Leading Organizations

Provides free legal information to those who cannot afford hiring an attorney through a system of pro bono lawyers.

Controls and supervises executive bodies, military and disciplinary forces, state-run institutions and companies, municipalities and their subsidiaries, public notary chambers, foundations of public utility, revolutionary organs, and institutions whose financial resources totally or partially belong to the government.

Jordan's national human rights institution, which monitors the country's implementation of its human rights obligations as well as receives and investigates complaints.

It is a human rights organization that promotes human rights in Egypt. It produces reports on the state of human rights in Egypt and also hears complaints, studies them, and raises them with the relevant authorities.

Works to investigate, report and prosecute human rights abuses of Moroccan citizens and to introduce international human rights norms in the national leglislative framework.

Works to enhance the rule of law and promote good governance in the MENA region through research, training, and advocacy campaigns.

Strengthens social science research and knowledge production by supporting researchers and institutions thereby enriching public debate around the challenges facing the Arab world.

It works through litigation, research, data providing and campaigning to protect economic and social rights. It has filed many cases that were cornerstones to the public discourse, such as the national minimum wage case, the expropriation for public utility case, and many cases related to the corrupt privatization deals of public property.

The Authority is responsible for supervising and regulating non-banking financial markets and instruments, including the Capital Market, the Exchange, all activities related to Insurance Services, Mortgage Finance, Financial Leasing, Factoring and Securitization.

Produces research and policy recommendations, conducts trainings, and launches initiatives addressing interreligious engagement, violent extremism, and culture and development.

The Higher Instance for Independent Elections is an independent public body with legal personality and financial and administrative autonomy and whose main mission is to supervise the elections of the National Constituent Assembly and to ensure democratic elections, multiparty, fair and transparent.

Carries out strategic studies and analyses on issues as advised by His Majesty Mohammed VI, focusing on security, climate change, intangible capital, and social bonds (which includes law and governance).

Works to promote electoral processes that are transparency and administered in accordance with the law and principles of human rights. Observes elections at every level from the local to the federal.

Strengthens the capacity of civil society leaders, human rights activists, media practitioners, academics, and legal experts in the MENA region to address restrictive NGO law initiatives and advance the freedom of association.

Works to protect and strengthen the rights of prisoners by observing prison conditions, providing legal aid to prisoners, and conducting research.

Works to prevent corruption by analyzing existing institutional conditions and offering analyses and recommendations for improvement.

Improves the conditions of workers through conducting and dissiminating reports, monitoring and reporting workplace violations, and providing policy and legal reform recommendations.

Proposes policies against corruption, enacts general policy principles, provides advice on legislative and regulatory projects related to the fight against corruption, collects data on corruption, facilitates contact between players and broadcasts an anti-corruption culture.

Works to promote women's rights and greater inclusion and participation of women in civic and political affairs through legal reform and research.

It works to provide support and legal defense to victims of violations of freedom of expression and to uphold the rights of the media in the face of government attacks.

Works to strengthen civil society organizations and promote citizenship, social justice and gender equality through research, training, capacity building and advocacy.

Conducts research, convenese seminars, and produces policy recommendations that contribute to robust public discourse about issues facing Morocco. It's principal areas of research are economic policy, environmental law and governance, international relations and security, law, regulation and the state, and development.

The CAO is the body responsible for the auditing process of the public sector and some other entities.The CAO monitors the management of public sector companies and government departments, as well as other entities.

The governmental organization responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Constitution by the president, the executive, national assembly, judiciary, other governmental and non-governmental organizations. It also has the authority to issue legal opinions related to the consitution.

Works to promote women's rights and greater inclusion and participation of women in civic and political affairs through research, campaigns, trainings, and targeted programs.