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The WJP is an independent, multidisciplinary organization working to advance the rule of law worldwide.

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We engage advocates from across the globe and from multiple work disciplines to advance the rule of law.

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Leading Organizations

Search our directory of leading organizations advancing the rule of law worldwide. New content will be added on a rolling basis. Interested in learning more? Read about our Resource Hub listings here.

The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons

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Works to protect and strengthen the rights of prisoners by observing prison conditions, providing legal aid to prisoners, and conducting research.

www.facebook.com/Lobservatoire-Marocain-des-Prisons-1497215940570275/

Foundation Earth

Fundación Tierra

Foundation Earth fosters ideas and proposals that contribute to a sustainable rural development of indigenous and peasant populations. It promotes equitable access to natural resources, land, and territory through an evidence-based research methodology. Their areas of work include food security and sovereignty, women's access to land, and indigenous nations and autonomy, to name a few.

www.ftierra.org

Envirocare

Founded in 1993, it advocates for human rights, good governance and gender equality. One of their current projects is called "Tanzania Paralegal Remand Prisons and Retention Home Project," seeking to address the core problem of prison overcrowding. They also have projects in areas of the environment, biodiversity, and wealth creation.

www.envirocare.or.tz

Study Center for Law Teaching and Learning

Centro de Estudios sobre la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje del Derecho

Its mission is to train lawyers and law professors in Mexico in order to improve the teaching and pratice of law, and ultimately the Mexican justice system as a whole.

www.ceead.org.mx/

Center for Constitutional Governance - CCG

It works to expand constitutional governance, pluralism, democracy and respect for human rights in Nigeria through education, advocacy, community mobilization, and counseling. The Center is active in the defense of journalists and press freedom rights.

www.ccgnigeria.org

Independent Youth Alliance (ARI)

Aliansi Remaja Independen (ARI)

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

www.aliansiremajaindependen.org/
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Rule of Law Programs

The WJP inspires and fosters practical, locally-led programs that advance the rule of law. The featured programs below come from our searchable program library.

DemocracyOS

SASANE Paralegal Training Program

Vanuatu Chief's Legal Education Pilot Program

Fair Trial Rights Videos

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Factor 9: Informal Justice

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