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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Afghan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) Afghanistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

AACN is a social, non- profit, non partisan, non- political and non-governmental network established to bring together different civil society organization and individuals alike to fight corruption in Afghanistan.

Training Human Rights Association for Afghan Women (THRA) Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Training Human Rights Association (THRA) is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization working in the areas of human rights awareness, Afghan women's capacity development, advocacy, CSOs capacity building and gender.

Patani Forum Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Patani Forum works with a new generation of local leaders and activists in the Malay-speaking area in southern Thailand to raise issues deemed important to the people in the area, through advocacy, civic participation, and in-depth analysis of the dynamics of the region and of the ongoing conflict.

People's Action Forum Zambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to creat people-centered policies and creates rural community based programs to enhance the voices of rural citizens

Peace and Justice Myanmar Myanmar
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is focused on actions that are conducive for a democratic and prosperous society through the engagement of citizens to participate politically and the promotion of adequate reforms for a sustainable peace-building process.

Women in the Media Sierra Leone - WIMSAL Sierra Leone
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It was founded in 2007 and aims to improve the conditions for female journalists, while also advocating for the rights of all women in Sierra Leone. It is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, and has approximately 200 members distributed throughout the country.

The Medical Research Council The Gambia - MRCG The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is one of two research units established in Sub-Saharan Africa by the MRC UK and represents the MRC’s single largest investment in medical research in a low and middle income country.

General Prison Administrator El Salvador
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Government unit working to manage and improve the prison system.

Tanzania Youth Vision Association Tanzania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

2019 World Justice Applicant - Project Title: Digital Advocacy Campaigns - Project Title: Youth Employment Initiative Dar es Salaam (YEID)
It is a youth led organization focusing on raising youth awareness and empowerment. It engages youths and advocates for policy changes in the areas of civic education and good governance with a focus on female and male empowerment in shaping the next constitution.

Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

HRAC mission is the protection and promotion of the rights of all Ghanaians through increasing awareness, fostering a sustainable human rights culture, and enhancing democracy, good governance, and accountability.

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.

The Apac Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Aims to ensure a society free from corruption where citizens are empowered to demand transparency and good governance

Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Set up in 1995, its goal is foster democratic participation and promote democratic values in Malawi society through training, research and advocacy.

The Mekong Club Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Established in 2012, the Mekong Club uses a business-to-business approach to fight modern slavery. It is a membership-based organization that works with companies that want to take active steps to identify potential risk and eradicate modern slavery from their businesses.

Kenya Organic Agriculture Network Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is the national coordinating body for organic agricultural activities in Kenya. It emerged from a consultative process where organic practitioners agreed to work together to achieve the development of the organic sub-sector. The organization represents over 35,000 farmers and works with partner organizations throughout the country.

Tunisia Election Data Tunisia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Presents a range of stakeholders with comprehensive information about the electoral process to enable them to make informed decisions that lead to better outcomes.

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Singapore
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Sets the standards for transparency and tax declaration of business in Singapore.

P.R.I.M.E Finance International
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A dispute resolution and judicial capacity building entity for complex financial disputes that is based in The Hague and affiliated with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 

Legal Services Corporation United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Provides grants to legal aid services nationwide in order to ensure high quality civic aid to low income individuals.

Citizen Voice Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

Citizen Voice is a civil society organization that works to empower women and children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan to acitively engage is social life.

Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Philippines
Factor 3: Open Government

The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) directly serves the Presidency and the Executive Branch on the national, regional and provincial levels through its sixteen (16) regional offices and seventy-one (71) provincial information centers.

National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice-Nepal Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

National Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice Nepal (Human Rights Alliance), a Coalition of Nepali non- governmental human rights organizations dedicated to a cause of freedom, human rights, social justice, and peace in Nepal was established in 1996 in the initiation of some leading human rights NGOs.

Free and Fair Elections Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

FEFA is a national, independent and impartial institution working through partnerships, citizen participation, good governance and professional programs to enhance transparency and accountability in the democratic processes.

Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (ICJHR) Jamaica
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to defend and uphold human rights in Jamaica, through policy advocacy and legal aid and representation to victims of human rights violations.

Green Scenery Sierra Leone
Factor 5: Order and Security

Founded in 1989, it promotes and enhances environmental and human security in Sierra Leone, focusing on the management of natural resources from a human rights perspective. Their areas of work include environmental protection, livelihood security, good governance, and peacebuilding and conflict resolution.