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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Legal Clinic of KAZGYU University ??????????? ??????? ???????????? ?????? Kazakhstan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to train law students in practical settings to provide legal assistance to persons in need, enhance access to justice, and develop the legal profession in Kazakhstan.

Legal Clinic NUR Clínica Jurídica NUR Bolivia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Legal Clinic run by the Faculty of Law at the University NUR is located at the Palmasola Prison in Santa Cruz. It offers legal support and representation for underprivileged prisoners in collaboration with students from the University.

Legal Clinic Myanmar Myanmar
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It works to protect human rights and promotes justice and the rule of law. They offer free legal services for women victims of sexual based violence, children, and disadvantaged people. They also provide capacity building for lawyers and paralegals through trainings, seminars, and internships.

Legal Clinic for Women and Family ?????? ????? ???? ? ??????? Iran
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Provides legal aid and social work services to victims of social and domestic violence especially women and children.

Legal Center For Women's Initiatives "Sana Sezim" ???????? ????? ??????? ????????? «???? ???i?» Kazakhstan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Legal Centre works to protect the the rights of women and children, but also developed legal assistance for women victim of violence and programs to counter human trafficking and provide assistance to victims

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.

Legal Assistance Clinic of General Gerardo Barrios University El Salvador
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Provides free legal assistance to nationals, migrants and refugees and support for migrants regarding their labour rights.

Legal and Human Rights Centre Tanzania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Legal Aid Clinic
Founded in 1995, it promotes, reinforces and safeguards human rights and good governance in Tanzania. Creating legal and human rights awareness, particularly in the underprivileged section of society through legal and civic education, advocacy linked legal aid provision, research, and human rights monitoring.

Legal Aid Society (LAS) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Legal Aid Society's efforts are geared towards bridging the gap to provide pro bono/low bono legal aid service to enhance access to justice to underserved, marginalized and disempowered segments of the society, specifically women, religious minorities and juveniles.

Legal Aid Service Providers' Network Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Fosters networking between legal aid providors in Uganda to enhance access to justice for the most marginalized groups

Legal Aid Service ????????? ?????????? ????????? Georgia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Provides free legal assistance on criminal, civil and administrative cases through state funding in all regions of Georgia.

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.

Legal Aid Council Jamaica
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide legal assistance and representation to citizens through its Legal Aid Clinics and outreach programme.

Legal Aid and Consultancy Center (LACC) Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

LACC is dedicated to uplift the legal, social, economic and cultural status of women and children, uphold their dignity and eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence. Provision of free legal aid is LACC's core service and an example of micro-level activism.

Legal Aid ?????? ????? Iran
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Providing free access to information on legal questions relating to matters of land, family, commercial and civil law.

Legal Action Worldwide (Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

LAW provides technical support to several criminal justice institutions, including the Attorney General's Department, the Judicial Services Commission, and other branches that require assistance. LAW Sri Lanka's aim is to raise the importance of transitional justice among local law students, providing opportunities to engage in the peace process as it moves forward.

Legal Access through Women for Equality Rights and Social Justice - LAWYERS Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Founded in 1997, it is a lawyer's group (affiliated with FIDA), that works for the protection of women and children's rights. It advocates for the reform of discriminatory laws to ensure that women's rights are enforced. It provides free advice and representation for victims of domestic violence, and offers training and sensitization for stakeholders, and the public.

Lebanon Support ???? ???? Lebanon
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Builds civil society capacity through research, training, and activities that support open debate, dialogue, wider civic inclusion, and, ultimately, greater access to information and accountability.

Lebanese Women's Council ?????? ??????? ???????? Lebanon
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to promote women's rights and greater inclusion and participation of women in civic and political affairs through legal reform and research.

Lebanese Foundation for Permanent Civil Peace Lebanon
Factor 3: Open Government

Supports programming that promotes human rights, the rule of law, democratization, civil peace, and civic participation.

Lebanese Development Network Lebanon
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to support NGOs through training and development, along with raising civic awareness and strengthening democracy in Lebanon.

League of Women Voters United States
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to ensure that all citizens, and specifically traditionally underrepresented portions of the electorate can register and cast their vote, along with reforming money in politics through anti corruption and transparency campaigns.

League of Human Rights Ligue des Droits de l'Homme France
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to defend human rights, through strategic litigation, campaigning and democratic control.

LEADERS Nepal (Society for Legal and Environmental Analysis and Development Research) Nepal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

LEADERS Nepal's mission is to promote the cause of environment and legal awareness, conduct action and researches program and plead the cases related to environment protection, human right and social justice issues at policy and grass root level.

Lawyers’ National Campaign Against Untouchability (LANCAU) Nepal
Factor 7: Civil Justice

LANCAU NEPAL is a law based social engineering organization, dedicated to uproot the untouchability system from Nepal. Some of the activities it focuses on are formation of a global pressure group of lawyers to curb untouchability, and providing national and global level pro-bono legal support.