Search our directory of leading organizations advancing the rule of law worldwide. New content will be added on a rolling basis. Interested in learning more? Read about our Resource Hub listings here.

Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law - CARL Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It promotes a just society through the monitoring and accountability of institutions, outreach and advocacy for institutional transparency, capacity building, and empowerment the citizenry.

Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It advocates for the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, and defends the interests of media members in Malaysia.

We Watch Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

We Watch supports the strengthening of democracy and the participation of citizens in transparent elections by establishing a civilian network that advocates for democratic and political rights in Thailand. Their activities include civic education, the creation of a youth volunteer network, and monitoring, to name a few.

The Women's Legal Aid Centre Tanzania
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It works to empower women to attain their rights and to improve vulnerable population’s access to justice across Tanzania, such as juvenile offenders. They address gender-based violence, domestic abuse, or any other form of discriminatory practice perpetrated against women.

Young Innovations Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government

Young Innovation is a technology company that creates innovative and powerful solutions to global development problems. It specializes in global development and builds partnerships and technology that help development organizations to change the way the world looks.

Tanzania Federation of Disabled People’s Organizations - SHIVYAWATA Tanzania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It was established in 1992, and brings together ten national disabled people’s organizations through lobbying and advocacy. It has been implementing a three year advocacy project for the promotion of rights and equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

P.R.I.M.E Finance International
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A dispute resolution and judicial capacity building entity for complex financial disputes that is based in The Hague and affiliated with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 

Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It strives for justice for the underprivileged, notably for vulnerable mining communities. It works for the improvement of democratic governance, the rule of law, and to ensure accountability of public and private actors through advocacy, litigation, social mobilization, and research.

Big Life Foundation Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It strives to prevent the poaching of elephants and all wildlife in East Africa. Under the principle that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach. They track and apprehend wildlife criminals and collaborate with local prosecutors to ensure that they are punished to the fullest extent of the law.

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights - KNCHR Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is the state’s lead agency in the promotion and protection of human rights. It was founded in 2010 to protect, promote, and monitor the respect for human rights in Kenya through law, policy, and practice.

Ethiopia Human Rights Project Kenya
Factor 3: Open Government

It works towards a democratic political system, where human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected through advocacy, exchange of probative research, and the sharing of critical information.

University of the Philippines-Office of Legal Aid Philippines
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Office of Legal Aid (OLA) houses the clinical education program of the College of Law. It provides free legal assistance to indigent litigants. It is also actively involved in public interest cases.

Counterpart International - Afghan Civic Engagement Program (ACEP) Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The goal of ACEP is to promote civil society and media engagement that enables Afghan citizens to influence policy, monitor government accountability, and serve as an advocate for political reform.

Black Women's Blueprint United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to introduce the issues surrounding black women into different societal agendas: gender, criminal justice, order and policy.

Justice Without Borders - JWB Singapore, Hong Kong S.A.R., China, Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

JWB empowers victims of human trafficking and exploitation to pursue legal remedies against their abusers in targeted host countries. JWB focuses on civil litigation in the host jurisdictions of Singapore and Hong Kong. They also have regional level operations through collaboration with local organizations along key migration routes to ensure victims have access to legal aid, irrespective of their location.

Citizen Voice Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

Citizen Voice is a civil society organization that works to empower women and children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan to acitively engage is social life.

Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Philippines
Factor 3: Open Government

The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) directly serves the Presidency and the Executive Branch on the national, regional and provincial levels through its sixteen (16) regional offices and seventy-one (71) provincial information centers.

Prison Fellowship Gambia The Gambia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is the national chapter of Prision Fellowship International and seeks to complement the government’s efforts in the criminal justice system through training of judicial officials and advocacy for penal reforms. It aims to achive restorative justice and the rehabilitation of offenders.

Project Lighthouse Gambia The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It aims to support The Gambia with the development of sustainable infrastructure such as energy, environment, health, and the trade sector.

The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria - NOPRIN Nigeria
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Network was founded in 2006 and is comprised of 46 organizations committed to the promotion of police accountability and respect for human rights. Their programs are aimed at transforming law enforcement institutions and practices in Nigeria.

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Pakistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan's apex anti-corruption organization. It is charged with the responsibility of elimination of corruption through a holistic approach of awareness, prevention and enforcement.

End Child Detention Coalition Australia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

A coalition of organisations all over Australia fighting to end the detention of child immigrants in Australia via advocacy and policy reform.

Economic Policy Research Centre Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Seeks to better inform pubic policy through research to enhance economic development in Uganda

Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) South Africa
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

BACSA works to eliminate crime and corruption in business, and to assist the government on crime reduction strategies through lending expertise and information.

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.