Search our directory of leading organizations advancing the rule of law worldwide. New content will be added on a rolling basis. Interested in learning more? Read about our Resource Hub listings here.

Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Central Auditing Organization (CAO) ?????? ??????? ????????? Egypt
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The CAO is the body responsible for the auditing process of the public sector and some other entities.The CAO monitors the management of public sector companies and government departments, as well as other entities.

Central American University - Faculty of Legal Sciences - Law Office Universidad Centroamericana - Facultad de Ciencias Juridíca - Bufete Jurídico Nicaragua
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Law Office provides pro bono legal assistance and services by students for people who cannot access regular state sponsored services or lawyers.

Centers for Studies on Public Safety and Citizenship International

The Center works to uphold the rule of law within the justice, criminal and prison systems of Brazil and other countries through high quality research and innovative programmatic operations with different area experts.

Centerlaw or Center for International Law Manila Philippines
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Centerlaw actively participates in prosecuting the perpetrators of killings of journalists sued for criminal defamation. Where domestic courts prove ineffectual, Centerlaw also avails of existing international remedies for the promotion of human rights, humanitarian law, and freedom of expression.

Center on International Cooperation United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

The Center seeks to develop actionable research in the fields of politics, security, justice and development in order to enhance international responses in countries, especially those affected by conflict.

Center of Studies for Labor and Agrarian Development Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario - CEDLA Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

CEDLA works to strengthen political actions of urban and rural workers by producing knowledge and critical thought that contribute to the transformation of the conditions of oppression that subjugate them. Areas of work include labor rights, extractive industries, indigenous rights, and fiscal policy.

Center of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) ????? ????????-???????? ?????? Ukraine
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Centre is a consortium of experts and legal professionals proposing research, analysis and programs in administrative, criminal and civil justice to push for legal and judicial reform, safeguard democracy and uphold the rule of law in Ukraine.

Center of Justice and Participation Studies Centro de Estudios sobre Justicia y Participación Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Founded in 1999, the Center contributes to strengthening the rule of law in Bolivia through the promotion of justice democratization and judicial system transformation, the encouragement of a culture of peace, and the prevention of violence and insecurity.

Center for Youth and Development (CYD) Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Grassroots organization seeking to empower rural communities through education and environmental projects from a bottom up perspective.

Center for Universal Drug Researches, Approaches & Studies (CUDRAS) ???? ???????? ?????? ?? ? ??????? ??? ?????? ???? ???? Iran
Factor 5: Order and Security

Promots global discourses to develop the most efficient solutions to reduce the harm of illicit drugs among various societies of the world.

Center for Training and Service for Women Centro de Capacitación y Servicio para la Mujer - CECASEM Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

The Center has vast experience working in rural development and in combating human trafficking and exploitation in Bolivia. It generates opportunities for the participation of women in the public and private spheres, and strives to achieve social and economical equity.

Center For Trade Union and Workers' Services (CTUWS) ??? ??????? ???????? ????????? Egypt
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

A labor union committed to defending workers' rights and providing with services.

Center for the Promotion of Women Gregoria Apaza El Centro de Promoción de la Mujer Gregoria Apaza Bolivia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Founded in 1983, and named after the indigenous Aymara leader, the Center works to protect women's rights and provides access to justice through legal and psychological assistance. It also offers workshops and training for economic empowerment, and encourages women's political participation by supporting local initiatives and grassroots organizations.

Center for the Promotion of Reforms ????? ???????? ???????? Ukraine
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Center seeks to promote reforms on state supervision, deregulation for businesses, technical and economic regulation.

Center for Teaching the Rule of Law United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to expand education about the rule of law by disseminating its principles and tenets in order to change the understanding of the rule of law and provide capacity for adults and, especially, young people to explore its usefulness as a foundation of society.

Center for Studies and Social Promotion (CEPS) Centro de Estudios y Promoción Social (CEPS) Nicaragua
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

CEPS works on a variety of health related issues, such as gender based violence, water and sanitation, along with enablign citizens through participation, local governance and education.

Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA) Trung tâm Nghiên c?u & ?ng d?ng khoa h?c v? Gi?i - Gia ?ình - Ph? n? và V? thành niên (CSAGA) Vietnam
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

A non-profit, non-governmental organization, CSAGA's activities focus on women and children. Activities include psychological counseling, training, communications and hands-on projects.

Center for Strategic Studies ???? ???????? ???????????? Jordan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Produces research and policy recommendations, conducts opinion polls and collect survey data, as well as convenes symposia on issues related to democracy, political pluralism, development, and the environment.

Center for Social Justice - CSJ Nigeria
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

The organization works to strengthen the relationship between public decision making and social justice. Their main areas of work include transparency and participation in public finance management, poverty reduction, and rights enhancement.

Center for Social Initiatives Promotion Trung tâm H? tr? Sáng ki?n Ph?c v? C?ng ??ng - CSIP Vietnam
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to provide and promote a succesful working environment for social entreprises through partnerships with government, institutions and businesses.

Center for Social and Labor Rights (CSTP) ????? ?????????-???????? ???? Russia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to promote and defend rights in social and labor relations through legal assistance, stregnthening of trade unions and advocacy.

Center for Research and Promotion of Peasantry Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado - CIPCA Bolivia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

CIPCA contributes to strengthening political, economical, and organizational capacities of grassroots, peasant, and indigenous communities as a means to achieve a democratic, autonomous, diverse, equitable, and sustainable Bolivian society.

Center for Reproductive Rights United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to defend the reprodutive rights of women and to maintain existing abortion laws and to extend the right to abortion around the country.

Center for Public Policy and Human Rights - Equidad Centro de Políticas Públicas y Derechos Humanos - Equidad Peru
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Equidad works to defend human rights and seek compensation for violation of those rights for citizens. Through strategic litigation, it has worked with indigenous populations to challenge land rights and persecution, and with disabled persons facing discrimination, along with regular citizens who have had their rights affected.

Center for Public Monitoring and Research ????? ???????????? ??????????? ?? ?????????? Ukraine
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Center aims to investigate and expose cases of corruption in every sector of Ukrainian society through expert analysis and citizen action.