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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York Law School Nepal
Factor 7: Civil Justice

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.

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

In addition to its other activities, NRC has been advising Afghans on a wide range of legal matters, guiding them through legal processes and supporting them as they defend their legal rights within communities. It has been specifically working with women on their housing, land and property 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.

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 Dar Teknohama Business Incubator (DTBi) Tanzania
Factor 3: Open Government

It promotes startups with innovative ideas for the growth of ICT technology-based emerging companies. It contributes to job creation and networking for technical trends and opportunities to access markets. It provides mentoring and coaching to entrepreneurs, and facilitates access to potential customers and strategic partners.

National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Singapore
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to protect the rights and interests of workers and their families and monitor the states labour law and regulations implementation.

National Juvenile Justice Network United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to support and create a network of youth justice advocates and organizations to reform the justice system for better attention to youth and their families.

Women's Situation Room Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a peace building initiative to prevent and mitigate conflicts during elections. It mobilizes women and youth to ensure their active participation in the electoral process. Through observation and the analysis of data and information from the field, it provides early alerts to elections related incidents.

Rule of Law Institute of Australia International
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

An independent, politically non-partisan, not-for-profit body formed to uphold the rule of law in Australia.

Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG) Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

ALG works to improve participatory and democratic land use, justice reform through the empowerment of the marginalized groups, legal education, policy advocacy, strengthening alternative dispute resolute mechanisms, ensuring transparency and accountability of the judiciary, and institutional capacity.

Innocence Project United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to free the wrongfully convicted, improve case law through strategic litigation, push for reform of the criminal justice system for fairer trials and to support ex detainees in their reintegration into society.

I Paid a Bribe Nepal Nepal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

An online portal where corruption encounters/escape are reported with an aim to uncover the market price of corruption.

National Association of Community Legal Centres Australia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

A network for community legal centres which aims to advocate for and protect the rights of marginalized groups in Australia.

National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda (NAWOU) Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

A coalition of community based women's organizations in Uganda that aim to equalize the social, economic, and political rights of women

Central Investigation Bureau, Nepal Police Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

Nepal Police has a special unit viz. CIB to investigate crimes of complex nature.

Canadian Prison Consulting Canada
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a private consulting firm that provides legal assistance and mentoring programs for inmates in federal penitentiaries. Their activities also include rehabilitation and crime prevention.

Kenya Union of Journalists - KUJ Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is an organization seeking to improve the working conditions of journalists. It also protects and promotes freedom, professionalism and ethical standards in the media industry.

Charles Koch Institute United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

The Charles Koch Institute also works to foster a national conversation on critical issues that have a strong impact on the advancement of societal well-being.

Institute of Human Virology Nigeria Nigeria
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It provides health service implementation, capacity building, and research to ensure equitable access to individuals and communities in Nigeria. Their areas of expertise include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, cancer, and other infectious diseases.

Center For Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) Malawi
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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.

Star Ghana Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a multi-donor program funded by UK Aid, the European Union, and Danida. It works to strengthen transparency, accountability, and responsiveness by promoting an active and engaged civil society that demands accountability and effectiveness.

People's Watch India
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

People's Watch is a Program Unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns. It's mission is to protect human rights through monitoring human rights violations, intervention and building solidarity with peoples’ struggle for human rights.

Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Liberia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to involve citizens in the allocation and operation of resource exploitation, through control of industries and governance, and to provide a framework for sustainable resource exploitation in Liberia.

The OCP Policy Center Morocco
Factor 3: Open Government

Strives to promote knowledge sharing and to contribute to research and dialogue on key economic, international relations issues, and security issues.

Union for Civil Liberty - UCL Thailand
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights