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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Lawyers for Liberty Malaysia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a human rights and law reform initiative that challenges unconstitutional decisions and acts perpetrated by the government. Their work addresses issues related to prisoners' rights, policies that perpetuate statelessness, and death in the custody of the police, to name a few.

Lawyers for LGBT and Allies Network - LLAN LGBT????????????????? Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It provides legal assistance to LGBT and other sexual minorities and strives to eliminate sexual or gender based discrimination. It contributes to the realization of a fair society that respects individual dignity and diversity.

Lawyers for Human Rights and Development Sri Lanka
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

This organisation has been instrumental in the development of justice for women and access to legal protection for women; for the past thirty years, they worked with various international organisations established for the promotion of human rights, as well as the Ministry of Justice of Sri Lanka.

Lawyers for Human Rights & Legal Aid (LHRLA) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

It is a developmental or structural legal aid group; not only does it provide legal aid but even challenges the law. It asks for law reform where the law is found to be unfair or discriminatory. It asks for legislation in areas where there is a lack of laws dealing with the subject.

Lawyers for Human Rights South Africa
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide legal assistance in cases of human rights abuses, through strategic litigation and to protect the rights of detainees.

Lawyers for Civil Society ?????? ?? ??????????? ???????? Russia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to provide legal assistance to NGOs in order for them to set up their structures and administrative sections properly, along with having legal support to challenge government decisions.

Lawyers Environmental Action Tanzania - LEAT Tanzania
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It is the premier environmental management and protection organization in Tanzania. It carries out policy research, advocacy, and public interest litigations.

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Fights for the defense of citizens civil rights, especially African Americans, in educational, voting, civil, political and economic procedures.

Lawyers Collective India
Factor 5: Order and Security

Lawyers Collective was created with the specific aim of providing legal services to the community and hlping people who had been affected by institutional backlog. It took up cases of pavement dwellers and slum dwellers, hawkers and women in distress.

Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran ?????? ??? ?????? ? ?????? ?????? ?????? ????? Iran
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Publishes all the laws and regulations that are enacted by different authorities for free access by citizens.

Lawfarm India
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

This platform helps connect clients with lawyers. They have a free Q&A platform to get answers to legal queries. They run the legal helpline on Ipaidabribe.com.

LAWASIA: law Association for Asisa and the Pacific Australia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

LAWASIA promotes the sharing of legal knowledge to ensure a mutual understanding of the standards of rule of law. It's central goal is to strengthen professional relations.

LAWASIA Australia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

As the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, LAWASIA brings together under a regional umbrella, the peak bodies representing lawyers of the ESCAP region and individual members of the legal community from around the world.

Law, Environment and Natural Resources (DAR) Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) Peru
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

DAR works to promote a sustainable governance model in the management of environmental areas and natural resources. It monitors protected areas through a National Evalutation Service, and monitors extractive industries and cases of abuse and corruption in these contracts, along with protecting the human rights of indigenous populations.

Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Commission works to reform and develop laws in accordance with the values enshrined in the Constitution to meet the economic, social, cultural, and political needs of a changing society.

Law Faculty - Catholic University of Temuco Facultad de Derecho - Universidad Católica de Temuco Chile
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to train lawyers, especially through the CREA project to develop better restorative practices and justice for people, along with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Australia
Factor 5: Order and Security

A commision designed to expose, investigate, and address misconduct within the NSW police force.

Law Enforcement Agencies Development (LEAD) LEAD office Ukraine
Factor 5: Order and Security

Think tank working with law enforcement agencies, citizens and CSOs in order to implement police reform for a safer society.

Law Development Centre Uganda
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Facilitates access to justice through legal training, research, and community legal resources

Law Council of Australia Australia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

A federal organisation that represent lawyers and their professin in order to improve law and the administration of justice.

Law Clinic of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Clinica Juridica de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Mexico
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Law Clinic where law students design and implement research relating to human rights under the supervision of professors and practicians.

Law Association of Zambia Zambia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Represents lawyers and the legal profession in order to promote social justice, better laws, and access to justice

Law and Society Trust Sri Lanka
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 5: Order and Security

LST works to protect human rights, enhance public accountability, and strengthen rule of law. They aim to further democracy and strengthen political institutions, as well as promote equal access and uphold good governance.

Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Center Trung tâm nghiên c?u pháp lu?t và chính sách phát tri?n b?n v?ng Vietnam
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to regulate environmental degradation by government and business initiatives, along with providing legal assistance to persons affected by the projects.

Law and Justice Foundation Australia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Created in 1967 it works to create a fair justice system with equal access for all including those historically marginalized and the economically disadvantaged. It produces many publications supports community initiatives to equalize access to justice.