Leading Organizations

Works to protect the rights and interests of workers and their families and monitor the states labour law and regulations implementation.

Regulates the telecommunications sector, as well as examines disputes relating to telecommunications service.

It comprises thirty organizations working to protect the rights of children and adolescents in Panama. It enables organized groups of adolescents to participate in national and regional networks and promotes reforms in the defense of their rights.

Works to develop, implement and monitor laws and regulations relative to gender equality and the place of women in the workplace and society.

Presidential authority established to fight corruption and improve procurement processes in order to increase transparency, accountability, fairness and competition.

CNP aims to promote free media and press through expanding freedom of expression by training journalists and supporting media organizations.

The National Police has improved its standards in recent years, and enjoys public backing. Its missions are to defend the rights of citizens and to organize their security in the face of crime and violence.

Investigates the prison system and produces reports on living conditions of prisoners, torture and abuse statements and proposes reviews of government policy and practices.

The NPC works with different target groups with the aim to strengthen civil society, advocate for basic human rights, and ensure the free expression of ideas. Ultimately, they want to educate, mobilise and advocate for the building of a “rights conscious society” of citizens.

Fights to defend the rights of women against discrimination and abuse and achieve social, economic and political equality between men and women.

Investigate civil and Criminal Justice cases, protects the rights of citizens and monitors prison conditions and reform.

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

Works to fight fraud and corruption in Senegal through legal assistance, testimony collecting (free phone number) and reform of government policy.

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 monitor and investigate places of detention, along with investigating any allegations of torture or mistreatement.

REDNADS is the main LGBT organization in Guatemala. Additionally, it is tasked with monitoring the recommendations issued to Guatemala by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Works to provide legal assistance to local and rural organizations facing legal challenges, and to persons victim of human rights abuses in Brazil.

NEFAD is a network of district based associations of families of the missing and disappeared in Nepal. The national network aims to provide support, advocacy and relief for the families of the disappeared.

It assembles local, regional, and national viewpoints towards peace, with the purpose of defending the fundamental right of peace for the Colombian people.

REDSAG works to develop proposals, political actions, and strategies to defend the food sovereignty of indigenous peoples in Guatemala. Their areas of work include farmers and indigenous agroecological systems; community, peasant, and indigenous economies; and gender and youth focused programming.

Brings together various immigrant community to organize and defend their rights regardless of their status for social and economuic justice.

Works to fight human trafficking in Argentina, and promote the rights of children and adolescents, through implementation of regional and international instruments.

Works to monitor the situtation on human rights in Brazil and publish information on cases of violation, collect claims from victims and defend the human rights of abused persons.

Works to bring down barriers for LGBTQ people in all social areas from justice to housing to healthcare through training and advocacy.

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.