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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Beirut Bar Association ????? ???????? ?? ????? Lebanon
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Protects and supports the legal community in Lebanon as well as advocates for human rights and against corruption and undertakes legal actions to advance these and other social justice aims.

Bellona ??????? Russia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to meet and fight climate change challenges in all the aspects of society that it affects, and to guarantee international standards and find innovative energy efficient solutions to daily issues.

Benjamin William Mkapa Foundation Tanzania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It aims to supplement and complement the development efforts of the Government. It was established with the aim of increasing HIV/AIDS services through addressing the shortage of skilled health professionals in rural underserved settings.

Best Practices Policy Project (BPPP) United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Develops guidelines for institutions and persons working with sex workers, people in the sex trade and the larger community.

Bidarzani ???????? Iran
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Raises awareness on gender equality and women's rights through reports and collection of stories through published on its website for public access.

Big Life Foundation Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It strives to prevent the poaching of elephants and all wildlife in East Africa. Under the principle that sustainable conservation can only be achieved through a community-based collaborative approach. They track and apprehend wildlife criminals and collaborate with local prosecutors to ensure that they are punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Bill of Rights Defense Committee & Defending Dissent Foundation  United States
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to defend freedom of expression and the guarantees declared under the Bill of Rights through advocacy and democratic participation.

Biodiversity Action Journalists - BAJ Gambia The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a journalist's organization, focused on environmental and natural resources advocacy. It was founded in 2010, with the technical support of the department of Parks and Wildlife Management (Ministry of Forestry and Environment). It advocates for the sustainable use of biodiversity resources.

Black Alliance for Just Immigration United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to create a national network of black advocates for social justice, through training, education, advocacy and research (The State of Black Immigrants Research Institute).

Black Lives Matter United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to abolish racism against black people in America, and to end violence by police and citizens against the black community.

Black Sash South Africa
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Black Sash works to provide legal assistance to citizens in all areas of public administration, through their helpine and team, with 59 years of experience.

Black Women's Blueprint United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to introduce the issues surrounding black women into different societal agendas: gender, criminal justice, order and policy.

Bloggers Association of Kenya - BAKE Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

It has established a network of bloggers, social media influencers, activists, hackers, software developers, and lawyers, dedicated to protecting the freedom of expression and online access to information by Kenyans. Their programs iFreedoms, Jukumu Letu, and Kenya Monitor, document important occurrences and transmit them to the public.

BloggingGhana - BloGH Ghana
Factor 3: Open Government

It is comprised by a group of bloggers and social media activists that build capacity among members, promote citizen journalism, and educate the public through the platform. They have developed projects such as Ghana Decides to promote electoral accountability, and Inform Ghana to foster information sharing between citizens.

Blue Diamond Society (BDS) Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

BDS, the only organization of this kind in Nepal, works mainly in the field of sexual minorities. The BDS works in Kathmandu with local communities and on a national level with the mission to improve the sexual health, human rights and wellbeing the LGBTQI community in Nepal.

Bolivia Data Datos Bolivia Bolivia
Factor 3: Open Government

Bolivia Data publishes information that promotes initiatives for the development of Bolivia through capacity building and the use of technology.

Bolivian Association for the Research and Conservation of Andean-Amazonian Ecosystems Asociación Boliviana para la Investigación y Conservación de Ecosistemas Andino-Amazónicos - ACEAA Bolivia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

ACEAA contributes to the sustainable management and preservation of the Amazonian ecosystems by producing knowledge and capacities in collaboration with local actors.

Bolivian Center for Multidisciplinary Studies Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios - CEBEM Bolivia
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Center is dedicated to research and education in areas such as democracy, regional and urban development, and environmental management. It focuses its efforts on analyzing the impact of public policies, the relation between the state and society, and the practices of social, indigenous, and trade union movements.

Bolivian Chapter of Human Rights, Democracy and Development Capítulo Boliviano de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a national association of NGO's, governmental institutions, and civil society organizations that defend human rights in Bolivia. It encourages citizen participation and monitors the Bolivian state's commitments in areas of human rights, social integration, and democracy.

Bonavero Institute of Human Rights International
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Institute seeks to provide excellent research and expand the understanding of human rights beyond academia through collaboration with practitioners and scholars.

Bonded Labour Liberation Front Pakistan (BLLF) Pakistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to fight against bond-labor in Pakistan, through public campaigns, interventions and project developkment.

Border Angels United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Provides educational approaches to understanding immigration and free legal assistance to the San Diego county immigration population.

BRAC International
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

A development organisation dedicated to alleviating poverty by empowering the poor with large scale programmes for men and women in different countries.

Branches of Hope Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 2012 and formerly known as The Vine Community Services Ltd (VCSL), Branches of Hope works to restore dignity, justice, and hope to vulnerable and marginalized persons in Hong Kong. Their initiatives include STOP, that combats human trafficking and provides support for victims and ROAD, that helps refugees regain their dignity and become more autonomous.

Brazil Human Rights Fund Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos Brazil
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to raise funds for civil society development and program implementation around human rights in all of Brazil's 5 regions.