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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Africa Mental Health Foundation - AMHF Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an organization dedicated to research in mental and neurological health and substance use. Its aim is to generate evidence for policies and best practices in the provision of affordable, appropriate, available, and accessible mental health services.

Nepalese Army (NA) Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

NA has its own military intelligence unit and it serves as the third layer for maintaining security in the country.

Maruah Singapore
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to promote and raise awareness on human rights issues and bring issues of justice in human rights to the forefront of public debate.

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Coordinates and trains organizations to advocate for social and economic justice in health, housing, education and work.

Electoral Commission of South Africa South Africa
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to ensure free and fair elections through local, regional and national monitoring mechanisms.

Malawi Defence Force Malawi
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to defend the Malawi population and the interest of the country as well as maintaining order.

Institute for Conflict Management India
Factor 5: Order and Security

The Institute for Conflict Management is committed to the continuous evaluation and resolution of problems of internal security in South Asia. The Institute has provided consultancy services on terrorism & internal security to a number of governments within India and abroad.

Peace and Justice Myanmar Myanmar
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is focused on actions that are conducive for a democratic and prosperous society through the engagement of citizens to participate politically and the promotion of adequate reforms for a sustainable peace-building process.

Women in the Media Sierra Leone - WIMSAL Sierra Leone
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It was founded in 2007 and aims to improve the conditions for female journalists, while also advocating for the rights of all women in Sierra Leone. It is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, and has approximately 200 members distributed throughout the country.

Peace Education And Development (PEAD) Foundation Pakistan
Factor 5: Order and Security

A non-profit training and advocacy organization, which has been engaged in de-radicalization and counter-extremism efforts in Pakistan since 2002, with a special focus on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Ifakara Health Institute - IHI Tanzania
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) has been one of Africa’s most important health research organizations for the past 50 years. IHI conducts a wide range of health-related research, including biomedical and environmental studies, trials of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, health-systems research, and monitoring and evaluation.

Biodiversity Action Journalists - BAJ Gambia The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a journalist's organization, focused on environmental and natural resources advocacy. It was founded in 2010, with the technical support of the department of Parks and Wildlife Management (Ministry of Forestry and Environment). It advocates for the sustainable use of biodiversity resources.

Open Alliance Nigeria Nigeria
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It is comprised of a group of organizations seeking to promote good governance, transparency, and openness. They seek the public availability of government budget and financial records, and the achievement of an inclusive development and efficient service delivery.

Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights, National Guidance, Gender Matters, and Governnace Zambia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Investigates and monitors other sectors of government including the Ministry of Justice and scrutinizes actions of other agencies to make policy reccomendations to the House

Legal Action Worldwide (Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

LAW provides technical support to several criminal justice institutions, including the Attorney General's Department, the Judicial Services Commission, and other branches that require assistance. LAW Sri Lanka's aim is to raise the importance of transitional justice among local law students, providing opportunities to engage in the peace process as it moves forward.

The Land and Equity Movement of Uganda Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Advocates for fair access to land and land profitability by linking communities with their governments

Ecojustice Canada
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Ecojustice legally defends nature, combats climate change, and fights for a healthy environment for all. It provides free legal representation through their Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa.

SEND Ghana Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security

It works in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to promote good governance, equality, and peoples' rights. Their programs are aimed to foster citizen participation, the improvement of transparency and accountability, and to ensure sustainability and food security.

Innocence Project United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to free the wrongfully convicted, improve case law through strategic litigation, push for reform of the criminal justice system for fairer trials and to support ex detainees in their reintegration into society.

I Paid a Bribe Nepal Nepal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

An online portal where corruption encounters/escape are reported with an aim to uncover the market price of corruption.

The Commission on Administrative Justice Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Also known as the Office of the Ombudsman, its work is to investigate any conduct in state affairs or any act or omission in public administration in any sphere of Government. Their work also includes investigating complaints of abuse of power, unfair treatment, or unresponsive official conduct.

Association for the Defense of Displaced Persons and Refugees (APADAR) Romania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to give legal assistance and information to refugees, and develop mechanisms for their integration into Romanian society.

Afghanistan Independent Defenders (AID) Afghanistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Organization for Afghanistan Independent Defenders (AID) provides legal assistance in criminal, civil, and commercial cases to marginalised communities. AID defended more than 30,000 cases over the course of its history.

Code for America United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Develops apps and technological tools for local governments to better deliver social services and information to people.

Business Anti-Corruption Portal India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Business Anti-Corruption Portal (BACP) is a one-stop shop for business anti-corruption information offering tools on how to mitigate risks and costs of corruption when doing business abroad.