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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Arab Reform Initiative مبادرة الإصلاح العربي France, Lebanon
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works with expert partners in the Middle East and North Africa and beyond to articulate a home-grown agenda for democratic change, through research and policy analysis and being a platform for inspirational voices based on the principles of diversity, impartiality, gender equality, and social justice.

Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) ?????? ??????? ??????????? ???????? Jordan
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Increasing Access to Legal Aid Support in Zaatari Refugee Camp
Works to develop a new renaissance in Jordan and the Arab world, through a focus on the principals of democracy and human rights, empowering communities and using advocacy.

Arab Women's Legal Network ?????? ????????? ?????? ???????? Jordan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Enhancing the response of the justice sector for cases of VAW
Provides a platform for Arab women working in the legal fields--academics, judges, lawyers--to exchange expertise, discuss issues of common concern, and profit from training and research opportunities.

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) ???????? - ????????? - ?????? (ASB) Georgia
Factor 5: Order and Security

Develop Disaster Risk Reduction programs to prevent losses linked to natural disasters which are important in Georgia, and Return and Reintegration programs for people displaced by conflict in Georgia.

Argentinian Association for Budget and Public Financing Administration (ASAP) Asociación Argentina de Presupuesto y Administración Financiera Publica (ASAP) Argentina
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Investigates, reports and monitors public spending, through the publication of spending sheets and revenues of officials.

Argentinian Institute for Corporate Social Responsibility Instituto Argentino de Responsabilidad Social Empresaria Argentina
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

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

Argentinian Journalism Forum Foro de Periodismo Argentino Argentina
Factor 3: Open Government

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

Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

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.

ARTE - Art and Resistance Through Education United States
Factor 3: Open Government

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

Article 42 ???????????? 42-? ????? Georgia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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.

Article 90 Commission ??????? ??? ??? Iran
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

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

Arusha Women Legal Aid and Human Rights Organization (AWLAHURIO) Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

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.

ASCHIANA Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

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

Asean Legal Information Portal - Asean LIP International
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 7: Civil Justice

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.

Ashesi University Foundation Ghana
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

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).

Asia Crime Prevention Foundation ??????? Japan
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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).

Asia Foundation Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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

Asia Justice and Rights Sri Lanka
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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 Pacific Alliance for Disaster Management (APAD) Japan
Factor 5: Order and Security

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

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development - APWLD Malaysia, Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

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.

Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center ??????????? Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

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.

Asian Conference Religions for Peace - ACRP Japan
Factor 5: Order and Security

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.

Asian Harm Reduction Network - Myanmar Myanmar
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

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.

Asl 19 (=Article 19) ??? 19 Iran
Factor 3: Open Government

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.

Asociatia Pro Democratia (APD) Romania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

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