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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Network for Human Rights Documentation - ND Burma ????????????? ??????????????? ??? Myanmar
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

ND Burma provides training for local organizations on human rights documentation and joint-advocacy campaigns. They offer legal and medical assistance for victims of human rights violations and guarantee their recognition and reparation.

Network for integrity Red por la integridad Guatemala
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

The Network for Integrity provides a space that connects organizations and youth movements, as well as individuals to promote security, access to justice, and combat corruption and impunity in Guatemala.

Network for Peace Redprodepaz Colombia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It coordinates and articulates local based initiatives with government, businesses, churches, and international agencies for the construction of a nation in peace through local and regional developmental processes. It assembles approximately 27 regional programs for development and peace.

Network for the Observation of the Tunisian Justice System Réseau d'Observation de la Justice Tunisienne ( ROJ ) Tunisia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Mobilizes civil society, the legal profession and human rights defenders to monitor the administration of criminal justice and contribute analysis and recommendations for justice reform in Tunisia.

Network for the Rights of Children (REDIM) Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México (REDIM) Mexico
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Network of 75 organizations that have been working for 15 years on defending the rights of children and adolescents.

Network for Youth Development Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Working to promote the work of young people on issues such as climate change, gender or access to education through community based programs led by youths.

Network Movement for Democracy and Human Rights Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 2002, it is a coalition of 28 community based organizations, that promotes human rights in the four regions of the country through policy advocacy and campaigns. Their initiatives are focused on monitoring an effective healthcare delivery service to rural communities.

Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

Founded in 1988, it works to protect the rights of the Sierra Leoneans and to transform the conditions of poverty and injustice. They advocate and strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations, rights holders, and the government, to effectively engage in the transformation of society.

Network Movement for Youth and Children's Welfare - NMYCW-SL Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It aspires to guarantee the needs and welfare of women and children through coordination with likeminded organizations, for the promotion and monitoring of human rights issues and poverty eradication.

Network of Democrats in the Arab World ???? ???????????? ?? ?????? ?????? Jordan
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Strengthens democracy in the MENA region by establishing a network of civil society organizations and activists and faciliting exchange of information, research, training, and advocay collaborations through the network.

Network of Human Rights Defenders Red de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos Honduras
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to collectivise the actions of various civil society groups in a struggle for 7. Civil Justice in matters of health, sexual rights, housing etc….

Network of Human Rights Defenders Association - dhColombia Asociación Red de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos - dhColombia Colombia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

It is an independent association of lawyers who defend victims of human rights violations perpetrated by officials of the Colombian State. They utilize a strategic litigation methodology to create political impact at a national level.

Network of Leaders for Democracy and Development Red de Líderes para la Democracia y el Desarrollo - RELIDD Bolivia
Factor 3: Open Government

It is an initiative that promotes political education and participation for university students. It contributes to the construction of a critical socio-political thought process, while fostering social justice and democratic values in Bolivia, working principally in La Paz, Tarija, Sucre, and Santa Cruz.

Network of Support for Justice and Peace Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz Venezuela
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Network of Support for Justice and Peace is a civil association that promotes and defends human rights in Venezuela, especially the right to life and security, as well as integrity and personal freedom. They offer legal and psychological assistance to victims of police brutality and abuses of power, prioritizing the working class sectors of Venezuelan society.

NEVER AGAIN Association Stowarzyszenie NIGDY WI?CEJ Poland
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

It works to promote multicultural understanding and to contribute to the development of a democratic civil society in Poland and in the Central and Eastern European region. It is particularly focused on educational initiatives that combat racial and ethnic prejudices among the youth.

New Generation Foundation For Human Rights ????? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? Egypt
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works in the Sinai region to provide assistance to refugees in prisons and hospitals, including providing food, raising money for the wounded refugees' treatment, and proper burial for the deceased.

New Japan Women's Association - Shinfujin ??????? Japan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1962 to promote women's rights, education, peace, and environmental protection, it works in all 47 prefectures of Japan. In 2003, Shinfujin was granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

New Line Organization (NLO) ?????? ?? ?? Afghanistan
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a youth organization that encourages civic participation in political process. They arrange debate programs, and short-term trainings and seminars.

New Rainbow Corporation Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris - CNAI Colombia
Factor 5: Order and Security

Is a research and social action center promoting national reconciliation through initiatives of peace building and security. It contributes to the expansion of participatory democracy through the construction of alternatives for social equity, the recognition of ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity with the aim of strengthening the rule of law.

New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to prevent sexual assault and defend victims while setting up programmes to prevent abuse and violence.

Nextgen Climate United States
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Advocates for legislation to be passed on climate change issues to ensure against environmental degradation and for access to health and environmental rights.

Ni Sisi! Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

Their program Online Engagement includes the following themes: ethnicity, land and inequality, leadership accountability, corruption, impunity, devolution, justice and promoting nationhood, and security. It has conducted projects like Sauti Yetu Debates, to encourage people to exercise their democratic rights through accountability forums with elected officials.

Nicaragua Security Project Proyecto Seguridad Nicaragua Nicaragua
Factor 5: Order and Security

The project is financed by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) and the European Union in order to tackle drugs and violence in Nicaragua through police training, societal outreach and information campaigns.

Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH) Asociación Nicaragüense Pro Derechos Humanos (ANPDH) Nicaragua
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The ANPDH is one of the leading organizations investigation and litigating human rights cases in Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) Nicaragua
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The CENIDH works to represent individuals in front of state and private institutions in cases related to human rights abuses and violations, to uphold democracy and the rule of law.