Leading Organizations

Through strategic litigation, ADC tries to influence public policy and political reform in order to guarantee the same access to rights and justice for all persons.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Peace and Justice Project
Overview
Works to foster citizen engagement to monitor and influence public policy for their development, and fight corruption through legal assistance.

ACSWAW raises awareness to combat sexual violence and promotes women's rights and gender equality. It provides legal and social support for women who have experienced sexual violence and advocates for anti-sexual violence policies through their Legal Empowerment program and clinic.

Association 61 works to advance transparency in public life by providing access to public information concerning citizens' representatives. It administrates the website MamPrawoWiedziec.pl (I have a right to know) that monitors the activities of publicly elected officials. It also compiles reports and analyses on the activities of political parties, electoral committees, politicians, and people elected to public offices.

It is a political prisoner advocacy organization that was formed by former Burmese political prisoners in exile. AAPP provides human rights documentation and transitional justice training for former political prisoners, members of political parties, and civil society organizations.

Works to promote democracy, through accountability mechanisms and the organization of dialogue between society and political actors.

Developing platform such as Farsi news aggregators and promise-tracking tools that promote greater government accountability and transparency, with forums for community participation where users can express their opinions and engage in conversation.

It promotes equity in healthcare access. It also works to reduce the harms associated with drug use through the implementation of comprehensive evidence-based interventions and collaboration with partners and local communities.

This multi-religious initiative aims to transform violent conflict and achieve just and harmonious societies, through the advancement of the sustainable development goals, caring for the earth, promoting nuclear and conventional disarmament, and protecting human rights. The Japanese office is the Asian regional secretariat.

It is a feminist organization that works to end all forms of violence and discrimination against women, through information sharing, networking, education, training, and advocacy. It fosters a democratic Japanese society based on respect for human rights and gender equality, and aims to achieve a fair and sustainable global society.

APWLD was launched in 1986 by a group of women lawyers and activists in the region and is composed of over 200 NGO's, civil society organisations, and networks including feminist/women's rights organisations as well as individual members from Asia and the Pacific. APWLD works to promote women's human rights and use the law as an instrument of social transformation for equality, justice, peace, and development.

It provides search and rescue services, as well as emergency and medical assistance in cases of disaster or violent disputes such as riots.

Organisation based in Indonesia, with offices in Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Burma, who advocate for strengthening democracy in these locations by utilising local programs and engaging local actors to engender a grassroots culture of justice and accountability as these governments move toward a more human-rights conscious ethos.

Asia Foundation works to support women's rights, rule of law, local governance and civic participation in the electoral process.

It was founded in 1982, and in 2000 it achieved consultative status in the United Nations. It supports the activities of the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI).

Their mission is to educate a new generation of critical leaders in Africa, thus creating a culture of ethics that propagate change toward corruption. Their approach combines business and technology, and stimulates students to create innovative and practical solutions for Africa's needs. Their initiatives include the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC).

Asean LIP is an online platform that facilitates free, easy, and meaningful access to Southeast Asian legal information. It is an Access to Law initiative developed and promoted by the University of Malaya and Muttath Knowledge Management Services (MKMS) with the support of leading regional law schools and key stakeholders of the Asean legal, tax and business communities.

ASCHIANA is an Afghan NGO that works to improve children's rights by providing services and support to street working children and their families.

It is a non-profit NGO formed by Women’s Legal Aid Centre in 1992 as a paralegal unit. It works to create a just society that respects women’s and children’s rights; to increase lobbying, advocacy, and monitoring of human rights practices; and to reduce land conflicts among communities of the Arusha region.

Deals with complaints of the public about the work of executive, legislative or judicial power under article 90 of the Constitution.

Works to implement Article 42 of the Georgian constitution (human rights), the European Convention on Human Rights and international instruments along with consolidating the civil and Criminal Justice systems of Georgia.

Works to promote youth involvement in the promotion of human rights and social change through art projects for advocacy.

APF is a paramilitary force with the basic roles of maintaining law and order, combatting insurgency, and cracking down terrorist activities. It is mobilized in various policing jobs—security of VIPs, protection of vital installations and facilities, and control riots and public unrest. APF serves as a second layer for maintaining security in the country.

Works to develop best practices in journalism, access to information and defending freedom of expression.

Works to diffuse the practice of CSR in companies through guidelines, publications, conferences and trainings, along with promoting the most sustainable companies in Argentina.