Leading Organizations

Works to defend workers rights and is composed of of 21 unions and trade unions representing all workers.

KOD is an independent grassroots civic movement founded in 2015 to protect the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. It defends European values and strengthens civil society.

Aims to defend the rights of victims of abuse through restorative mechanisms and protect people from institutional and social violence.

Works to regulate competition betweeen businesses and oversee their practices and transparency.

Independent Government Body tasked with investing and prosecuting corruption cases with the help of businesses and civil society.

Works to investigate and defend human rights abuses cases through strategic litigation and monitor implementation of human rights norms by the government.

Works to defend women and minority rights through social engagement, empowerment and creation of a network for action.
WJP Program Grantee Title: The Role of Civil Society in Accelerating the Civil Administration and Registry Documents Service (2015-2016)

Established in 2002 by a group of non-governmental organizations engaged in climate protection activities, it monitors legislative works at the national and European level and organizes conferences, workshops, and educational activities.

Founded in 1956 to promote social responsibility, it provides youth education and advances democratic changes in the Eastern Europe region. Their initiatives include public campaigns, a scholarship fund program, meetings, and lectures. KIK also collaborates with different organizations to construct spaces to prevent social exclusion, xenophobia, or discrimination on the basis of religion and nationality.

Provide students with quality education in order to develop a core of legal civil servants in Vietnam.

It promotes a culture of development and innovation through different collaborative initiatives such as business incubators, coworking spaces, and partnerships with the public and the private sector. It specializes in open government and has developed platforms for the Panama City Mayor's Office and the Ombudsman.

Aims to reform government practices and accountability through monitoring mechanisms for corruption and civil justice.

Kaos GL empowers the LGBT community for the community members to embrace freedom, justice and peace as their fundamental values, and struggle against homophobia and transphobia in every sphere of life.

PODEM analyzes the changing dynamics of the Turkish society including human and minority rights issues.

Founded in 2001, KPH works to advance the rights of LGBT persons and their relatives through political, social, and legal advocacy, as well as creating and implementing educational solutions for various professional groups and building a broad Alliance movement.

Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) aims to promote women’s human rights, equality and non-discrimination in Turkey and on the international level. 

It works to combat corruption and promotes transparency in public procurements through research, advocacy, and through the operation of open data websites such as K-Teszt, Civilzseb, and the MP's Asset Declaration Platform.

An initiative of academics, former state officials, and organizations, with the objective of analyzing the country's tax structure, monitoring the contributions that large national and foreign companies make to the economy, and demanding transparency in tax information. Their initiatives include Gender and Economic Justice and Transnational Companies Fair Tax.

Government Initiative to create Houses of Justice in local communities, that provide access to information about legal procedures and assistance in legal procedings.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Using the Inter-American System of Human Rights in Defense of People Deprived of Their Liberty
Works to strengthen and develop civil society through training, uses strategic litigation to advance human rights on cases of institutional violence, public security and criminal justice.

This is an initiative from a group of constitutional lawyers that digitize and publish rulings, resolutions, and legal precedents online for public access.

Aims to strengthen democratic transition of power after the fall of dictatorship in Tunisia.

Works to develop maps of land and economic activity in order to monitor government policy and drive dispute resolution and land management.

JIHIDEM collects complains and investigates allegations about human rights violation in the Gendarmerie. The center initiates judicial and administrative investigations in accordance with legal procedures.

Citizen group that has developed a range of indicators about quality of life in Jalisco.