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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Government body working to regulate government and public official expenses and investigate cases of corruption.

Constitutional Block Bloque Constitucional Venezuela
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Constitutional Block was established by former Supreme Court magistrates, judges, prosecutors, academics, and members of bar associations that seek to preserve the Constitution and advocate for judiciary independence.

Legal Office for Human Rights Bufete Jurídico de Derechos Humanos Guatemala
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It works to achieve a democratic state, respectful of the rule of law and human rights. The group is composed of multidisciplinary professionals and offers legal representation for victims of human rights violations, injustices, and impunity, as well as promoting judicial independence and collective memory in Guatemala.

Progressive Journalists Association Ça?da? Gazeteciler Derne?i Turkey
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The PJA works for the independence of press from political pressure and conducts advocacy activities against the exploitation of press members.

Democratic Change Cambio Democratico Argentina
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Work to strengthen the state and political parties process, through citizen training, debates and information sharing.

Canada Without Poverty Canada Sans Pauvreté Canada
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It seeks to eradicate poverty in Canada by raising awareness, participating in research, and demonstrating the connection between poverty and human rights.

Collective Goal Cap Collectif France
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to crowdfund initatives around transparency, participation and collaboration in France.

Capacitation and Citizen Rights Capacitación y Derechos Ciudadanos - CDC Bolivia Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

CDC works to consolidate a democratic and participative society and achieve a culture of peace. It fosters respect for human rights through legal support, alternative dispute resolution, and education programs directed towards vulnerable communities and populations at risk such as LGBT individuals and groups, child workers, juveniles, and prisoners.

Bolivian Chapter of Human Rights, Democracy and Development Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a national association of NGO's, governmental institutions, and civil society organizations that defend human rights in Bolivia. It encourages citizen participation and monitors the Bolivian state's commitments in areas of human rights, social integration, and democracy.

Covenant House Casa Alianza Honduras
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Helps children living on the streets or in gangs to reintegrate society and their families.

Women's Shelter Casa de la Mujer Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It works to advance access to justice in Santa Cruz, offering legal and psychological assistance to vulnerable women and children experiencing violence.

Common Cause Mexico Causa en Común Mexico
Factor 5: Order and Security

Common Cause is dedicated to championing public causes. Common Cause seeks to promote democracy, good governance and public policy reforms through advocacy, interventions and by formal and informal engagement with policy makers, dissemination of ideas, events, and campaigns.

CECODAP CECODAP Venezuela
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CECODAP is a Venezuelan organization committed to solidarity, respect, and justice. It works to strengthen capacities and opportunities for the enjoyment of the human rights of children and adolescents and the full exercise of their citizenship.

National Office for the Fight against Trafficking of Persons Cellule Nationale de Lutte contre la Traite des Personnes (CNLTP) Senegal
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to prevent trafficking in persons, and defend and assist people who have suffered trafficking or that are marginalised.

National Centre for the Treatment of Financial Information (CENTIF) Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières du Sénégal (CENTIF) Senegal
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Government Agency in charge of monitoring and reviewing financial transfers that are suspected of being illicit.

Center for Detention Studies (CDS) Center for Detention Studies (CDS) Indonesia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Produces reports on prison conditions and the criminal justice system in order to push for prison reform and defense of offenders rights.

General Autonomous Workers Union of Panama Central General Autónoma de Trabajadores de Panamá Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1990, it is one of the main trade unions in Panama. It defends labor rights and provides education to workers in areas such as human rights and gender issues, as well as training seminars, courses, and workshops.

Study and Research Center of Administrative Science (CERSA) Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Sciences Administratives (CERSA) France
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Produce reports on the evolution of administrative services, and public health and social policy along with organizing events and courses.

Information Centre for the African Network for Integral Development (CIJ-RADI) Centre d'Informations Juridiques du Réseau Africain pour le Développement Intégré (CIJ-RADI) Senegal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

A center for civil justice, offering legal assistance, brochures explaining peoples' rights (wolof and french) and helping NGOs prepare legal documents.

Research on Center on Law and Penal Institutions (CESDIP) Centre de Recherche sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales (CESDIP) France
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Produces research for the general public and the Ministry of Justice on 8. Criminal Justice, prison conditions and police and justice treatment of minorities and vulnerable groups.

Prevention Center for a Culture of Natural Risks in the Tangier-Tetouan Region (CSCRN) Centre de Sensibilisation pour une Culture des Risques Naturels dans la Région Tanger-Tétouan (CSCRN) Morocco
Factor 5: Order and Security

Informs citizens about environmentall risks and creatse a culture of environmental preservation and protection in the north of Morocco.

Azrou Center for Community Development Centre d’Azrou pour le Développement Communautaire Local Morocco
Factor 3: Open Government

Provides quality access to medical consultations, advice on sexual and reproductive health along with providing community training programmes and workshops for women to learn their legal rights.

Ginddi Centre Centre Ginddi Senegal
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to protect children victim of trafficking and abuse through a free helpline and its attention center.

International Mediation and Arbitration Center of Rabat Centre International de Médiation et d'Arbitrage de Rabat Morocco
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Offers mediation and arbitration in various contexts (health, sports, employment, civil disputes) through traditional or Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms.

The Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) Centre Libanais des Droits Humains Lebanon
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Monitors the human rights situation in Lebanon, with particular attention to enforced disappearance, impunity,and arbitrary detention, and including rehabilitation of victims of torture.