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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Action for Youth And Environment Action Jeunesse et Environnement Senegal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to give access to education, health and work to marginalised youths, women and villages through innovative procedures defined by citizens.

National Administration of Penitentiaries Administra?ia Na?ional? a Penitenciarelor Romania
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to regulate the administration of penitentiaries through supervision and development of guidelines for the treatment of prisoners in accordance with European standards.

Act Against Corruption Agir Contre la Corruption France
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Internet Platform set up by Transparency International to allow citizens to report cases of corruption or malpractice by politicians.

Legal Aid Ontario Aide juridique Ontario Canada
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It promotes access to justice for low-income individuals by providing free legal aid services in cases of child support, custody, domestic violence, refugees' rights, and criminal charges. It is independent but is publicly funded and a publicly accountable corporation.

Action Democracy Akcja Demokracja Poland
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Action Democracy is a movement of people who undertake coordinated actions to achieve a better and fairer society. It uses technology and communication tools to promote democracy and the rule of law, civic participation, social justice, respect for human rights, and the protection of the environment.

Independent Youth Alliance (ARI) Aliansi Remaja Independen (ARI) Indonesia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to defend the rights of youths and to involve them in the democratic process and policy making.

Citizens Alliance For Justice Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is a coalition of civil society organizations that works to achieve judicial reform and to improve the administration of justice in Panama. They also have programs focused on community justice, peace building, and conflict resolution.

Alliance of Women and Indigenous Women for Access to Justice Alianza de Mujeres y Mujeres Indígenas por el Acceso a la Justicia Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Alliance provides a space that brings together different grassroots organizations that work to advance women's human rights in Guatemala. They promote women's participation in all levels of politics and encourage political parity and indigenous people's inclusion in decision making processes.

The Violence Free Alliance Alianza Libres Sin Violencia Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is comprised of approximately fifty organizations and civil society groups that seek to address violence against women by fostering access to justice and public services, specifically in cases of violence and human trafficking. The Alliance has a presence in all the departments of Bolivia and monitors the implementation of public policies through research and advocacy activities.

Alliance for Open Parliament Alianza para el Parlamiento Abierto Mexico
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Network of organizations seeking to transform the Mexican Parliament into an open parliament on issues of accountability, public spending and access to information.

Open Government Partnership Panama Alianza para Gobierno Abierto Panama Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

It is a multilateral initiative that promotes transparency and governance. It is comprised of civil society organizations that monitor the performance of the government in the fulfillment of the Second Action Plan.

Alliance for Peace and Justice (APJ) Alianza por la Paz y la Justicia (APJ) Honduras
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to reform the civil justice and security sector in Honduras, through strategic litigation and multidisciplinary partnerships between civil society and the state.

Alliance for Reforms Alianza por las Reformas Guatemala
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is a civil society group formed by different organizations that work to advance transparency in governmental decisions, justice, judicial independence, and to combat corruption and impunity in Guatemala.

Efficient Congress Alliance Alianza por un Congreso Eficiente Guatemala
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

The Efficient Congress Alliance is comprised of six organizations that work to design, propose, and disseminate an tool to evaluate Congress and its members. It promotes transparency, accountability, and efficiency.

Alternative Foundation Altalap Alternatíva Alapítvány Hungary
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It provides harm-reduction services and works to prevent HIV and STD infections among drug users, sex workers, and people with disabilities. It provides medical services, counseling, and advocates for the improvement of healthcare services.

Stop Kidnapping Alto Al Secuestro Mexico
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to defend victims of kidnapping, and to train public defenders working on these cases.

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) Anti Korupsi (ICW) Indonesia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Citizen group working to eliminate corruption through social engagement and participation in policy development.

AntiCor AntiCor France
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Works to investigate and fight against corruption, and propose an ethics charter to elected officials and serves as a whistlebower participating in judicial investigations of corruption cases.

The Osiaty?ski Archive Archiwum Osiatynskiego Poland
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

It was established in 2017 in memory of the late Professor Wiktor Osiatyński a constitutionalist and human rights defender. The Archive includes a growing collection of documents, draft laws, analyses, and opinions, as well as a timeline of the principal changes in the Polish legal system and a platform for expert analysis and commentary.

Citizens' Argentina Argentina Ciudadana Argentina
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Group of young people working to create communities of citizens and develop NGO dialogue in order to monitor government practices, through citizen reporting of electoral process and political participation.

Citizen Action Assembly Asamblea de Acción Ciudadana de Panamá Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It is a civil society group that promotes participation, accountability, and human rights. It creates spaces for concertation and dialogue with the state as a mechanism to protect democratic values and the rights of all Panamanians.

Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Bolivia - APDHB Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1976, APDHB is a civil, pluralist, and democratic entity, independent of political and religious affiliations. APDHB seeks the exercise and full validity of human rights in Bolivia.

Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (APDH) Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (APDH) Argentina
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Multilateral and multisectorial organization seeking to defend human rights and redress justice, through legal assistance and consultative processes in matters of human rights abuses from environmental regulation to access to justice.

This is How We Are Juarez Asi Estamos Juarez Mexico
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Citizen group that has developed indicators to measure quality of life in Juarez, Chihuahua.

Legal Assistance for Human Rights (ASILEGAL) ASILEGAL Mexico
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NGO working to promote due process, and the rights of women, indigenous and LGBTI people deprived of their liberty in detention centers. They provide legal support to these populations, and are instigators of the judiciary reform in Mexico.