Leading Organizations

Founded in 1964, it promotes and defends fundamental rights, civil liberties, and democratic freedoms for all people across Canada. Their areas of work include equality and anti-discrimination, fundamental freedoms, and national security, among others.

It advances civil justice reform through research and advocacy. It also strives to make the civil justice system more accessible, effective, and sustainable. Its projects include Cost of Justice and the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

It promotes the human rights of people living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV/ AIDS in Canada and internationally through research and analysis, litigation, advocacy, public education, and community mobilization.

Founded in 1981, it works to defend and protect the right to freedom of expression in Canada and the world. CJFE monitors, defends, and reports on free expression and access to information.

Their goal is to improve Canadian workers lives by advocating for decent wages, fair labor laws, equality rights, a sustainable environment, and respect for basic human rights.

It works to ensure that Canadian mining, oil, and gas companies respect human rights and the environment when working abroad. It advocates for policy and law reform, and monitors the government in the fulfilment of its international commitments.

It is a private consulting firm that provides legal assistance and mentoring programs for inmates in federal penitentiaries. Their activities also include rehabilitation and crime prevention.

It aims to end all forms of violence against women by supporting low income women and girls. Their programs include Partnerships Against Sexual Violence that addresses indigenous women’s experiences, Women and Technology Employment, focused on immigrant and indigenous women, and Girl Power, to name a few.

It is a law oriented technology consultancy that seeks to accelerate technology adoption for the provision of justice services in the Southeast Asian Region. Some of their initiatives include CanLaw Syariah, LexTech, and CanLaw Report.

Cap Collectif shares the vision of a fully collaborative society in providing a comprehensive online participatory platform to decision-makers. Its transparent methodology, based on collective intelligence, allows to improve efficiency of any kind of decision. It also restores confidence and trust, facilitates engagement and mobilization.

CDC works to consolidate a democratic and participative society and achieve a culture of peace. It fosters respect for human rights through legal support, alternative dispute resolution, and education programs directed towards vulnerable communities and populations at risk such as LGBT individuals and groups, child workers, juveniles, and prisoners.

Recruits, trains and deploys lawyers in various detention center to provide assistance to detained migrants in the face of increased ICE detention practices.

Works to defend and promote the rights of people affected by HIV AIDS, and to provide them with health and social solutions.

It promotes Christian solidarity and contributes to strengthen democracy through capacity development of social actors and vulnerable communities. Additionally, it promotes health as a fundamental right and supports prisoners with a restorative justice approach.

It was founded in 1989 and provided emergency and humanitarian relief during the civil war. Their present initiatives include post war peace building projects, programs for HIV/AIDS prevention, food security, environmental protection, poverty eradication, and gender equality.

Helps children living on the streets or in gangs to reintegrate society and their families.

A university research center focused on research in various areas including: human rights and law, human trafficking, LGBTI rights, and refugees.

NASSA was created by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in 1966 as a response to the call of the Universal Church for renewal and social transformation through social justice.

It promotes social justice, peace, and the rule of law. Their Free Legal Clinics offer access to justice to the underprivileged in areas such as employment, family, housing, immigration, and welfare benefits, to name a few.

Works to insert migrants and refugees socially and in terms of labor, promote the rights of migrants, and has dedicated attention centers across the country.

CRS was founded in The Gambia in 1964. Their work encompasses urban and rural capacity building, agricultural development, microfinance, health and nutrition, malaria control, adult literacy and numeracy skills programs, and Aids/HIV advisory.

Works towards the ideal of limited government and free markets, informing public policy and debate in that direction and improving individual freedom.

Research, training and skills development for democratic development and citizen participation of all members of society (education for cultural integration and tolerance).

Works to influence public policy through consultation and monitoring and to develop the capacities of its member organizations.

It is the Japanese chapter of the global network of business leaders working to achieve a fair, free, and transparent society through sustainable and socially responsible business practices. CRT aims to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics globally.