Leading Organizations

It is Tanzania's first union for journalists. It invites all media workers, press people and citizens for critical perspectives on governance, development, human rights, and other issues. It has a media monitoring component that evaluates the impact of media houses on society. It also analyses current research regarding citizen media trends, both internationally and within Tanzania.

Founded in 1991, it advocates for a culture of peace and development through proactive grassroots participation and by fostering customary and modern conflict resolution mechanisms in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.

Supports the ex-patriot Indian community by providing social, cultural, education, economic, and legal services and activities.

Government platform for access to to information and data about government performance.

In the wake of Sri Lanka's joining the United Nations, the government created Act 21 of 1996, which created the independent commission, used to promote and protect human rights.

Provides high quality research and comment on public police and debate in order to inform and shape the ideas and ideologies of democracy.

Protects the rights of forced migrants and influences national debate surrounding forced migration and justice

KSL is dedicated to maintain high standards of academic excellence. Its prime objective is to address the need of an academically sound and practically feasible legal education in Nepal.

DSAWCO works to raise legal awareness, provide job opportunities and educate women and children.

Founded in 1949, the Hong Kong Bar Association is the professional organization of barristers in Hong Kong. It considers and takes proper action on all matters affecting the legal profession and the administration of justice.

Interfaith association working with UNICEF to combat AIDS and set up programs for access to drugs.

Prayas is a humanitarian, gender-sensitive and child-focused development organization. They run programs related to child protection and juvenile justice, trafficking of children and women, vocational and life skills training and empowerment of women.

Works to develop and enhance press freedom along with developing media activities to monitor government activities and open up information.

Established in 2009, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) is composed of representatives from all 10 member states and has a mandate to develop strategies for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms within ASEAN.

The Center works to uphold the rule of law within the justice, criminal and prison systems of Brazil and other countries through high quality research and innovative programmatic operations with different area experts.

It works to conduct free and fair elections and to institutionalize a sustainable electoral process. It is responsible for conducting or supervising referendums and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution.

It works to expand constitutional governance, pluralism, democracy and respect for human rights in Nigeria through education, advocacy, community mobilization, and counseling. The Center is active in the defense of journalists and press freedom rights.

Works to fight for the rights of persons to water and prevention of natural disasters. They have been at the forefront of the fight for a water law during the current water shortage crisis

Foundation working to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.

Works to train communities and practitioners in peaceful resolution of conflict and provide information on the conflict resolution process.

Anti Corruption Front is a media and public coalition providing a powerful platform for common masses to register their complaints against corruption/ bribe, with the help of right minded and honest persons from society and also with the help of some honest officials of various departments and the media.

Works to develop specialised youth courts, along with pushing for reform and transparency in the Romanian criminal justice system.

It is a project of the Rideau Institute, an independent research, advocacy, and consulting group based in Ottawa. It provides research and analysis on public issues to decision makers, opinion leaders, and the public.

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

Founded in 1993, it advocates for human rights, good governance and gender equality. One of their current projects is called "Tanzania Paralegal Remand Prisons and Retention Home Project," seeking to address the core problem of prison overcrowding. They also have projects in areas of the environment, biodiversity, and wealth creation.