen participation

The Refugee Legal Aid Program (RLAP) provides information, counseling, referral, representation, and advocacy for asylum seekers and refugees in Egypt.

Their mission is to keep young people employed and active through agriculture, entrepreneurship, and ICT to improve their living conditions and reducing costs related to social problems such as drug abuse, abortion, prostitution, and crime.

Works to provide information on human trafficking, and develop outeach and awareness projects.

Works to uncover cases of fraud and corruption through investigative journalism and produces a corruption risk report card ranking states.