Leading Organizations

Supports at risk and vulnerable children and youth as well as populations affected by conflict and displacement through educaiton, health, and protection programs.

Works to protect the rights of women and children suffering from violence and trafficking, through shelters and anti trafficking programs, along with securing environmental rights for affected populations through Disaster Risk Reduction strategies and litigation.

The main objective of Diakonia’s work is to improve the living conditions of people living in poverty. Their work focuses on both grassroots organizing as well as national level policy work.

Digital Empowerment Foundation's mission is to empower people, especially marginalized and information-lacking communities, with the power of information and knowledge using digital interventions and ICT tools.

It attends to the population vulnerable to forms of political persecution, especially peasant communities, students, victims of forced displacement, and political prisoners. It also advises the National Prison Movement in the fight for a dignified and respectful treatment of the human rights of the prison population.

Created in 1988 to address corruption in Uganda, it provides political leadership and develops policies to promote ethics and integrity in the Ugandan government

It is an investigative journalism center with the mission to expose wrongdoings, corruption, and abuse of power in Hungary. Their projects have uncovered issues such as politicians' hidden assets and public contracting irregularities.

The organization strives to protect, assist and provide safety for the population and victims of armed conflicts and violence and to decrease the impact of all types of weapon on the population by supporting disarmament and non-violence activities in Georgian society.

Works to develop ADR mechanisms in Jamaica, provide mediation in conflict situations, and train lawyers on ADR mechanisms.

Investigates the complaints ang grievances of the public with respect to government officials, organs and statutes under Art 173 of the Constitution.

Founded in 2004, it is the leading human rights advocacy organization for LGBTI people in Colombia. It has had significant achievements such as the recognition of civil union rights for same sex couples; the constitutional recognition of LGBTI issues in cases of discrimination and violence; and the inclusion of LGBTI rights in the law for victims of the armed conflict, among others.

Think tank working with business, political and civil society organizations in order to regulate and open up the space for the energy sector in Ukraine.

Provides financial assistance to prisoners who were not able to afford a lawyer at the time of trial.

It is an advocacy movement that promotes citizens participation and collective action to hold the government accountable for modifying the Constitution, and for deploying Article 9 to justifying war actions under collective action self-defense claims.

Work within France to give access to health, living and sexual and reproductive rights to migrants, prostitutes, and other vulnerable groups of society.

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Ensuring equal and effective access to justice for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Mexico City.
Organization set up in 2010, after the coming together of lawyers and documentary film makers around a case of forced dissapearance. It seeks to reinforce the rights of persons deprived of liberty and with psychosocial handicaps through the use of research, documentary filmmaking and strategic litigation.

It is the main initiaive of The Salesian Missions in Freetown, and has been operating since 2001, providing protection for internally displaced children and prisoners. It advocates for children's rights and works with the Ministry of Welfare and different members of Civil Society.

Works to promote public policies and research around democratic governance, transparency and citizen security and participation

Dream Thailand is a campaign of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom that promotes citizen participation and democracy among young people in different regions of Thailand. The initiative identifies the necessities of the population in economical, political, and environmental terms through workshops with community leaders, villagers, civil servants, and students.

Produces research and policy briefs as well as hosts trainings and convenese meetings and symposia for government and non-governmental actors, advancing human rights positions and practice.

Works to accompany drug users through rehabiliation and to attend to peoples' needs regarding drug issues such as crime and violence.

The Center seeks to transform the way the war on drugs is approached by focusing on the human rights of people involved, and researching more humane measures to end drug trafficking.

Regulates financial service as well as supervises and enforces anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) requirements.

Combats sexual and physical violence against women, child abuse, and human trafficking through education and social outreach programming as well as administers a shelter for victims.

Legal center aimed at training and regulating lawyers, publishing legal research, disseminating information, hosting events for the legal community, and providing free legal advice for people in need.