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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Justice Centres Uganda Uganda
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Provides free legal services to the poor and disadvantaged

National Legal Aid Clinic for Women Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

A free legal aid resource for underrepresented women and children which aims to protect their rights and advocate for policy reform

The Network against Gender Based Violence - NGBV The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a network of various organizations and institutions in the public and non-state sectors that are working to address gender based violence. It seeks to promote closer strategic partnerships for joint programming, implementation, and resource mobilization.

Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor working conditions in various industries in the country and to develop a Center for Labour Rights, to educate and provide legal assistance to workers about their rights.

HelpAge India India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

HelpAge India works for the cause and care of disadvantaged older persons and to improve their quality of life. It also works as an active pressure group focusing on Rights of the elderly such as the right to adequate Health Insurance, Right to Universal Pension and working towards providing elders a society with age appropriate services.

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) has been at the forefront of land and agrarian rights campaign in Nepal. CSRC collaborates with National Land Rights Forum (NLRF), a people's organization of landless, tenants and smallholder farmers and its branches at districts and the community level.

Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) independently monitors and evaluates national and international efforts to fight corruption in Afghanistan. It reports to the public, Parliament, President, and international community.

Central Investigation Bureau, Nepal Police Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

Nepal Police has a special unit viz. CIB to investigate crimes of complex nature.

Kenya Law Reform Commission Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Its mission is to review all Kenyan laws to ensure their systematic development and reform, including in particular the integration, unification and codification of the law, the elimination of anomalies, and the repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments.

Center on International Cooperation United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Center seeks to develop actionable research in the fields of politics, security, justice and development in order to enhance international responses in countries, especially those affected by conflict.

The Africa Centre for Open Governance - AfriCOG Kenya
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an independent organization that provides research and monitoring on governance and public ethics issues, in both the public and private sectors addressing the structural causes of lacks in governance.

Canadian Prison Consulting Canada
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a private consulting firm that provides legal assistance and mentoring programs for inmates in federal penitentiaries. Their activities also include rehabilitation and crime prevention.

Advocacy Forum (AF) Nepal
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

AF is working to promote the rule of law and upholds international human rights standards in Nepal. The core area of AF's work includes human rights advocacy. AF is actively confronting the deeply entrenched culture of impunity in Nepal.

Liberty Asia Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
50/50 Group of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works to achieve equal representation in public life by increasing women’s participation in democratic politics through training, advocacy, and the strengthening of their capacities in governance processes. Their programs are directed towards organized women's groups, local councilors, and traditional and religious leaders.

Star Ghana Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a multi-donor program funded by UK Aid, the European Union, and Danida. It works to strengthen transparency, accountability, and responsiveness by promoting an active and engaged civil society that demands accountability and effectiveness.

Economic and Social Research Foundation Tanzania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It works in advancing knowledge to public and private sector entities through sound policy research findings, capacity development, and by advocating good development management practices. They implemented the initiative Tanzania Online, an online corruption forum.

Anti-Corruption & Anti-Narcotics Association of Pakistan (ACANAP) Pakistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

ACANAP is an independent, non-partisan and not-for-profit research and training organization with the mission to eradicate corruption and narcotics from Pakistan.

Peasant Movement of the Philippines –Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)  Philippines
Factor 3: Open Government

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is a democratic and militant movement of landless peasants, small farmers, farm workers, rural youth and peasant women. It has effective leadership over a total of 1.3 million rural people with 65 provincial chapters and 15 regional chapters nationwide.

Our Spaces - A Nation in Concert Singapore
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to create theatre, dance and art performances in conjunction with activitsts and NGOs, to advocate for socia justice on specific topics.

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Seeks to end poverty and redress human dignity, provide education for children living in poverty or homelessness and the basic right to shelter.

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) International
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

An intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide.

Africa Foundation for Community Development Uganda
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It works to promote human rights and ensure equality under the law through advocacy, free legal services, community outreach, and promoting electoral reform

National Information Commission (NIC) Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government

An independent body constituted pursuant to the Right to Information Act, 2008. NIC is mainly responsible for the implementation of the RTI Act in Nepal. Protection, promotion and enforcement is the core areas of NIC work.

Human Rights Centre Uganda Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to promote human rights in Uganda by protecting human rights defenders, increasing government support for human rights, and promoting public awareness