Leading Organizations

Their goal is to improve Canadian workers lives by advocating for decent wages, fair labor laws, equality rights, a sustainable environment, and respect for basic human rights.

Founded in 1981, it works to defend and protect the right to freedom of expression in Canada and the world. CJFE monitors, defends, and reports on free expression and access to information.

It promotes the human rights of people living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV/ AIDS in Canada and internationally through research and analysis, litigation, advocacy, public education, and community mobilization.

It advances civil justice reform through research and advocacy. It also strives to make the civil justice system more accessible, effective, and sustainable. Its projects include Cost of Justice and the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters.

Founded in 1964, it promotes and defends fundamental rights, civil liberties, and democratic freedoms for all people across Canada. Their areas of work include equality and anti-discrimination, fundamental freedoms, and national security, among others.

It is an association of autonomous community-based Elizabeth Fry societies that works with criminalized individuals, especially women and girls. Their programs cover areas such as public education, research, and legislative and administrative reform.

It seeks to eradicate poverty in Canada by raising awareness, participating in research, and demonstrating the connection between poverty and human rights.

Works to end police violence, racial profiling and police militarization through advocacy, lobbying and legislation tracking.

Founded in 1996, by the leaders of the pro-democracy movement, their work aims to increase participation in governance, through advocacy, capacity building, and civic education.

It promotes an inclusive Malaysia that celebrates sexual and gender pluralism. It advocates for LGBTQ rights through outreach, awareness campaigns, and by mobilizing grassroots actions among the LGBTQ community.

It was founded in 1994 by Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve as center of training, education and capacity building in the fields of conflict resolutin, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in Africa.

Works to develop local initiatives for sustainability and development, and has partenered with UNDEF to Young Leaders project, to foster young leadership around conflict resolution and citizen participation in the democratic process.

Works to regulate competition betweeen businesses and oversee their practices and transparency.

The Business Anti-Corruption Portal (BACP) is a one-stop shop for business anti-corruption information offering tools on how to mitigate risks and costs of corruption when doing business abroad.

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

Government and private sector initiative to fight corruption through the development of a rating index, and serving as a platform to coordinate actions against corruption in businesses.

It advocates for rights for Burma's ethnic nationalities and displaced persons. Their website has information about the conflict and displacement in the country, amplifying the voices of local organizations working towards a free and peaceful society. The stories presented also represent voices of soldiers and leaders from different Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs).

Officially registered in 2015 and based in London, it works to advance and advocate for the human rights of minorities, as well as religious freedom in Burma.

Works to provide rehabiliation programmes and mechanisms for offenders, and inform the public on the workings of the prison system.

The Bureau is a coalition of journalists, experts, lawyers, environmentalists and CSOs working to investigate, inform and bring to light environmental issues of public concern, along with providing legal assistance to persons who have had their environmental rights abused.

The Correctional System in the Philippines seeks to protect the public and prevent crimes in partnership with stakeholders by providing persons under custody opportunities for reformation, decent environment and secure settings.

BRD has been working in Afghanistan since 2002. It has been working to enhance the skills and knowledge of civil society organizations on effective conflict resolution and management through training programs.

It is the main initiative of the Center for Sustainable Conflict Resolution (CSCR). It seeks to generate public debate and dialogue by addressing violent extremism and terrorism with a strategy centered on ideological elements such as narratives and counter-narratives.

The Build Foundation works to strengthen democracy, human rights, and equal access to justice. Programs include research, education and advocacy for the promotion of civic participation and development, most notably their initiatives integrate indigenous communities to foster access to justice and intercultural dialogue. Additionally, they work to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children in Bolivia.

Budeshi (Open contracting for Nigeria), is initiative of the Public and Private Development Centre in partnership with the Pan-Atlantic University, and the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism.