Leading Organizations

Founded in 1998, and formerly known as the Centre for Law Enforcement Education. It works to promote, safety, security and justice through empirical research, legislative advocacy, and publications in partnership with the government, the civil society ,and the private sector.
WJP Program Grantee Title: Code of Conduct for Informal Policing Systems (2008-2009)

Transparency Watch Organization Pakistan is a non profit organization that works to fight corruption by promoting and supporting transparent and ethical practices in government, raising awareness, and influencing the policy debate around corruption, transparency and monitoring measures.

It started operating in The Gambia in 1979, working with rural communities to address poverty. It promotes sustainable agriculture and control of natural resources. It works to Improve the quality of public education for all children, and supports youth to become drivers of change.

It is the Ghanaian chapter of the international organization that has worked in the country since 1996. It protects and promotes children's rights in specific areas such as juvenile justice, violence, exploitation, trafficking, while also carrying out activities for education on human rights and children's rights.

The organization is engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law, and good governance in Nigeria. It provides free legal representation to the unprivileged, and works to improve the administration of criminal justice in the country.

It is the premier environmental management and protection organization in Tanzania. It carries out policy research, advocacy, and public interest litigations.

Works to investigate environmental greens and hold companies accountable to environmental laws in Romania.

Works to develop new policy proposals through independent research on key topics such as worker rights, youths and national security, challenging established norms and mainstream media coverage.

Maiti Nepal protects Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking, child prostitution, child labor and various forms of abuse, exploitation and torture. It also actively works to provide justice for the victimized girls and women through criminal investigation and legal representation.

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.

Group of women who worked to resolve the Liberian conflict and now provide courses to women on equality and gender based violence, and work with the government to change policy on gender violence and womens' rights.

Sri Lanka Brief is a non-profit association which is politically neutral and non-denominational, with the aims to: investigate, research, and report on human rights issues of Sri Lanka and disseminate them in a manner so as to defend and strengthen the human rights, avenues to justice, and democratic freedoms of the country.

Studies and reviews current acts and laws to better align policy with the views and values of citizens

Works to train legal practitioners and advance the rule of law through collaborative approaches and high level symposia such as JUSTRAC.

Judges working to promote the rights of women judges, women and children in the legal system in Malawi, and strengthening the accessibility of Malawi's legal system.

Their mission is to promote integrity and combat corruption through law enforcement, preventive measures, education, and the promotion of standards and practices of integrity and ethics.

Advocates for abolishing the death penalty, through raising awareness with debates, conferences, film screenings and forums.

Commit2Change's mission is to create systemic and cultural change by educating abandoned and impoverished girls. It works with carefully selected local partners who rescue and rehabilitate at-risk girls and invest in initiatives to give them a chance.

Works with young artists, entrepreneurs and activists to develop new leadership for Jamaica through capacity training, events, and job and opportunity creation.

Founded in 1997, it is a lawyer's group (affiliated with FIDA), that works for the protection of women and children's rights. It advocates for the reform of discriminatory laws to ensure that women's rights are enforced. It provides free advice and representation for victims of domestic violence, and offers training and sensitization for stakeholders, and the public.

The project aims to strengthen the rule of law by supporting, firstly, the ‘administration of justice sector’ with the Supreme Court playing a lead role through JSCC Secretariat and its network.

A multi-sectoral alliance of civil society organizations in Samar that seeks to promote a corrupt-free, progressive and peaceful community with all its basic social services equally accessed by empowered and informed citizenry through a transparent and participatory good governance.

It promotes fundamental principles and humanitarian values to ensure a better understanding, respect, and application of the ideas and principles of the Geneva Convention and International Humanitarian law.

It is dedicated to improve the health of vulnerable communities through sustainable health. Their services include adequate shelter, hygiene, nutrition, and health education.

Works to democratize ICTs and open up freedom of expression through community and youth leadership in public policy making.