Leading Organizations

Citizen Control defends the rights of citizens to exercise control over the security, defense, and the national armed forces sectors. It promotes access to information, participation, and public debate.

ACEAA contributes to the sustainable management and preservation of the Amazonian ecosystems by producing knowledge and capacities in collaboration with local actors.

Investigates, reports and monitors public spending, through the publication of spending sheets and revenues of officials.

Works on making government procedures more transparent and accountable along with promoting CSR and the development of the youths into democratic leaders.

Works to monitor detention practices in Romania, through visits of penitentiaris and police lock ups, and provides legal assistance to persons who want to submit a complaint to the ECHR.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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