Leading Organizations

Center for Policy Research is dedicated to conducting research that contributes to a more robust public discourse about the structures and processes that shape life in India. It's principal areas of research are economic policy, environmental law and governance, international relations and security, law, regulation and the state, and urbanization.

Works to develop a multi stakeholder approach in organizing access to information in Liberia on a variety of projects, along with its traditional role in defending freedom of the press.

Researching and implementing topics, programs and projects in communications and community education.

Participates in debates about law, institutions, and public policy. It is based on research and activism to promote social inclusion, democracy, and human rights in Colombia, Latin America, and the Global South.

Works to defend the rights of vulnerable people, but also guarantee the rights of all people and the rule of law under recent security measures, through advocacy and strategic litigation.

CeLRRd has worked extensively to promote, uphold and respect rule of law, good governance, fair and unrestricted access to justice, human rights and peace through high caliber research and legal advocacy.

The CLCD is a resource center on leadership, citizenship and civil society, and democracy that uses its knowledge, expertise, skills, and resources to assist leaders, citizens, and civil society organizations enhance their capacities in performing their roles, duties and responsibilities.

NGO working on strengthening the rule of law and promoting human rights in Colombia and across the Global South.

Monitors development of laws and the legal system, and assists in investigating corruption cases producing reports on corruption and the law.

CEPAZ promotes and defends democratic values, human rights, and aims to build a culture of Peace in Venezuela. Their main areas of work include women's empowerment programs and activism for the promotion of peace. CEPAZ is the founder of the Orange Network (Red Naranja), a space to coordinate activities between women's rights advocates and organizations.

An international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of survivors to seek truth, justice and redress.

It is an international legal research institute that supports the implementation of laws for sustainable development. Their activities include the Climate Law and Governance Initiative and the Peace, Justice, and Governance Programme, to name a few.

CIICA is Pakistan's first international arbitration center that offers arbitration, mediation and a wide range of other dispute avoidance and resolution services.

Formed by a group of graduates from the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies at the University of Nairobi. Among their initiatives is the Know Your World, a program that works to advance the global peace and security agenda through education and the promotion of people to people connections.

CIJ promotes ethical, fact-based journalism and independent media in Hungary. They advocate for dialogue between media professionals and policy makers to promote a legal framework respectful of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Through its Paralegal Advisory Service, the CHREAA works to defend detainees and provide legal assistance to those who cannot afford it. It has now developed legal literacy and assistance services and influences public policy on access to justice.

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

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice works with Dalit groups and activists to advocate with Nepal's lawmakers to ensure that Nepal's new constitution complies with Nepal's international human rights law obligations and that the new constitution meaningfully protects and advances the rights and equality of Dalits.

A group of human rights lawyers and activists who work to strengthen and protect human rights norms in Sri Lanka; they provide a source of legal support and strategic guidance for minorities.

Begun as an assisting body to trade unions and farmers organizations and now works to foster the development of all civil society.

Works to promote gender issues within environmental projects such as mining, and enact laws to solve gender inequality and gender injustice in environmental policy.

It is an independent research center of the Central European University (CEU). It contributes to an informed international dialogue about the future of the European Union. The center focuses geographically on Central and Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and Turkey, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Russia.

CEDET works to defend the human rights and promote the culture of Afro Peruvians. Through workshops and trainings, along with information and knowledge sharing it seeks to install the place of Afro Peruvians in the public sphere and the democratic debate.

To protect the environmental rights of citizens and CSOs doing work on the issue, along with evaluating legislation on sustainability and the environment.

Works to promote the role of women in society and make them independent through the defense of their rights.