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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Legal Aid Society (LAS) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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.

Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to develop standards of the justice system, train lawyers and officials and produce reports to improve the running of the justice system.

Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

CIICA is Pakistan's first international arbitration center that offers arbitration, mediation and a wide range of other dispute avoidance and resolution services.

National Centre for Dispute Resolution (NCDR) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

NCDR follows international standards rules and code of ethics governing mediation proceedings and is Pakistan's first and only mediation centre. It undertakes disputes of various nature including family disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, contractual disputes, labour disputes etc.

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.

Trade Dispute Resolution Organization (TDRO) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

TDRO was established in 2013 to resolve trade disputes. It has been working on a draft law to regulate the functions of the organization. In the meantime, a number of disputes have been referred to it for resolution so far.

Lawyers for Human Rights & Legal Aid (LHRLA) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is a developmental or structural legal aid group; not only does it provide legal aid but even challenges the law. It asks for law reform where the law is found to be unfair or discriminatory. It asks for legislation in areas where there is a lack of laws dealing with the subject.