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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Prison Fellowship Gambia The Gambia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is the national chapter of Prision Fellowship International and seeks to complement the government’s efforts in the criminal justice system through training of judicial officials and advocacy for penal reforms. It aims to achive restorative justice and the rehabilitation of offenders.

The Kukah Centre - TKC Nigeria
Factor 5: Order and Security

The Center works to support interfaith dialogue, promoting conversations among communities, the civil society, and leaders in faith and public policy. The Centre has a good governance program that seeks to foster an informed and active electorate. They also coordinate the National Peace Committee.

The Independent Policing Oversight Authority Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It works to provide civilian oversight over the work of the police in Kenya. It is aimed at preventing impunity and enhancing accountability within the National Police Service. It also monitors internal police disciplinary processes to ensure fairness and effectiveness.

Law and Justice Foundation Australia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Created in 1967 it works to create a fair justice system with equal access for all including those historically marginalized and the economically disadvantaged. It produces many publications supports community initiatives to equalize access to justice.

Global Rights Alert Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Ensures that citizens are the ones benefitting from the extraction of natural resources through transparency and institutional development

Movement Against Conflict (MAC) Bangladesh
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to develop conflict resolution and peaceful modes of redress, while advocating for the installation of these mechanisms at the national level through policy changes.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Vietnam Vietnam
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

To contribute to the achievement of security and justice for all by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism.

Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy Malaysia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It commemorates the life of Teoh Beng Hock, a victim of political persecution and custodial torture by the state. The organization works to achieve a democratic nation free from political persecution, torture, and human rights violations by providing democratic education, legal and social support for victims, and advocating for truth and reconciliation.

Majlis India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

They are an organization that uses youth volunteers to teach underprivileged children.

Patani Forum Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Patani Forum works with a new generation of local leaders and activists in the Malay-speaking area in southern Thailand to raise issues deemed important to the people in the area, through advocacy, civic participation, and in-depth analysis of the dynamics of the region and of the ongoing conflict.

People's Action Forum Zambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to creat people-centered policies and creates rural community based programs to enhance the voices of rural citizens

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.

Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) Philippines Philippines
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Ombudsman and his deputies are responsible for investigating charges of misconduct and/or corruption on the part of government officials and employees.

University of the Philippines-Office of Legal Aid Philippines
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Office of Legal Aid (OLA) houses the clinical education program of the College of Law. It provides free legal assistance to indigent litigants. It is also actively involved in public interest cases.

Black Women's Blueprint United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to introduce the issues surrounding black women into different societal agendas: gender, criminal justice, order and policy.

Tanzania Network of Legal Aid Providers - TANLAP Tanzania
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a membership network comprising non-governmental organizations. It was founded in 2006, and its core aim is to work and link up with other civil society organizations that provide quality legal aid and advocate for access to justice among the poor and marginalized sections of society in Tanzania.

Afghan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) Afghanistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

AACN is a social, non- profit, non partisan, non- political and non-governmental network established to bring together different civil society organization and individuals alike to fight corruption in Afghanistan.

Peace and Justice Myanmar Myanmar
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is focused on actions that are conducive for a democratic and prosperous society through the engagement of citizens to participate politically and the promotion of adequate reforms for a sustainable peace-building process.

Training Human Rights Association for Afghan Women (THRA) Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Training Human Rights Association (THRA) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization working in the areas of human rights awareness, Afghan women's capacity development, advocacy, CSOs capacity building and gender.

Women in the Media Sierra Leone - WIMSAL Sierra Leone
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It was founded in 2007 and aims to improve the conditions for female journalists, while also advocating for the rights of all women in Sierra Leone. It is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, and has approximately 200 members distributed throughout the country.

The Centre for Comparative and Public Law - CCPL Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Founded in 1995 at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law, it aims to make the law more accessible to the community and more effective, and it works to advance knowledge on public law and human rights issues primarily from the perspectives of international and comparative law and practice.

Naandi India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Naandi, which in Sanskrit means a new beginning, is one of the largest and fastest growing social sector organizations in India working to make poverty history. It focuses on enhancing the quality of life of the marginalized and less privileged in our society by addressing concerns of hunger, quality education, drinking water and livelihood opportunities.

Kanoone aalie anjomanhaye senfiye kargarane Iran (Iranian workers trade unions high council) Iran
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Defending workers' rights at the national level, and coordinating the actions of local unions.

Centre for Legal Rights Advancement - CLERA Nigeria
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It works to advance and protect the fundamental rights of the underprivileged, providing free legal services and education.

Bonavero Institute of Human Rights International
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Institute seeks to provide excellent research and expand the understanding of human rights beyond academia through collaboration with practitioners and scholars.