Leading Organizations

Works to promote the rights of marginalised groups in society and especially in the workplace, through research and lobbying for social reform.

Advocates for government openness and data and information provision for accountability and oversight by citizens.

Works to protect Malawi's Wildlife, and recently integrated the Wildlife Crime Investigation Unit to combat illegal trafficking of animals.

Founded in 1996, they work in Bombali District providing health services, education, and strengthening of community development initiatives.

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.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Access to Justice for Youth in Conflict with the Law
Founded in 2012 and based in Mombasa, it works to foster a progressive realization of human rights. Particularly, the organization seeks the recognition and empowerment of local communities in Kenya, and to achieve their participation in rights and development initiatives.

Originally entrusted with the task of policing the frontiers, their scope of work has expanded to include supporting law enforcement agencies in controlling law and order situation and providing security to diplomats, government installations, multi-national companies and hydro-power projects.

The Legal Aid Society's efforts are geared towards bridging the gap to provide pro bono/low bono legal aid service to enhance access to justice to underserved, marginalized and disempowered segments of the society, specifically women, religious minorities and juveniles.

It strives for a just society where the rule of law is respected and appropriate checks on the power of the state exist. It is a member of the Afrobarometer Network and belongs to multiple coalitions and stakeholder groups that undertake research-based advocacy initiatives.

Works alongside businesses in order to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, and produces risk assessment reports and workplace safety guidelines.

A non-profit training and advocacy organization, which has been engaged in de-radicalization and counter-extremism efforts in Pakistan since 2002, with a special focus on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Conducts media monitoring to identify incidents of censorhip and publicize free speech violations, while also reporting on elections

This organisation has been instrumental in the development of justice for women and access to legal protection for women; for the past thirty years, they worked with various international organisations established for the promotion of human rights, as well as the Ministry of Justice of Sri Lanka.

Aims to ensure a society free from corruption where citizens are empowered to demand transparency and good governance

Established in 2012, the Mekong Club uses a business-to-business approach to fight modern slavery. It is a membership-based organization that works with companies that want to take active steps to identify potential risk and eradicate modern slavery from their businesses.

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.

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.

It is an initiative developed by CODE to effectively track governmental spending and funds distributed by international aid organizations. It is comprised of a network of journalists, data wranglers, and legal practitioners, among others interested in the use of open data for transparency and accountability.

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

Ritinjali has been working at the Tihar Jail for over 12 years. Among a select few NGOs permitted to work at Tihar Jail, Ritinjali's volunteers run a detailed rehabilitation and counselling programme and provides free legal assistance to juveniles and women inmates.

Media Women Center for Development and Democracy is a pro media, gender and policy research organization that uses media to promote and protect the rights of women, rural dwellers and the disabled.

Works to promote the place of women in society and to coordinate and manage the actions of its member organisations.

Creates messages, narratives and avenues of advocacy for artists and social justice activists for empowerment and change in policy.

Founded in 1989, it promotes and enhances environmental and human security in Sierra Leone, focusing on the management of natural resources from a human rights perspective. Their areas of work include environmental protection, livelihood security, good governance, and peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

It is the largest public health research institution in Tanzania. It seeks to generate scientific information required in the development of better methods and techniques in disease management, prevention, and control in the country.