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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) Mexico
Factor 3: Open Government

Produces quality statistics and geographical information about themes relating to Mexico such as the population and economic census, for use by politicians and citizens.

The National Network of Citizen Participation and Social Control La Red Nacional de Participación Ciudadana y Control Social - PCCS Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

PCCS works to advance citizen participation and civil society accountability through collaborative proposals and partnerships that contribute to a just and equitable society. Their activities are focused on strengthening participatory public administration mechanisms and governance.

The Native Women's Association of Canada - NWAC L'Association des Femmes Autochtones du Canada Canada
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It contributes to the empowerment of Aboriginal women through advocacy for pro-indigenous legistlation. It promotes equal opportunity for Aboriginal women and involves them in the development and delivery of programs and services.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada Conservation de la Nature Canada Canada
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Founded in 1962, it advocates for the conservation of natural areas and the preservation of biological diversity across Canada.

The Nature Conservation Society of Japan ???????? Japan
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It promotes evidence-based nature conservation initiatives. They promote environmental protection and regulation in Japan through educational and volunteer programs, research, and advocacy initiatives.

The Network against Gender Based Violence - NGBV The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a network of various organizations and institutions in the public and non-state sectors that are working to address gender based violence. It seeks to promote closer strategic partnerships for joint programming, implementation, and resource mobilization.

The Network for Women's Rights in Ghana - NETRIGHT Ghana
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is a group of organizations that advocates for an inclusive gender policy and the promotion of women's rights through the creation of spaces for debate, discussion, and coalescing within the women’s rights movement. Their gender and natural resources programs are aimed to protect women's livelihoods, land access, and ownership.

The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria - NOPRIN Nigeria
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Network was founded in 2006 and is comprised of 46 organizations committed to the promotion of police accountability and respect for human rights. Their programs are aimed at transforming law enforcement institutions and practices in Nigeria.

The Networks for Human Rights at the Border La Red por los Derechos Humanos en la Frontera - ReDHFrontera Venezuela
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

ReDHFrontera is comprised of civil society groups and organizations committed to the active participation in promoting and defending human rights, specifically those that seek to mitigate situations that threaten to exasperate the crisis in the border states between Venezuela and Colombia.

The New Democracy Foundation Fundación Nueva Democracia Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 2008 and based in Santa Cruz, the New Democracy Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of democratic values through research and civic education. It advances the rule of law and promotes equality and fundamental rights and freedoms. Programs include leadership workshops for young people and women, as well as the Bolivian Observatory of Human Rights.

The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Foundation Philippines
Factor 3: Open Government

NCACL seeks to identify, form, nurture and recognize individuals who, through a process of self-transformation, can develop into a community of empowering, world-class leaders.

The Northern Observatory for Human Rights ???? ?????? ????? ??????? Morocco
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to protect human rights in the north of Morocco by conducting research and publishing reports as well as convening seminars and meetings with the local population.

The Observatory of Gender of the Coordinator of Women El Observatorio de Género de la Coordinadora de la Mujer Bolivia
Factor 3: Open Government

The Observatory monitors and analyzes data, laws, and testimonies to promote a debate concerning gender equity. It works in the following five areas: access to justice and violence against women; political participation and legislative agenda; women's access to land; gender and migration; and gender, communication, and media.

The Observatory of Human Rights of the University of the Andes Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Los Andes (ODH - ULA) Venezuela
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Observatory of Human Rights is an independent, autonomous, and plural institution created in 2014 to promote and defend academic freedom and human rights. It monitors, documents, and denounces human rights violations, and in partnership with similar organizations coordinates the dissemination of information.

The OCP Policy Center Morocco
Factor 3: Open Government

Strives to promote knowledge sharing and to contribute to research and dialogue on key economic, international relations issues, and security issues.

The Office for Human Rights of the Archbishop of Guatemala La Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

It promotes equality, justice, truth, reconciliation, and peace while defending human rights by constructing processes that empower human rights defenders, groups, and vulnerable communities affected by the armed conflict.

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process or OPAPP Philippines
Factor 5: Order and Security

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process or OPAPP is the office mandated to oversee, coordinate, and integrate the implementation of the comprehensive peace process.

The Ol Pejeta Conservancy Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It works to conserve wildlife, and generate income through wildlife tourism and complementary enterprises for re-investment in conservation and community development. It seeks to support the people living around its borders, to ensure wildlife conservation translates into better education, healthcare, and infrastructure.

The Ombudsman's Office Colombia Defensoria del Pueblo Colombia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It complies with the work of monitoring the public power, especially regarding the protection, defense, promotion, dissemination, and exercise of human rights and the freedom of all persons to face unlawful acts, threats, or actions.

The Open Dialog Foundation Fundacja Otwarty Dialog Poland
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Established in Poland in 2009, its mission is to protect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in post-Soviet countries. The Foundation pursues its goals through observation missions, including observation and monitoring of elections as well as of the human rights situation in the post-Soviet area.

The Organization for Venezuelan Justice La Organización de Justicia Venezolana Venezuela
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
The Osiaty?ski Archive Archiwum Osiatynskiego Poland
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

It was established in 2017 in memory of the late Professor Wiktor Osiatyński a constitutionalist and human rights defender. The Archive includes a growing collection of documents, draft laws, analyses, and opinions, as well as a timeline of the principal changes in the Polish legal system and a platform for expert analysis and commentary.

The Other Plot La Otra Trama Argentina
Factor 5: Order and Security

Coalition of organizations working to investigate, monitor, report and make visible the actions of organized crime within Argentina.

The Panoptykon Foundation Fundacji Panoptykon Poland
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Established in April 2009 by a group of lawyers, its mission is to protect fundamental rights and freedoms in fast-changing technologies and growing surveillance. They address the challenges posed by growing surveillance through monitoring, undertaking research, advocating for legal reform, and providing education.

The Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) Philippines
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Established in 2002, the Council is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to the study of Islamic and democratic political thought and the search for peace, democracy and equitable and sustainable development in Muslim communities.