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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Special Commission for Police Filtering Comision Especial de Depuracion Policial Honduras
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Commission set up in order to investigate corruption within the Police body and improvement commitment and efficiency in security.

Space for Giants Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Their work is focused on building and sustaining forces on the ground and the judicial capacity, both of which are needed to provide a significant and lasting deterrent against poaching. They work in Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, and Botswana, using science and best-practices to develop and deliver anti-poaching initiatives, secure protected lands for elephants, and provide conservation training and education.

SOVA Center for Information and Analysis ?????????????-????????????? ????? «????» Russia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to collect information and produce research on topics such as racism and xenophobia, extremism and nationalism, and secular relations.

Southern Poverty Law Center United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Seeks to combat hate and discrimination through strategic litigation for minority rights and defending civil rights, along with ending mass incarceration.

Southern Center for Human Rights United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to defend people on the death penalty, fighting human rights violations in prison and to make the Constitutional right to counsel a reality.

South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) Nepal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) registered in Nepal was launched in 1994 as a loose regional network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from five South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

South African Human Rights Commission South Africa
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Monitors compliance with international treaties on environmental, housing, children, migrant and minority rights, along with providing legal assistance on these issues, along with working towards the abolishment of torture.

South African Business Coalition on Health and AIDS (SABCOHA) South Africa
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Coalition of businesses working to organize a response to HIV/AIDS and public health issues inside and outside the workplace.

Sou da Paz Institute Instituto Sou da Paz Brazil
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to reduce violence and improve security and the criminal justice system through community dialogue, projects with youth and police and mobilisation around certain issues to drive and change public policy.

Sor Juana's Closet El Closet de Sor Juana Mexico
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Civil Association working to promote the rights of lesbian women in Mexico through coordination efforts of different organizations and the promotion of those rights at the national level.

Sonke Gender Justice South Africa
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Promotes gender justice and works to reduce domestic and sexual abuse and to protect and promote access to health and rights for people with HIV/AIDS.

Solón Foundation Fundación Solón Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1994 by the artist Walter Solón Romero, it fosters a creative and critical approach to confront injustices and build alternatives for a new world. Areas of work include Systemic Alternatives, Mother Earth, and Rights.

Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan ???????????????? Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1997, the Network is comprised of organizations working on migrant's rights issues in Japan. Their activities include policy reform advocacy, information sharing, workshops, and research.

Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners - SOCEPP Ethiopia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It publicizes the situation of political prisoners in the country to solicit support from international public opinion in calling for the respect of human rights and the due process of law in Ethiopia.

Solidarity Commission with Political Prisoners Foundation Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos - CSPP Colombia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It contributes to the debate on the justice system and demands the implementation of a democratic criminal policy with social justice. It demands that guarantees of the rights to search for truth, justice, and reparation are respected. They focus on fair treatment, fair and impartial trials, and other rights for persons deprived of freedom or those prosecuted for political offenses.

Solidarity Action Acción Solidaria Venezuela
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Solidarity Action contributes to the reduction of the social impact of HIV/AIDS in Venezuela by offering comprehensive responses in the areas of prevention, care, and public advocacy. It protects the human rights of people with HIV/AIDS, their partners, and families.

Socio Economic Rights Institute South Africa
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

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.

Society of Indian Law Firms International
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The society is a collective of all the various law firms in India that aims to build up the capacities of legal practictioners in the country and region to match those in developed countries and establish a true rule of law network in Asia.

Society for the Study of Women's Health The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It seeks to promote the health and social well-being of Gambian women, through applied research and evidence-based advocacy. Their areas of intervention are gender and health, maternal health and nutrition, and policy engagement and advocacy on women's health issues, among others.

Society for Protecting the Rights of the Child (SPRC) ????? ????? ?? ???? ?????? Iran
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Publicize and promote the principles of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child through programme development and local monitoring strategies.

Society for Labour & Development (SLD) India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

SLD is a Delhi-based labour rights organization, that believes in equitable development through social and economic well-being of labour, migrants, and women workers; and through cultural renewal among disenfranchised people.

Society for Human Rights and Prisoners' Aid (SHARP) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It has been working with Afghan refugees, non-Afghan asylum seekers, and IDPs to register them and providing them legal aid. It also works to promote human rights through education, seminars, lectures, symposium, training, workshops, mass media and print media.

Society for Democratic Initiatives Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

It works to advance democracy, governance, human rights, and the rule of law in Sierra Leone. They specialize in the promotion of legal reforms and governance accountability.

Society for Community Organization - SoCO ???????? Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

SoCO believes that everyone is entitled to equal rights and opportunities for participation and the fair distribution of social resources. Their Civil Rights Education Center organizes civil rights education workshops, provides cross-border legal advice, and educates people on how to safeguard their basic civil rights through legal channels.

Social Watch Philippines Philippines
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Since it was set-up in 1997, SWP has the objectives of increasing people's awareness and participation in promoting social development concerns with government.  It has annually put forward a strategy of advocacy, awareness-building, monitoring, organizational development and networking.