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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Planned Parenthood United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to provide access to sexual, health and reproductive rights for all citizens.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) India
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.

Independent National Commission on Human Rights Liberia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to reconcile grievances from the war. Through its Palava Hut program, the INCHR uses traditional conflict resolution mechanisms to repair grievances and reconcile memories, consolidating the peacebuilding process.

Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association Ethiopia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1996, it promotes and protects the economical, social, and legal rights of women in Ethiopia. They provide free legal aid services, public education, capacity building, research, and law reform advocacy. EWLA runs 60 legal aid centers to assure that the service is accessible to women at the grass root level.

Malawi Law Commission Malawi
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Set up in 1998 and enshrined in the Constitution of Malawi, the Commission makes recommendations about legal reform after consultation with civil society and the people of Malawi. It has made a number of succesful recommendations to develop civil and criminal justice in Malawi.

International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government

The IFEX network of organizations is connected by a shared commitment to defend and promote freedom of expression as a fundamental human right. IFEX has not only been a real watchdog but also has remained vocal when it comes to press freedom and security of the Nepalese journalists.

End Child Detention Coalition Australia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

A coalition of organisations all over Australia fighting to end the detention of child immigrants in Australia via advocacy and policy reform.

Economic Policy Research Centre Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Seeks to better inform pubic policy through research to enhance economic development in Uganda

Human Rights First International
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

A non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in the U.S.

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Philippines
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Department is responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety, strengtheningg capability of local government units through active people participation and a professionalized corps of civil servants.

Hug Project Thailand
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Hug Project protects children from human trafficking, exploitation, and abuse in the northern part of Thailand. It supports local and international law enforcement efforts in fact finding for cases pertaining to child pornography, sexual abuse, and human trafficking. It also offers prevention services such as extracurricular programs and restoration services for victims.

International Justice Mission (IJM) - India India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

International Justice Mission (IJM) is an international NGO working in India against sex trafficking and forced labor slavery. It partners with those working in the local justice system to help victims of violence. Its advocates work to bring criminals to justice and strengthen the justice system.

Paralegal Alliance Network Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Improves relationships and coordination between legal aid service providors in Zambia

Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement - TOAM Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an umbrella organization that coordinates and promotes the development of organic farming among distributors, consumers, and producers, through networking and the sharing of information. It has 115 members including various types of institutions and organizations, such as farmers associations and cooperatives, NGOs, organic operators, companies, distributors, researchers, and trainers.

Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

HKCTU promotes democracy and is dedicated to uniting the working class and strengthening the independent trade union movement so workers can fight for their labor rights. It defends social justice, aims to close the wealth gap, and fights for a fair share of prosperity for the socially underprivileged.

The Network against Gender Based Violence - NGBV The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a network of various organizations and institutions in the public and non-state sectors that are working to address gender based violence. It seeks to promote closer strategic partnerships for joint programming, implementation, and resource mobilization.

Independent Monitoring Group of El Salvador (GMIES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor working conditions in various industries in the country and to develop a Center for Labour Rights, to educate and provide legal assistance to workers about their rights.

Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) South Africa
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

BACSA works to eliminate crime and corruption in business, and to assist the government on crime reduction strategies through lending expertise and information.

Above Ground Canada
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It promotes corporate accountability for companies based in Canada or supported by the Canadian state. It works in collaboration with human rights organizations in Canada and abroad, and it facilitates legal assistance and policy research to inform analysis and coordinated actions.

Child Research and Resource Centre - CRRECENT Ghana
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It uses evidence-based programs to promote child and youth rights in Ghana. Their initiatives are centered on juvenile justice and re-integration, economic empowerment, participation in governance, and policy advocacy for children and youth action.

The Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development - MIID Myanmar
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

MIID promotes the meaningful participation and inclusion of ethnic communities in Myanmar's economic, social, and political transition by supporting a sustainable people-centered approach to economic and social development.

Kenya Law Reform Commission Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Its mission is to review all Kenyan laws to ensure their systematic development and reform, including in particular the integration, unification and codification of the law, the elimination of anomalies, and the repeal of obsolete and unnecessary enactments.

Resource Center for Roma Communities Foundation Romania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to provide assistance and give visbility to Roma communities while securing their rights through national partnerships and strategies.

Church and Society of Livingstonia Synod Malawi
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works on community outreach and protection around HIV/AIDS, food security and justice through its church services and departments.

Earth Justice United States
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Fights for a world free of the disastrous effects of climate change and environmental degradation, and leads conservations efforts.