Organization Name | Organization Name (Local Language) | Country | Factors | Organization Description |
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Ethiopia Social Accountability Program Phase II | Ethiopia |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
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It is an initiative to strengthen the use of social accountability tools, approaches, and mechanisms by citizens, civil society organizations, local government officials, and service providers. It is financed through a World Bank multi-donor trust fund. |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) | India |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
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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. |
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Independent National Commission on Human Rights | Liberia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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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. |
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Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania | Tanzania |
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
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It addresses social and environmental problems, such as soil degradation, water contamination, and deforestation, caused by unsustainable farming practices that lead to food insecurity, poverty, and malnutrition. It involves farmers in the planning stages for a collaborative effort to address these challenging agricultural issues. |
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National Foundation For India (NFI) | India |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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The National Foundation for India is an independent, Indian grant-making and fundraising body, helping people by supporting partners who look for solutions to complex problems in poor, remote and challenging parts of the country. |
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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India | India |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
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The National Human Rights Commission of India has the mandate to inquire into violations of human rights by public servants, to intervene in court proceedings relating to human rights, make recommendations to remedy factors that inhibit enjoyment of human rights, review safeguards set out in the Constitution and treaties and make recommendations for their effective implementation. |
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Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York Law School | Nepal |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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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. |
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Y Vote | Australia |
Factor 3: Open Government
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It is a youth led movement created to strengthen the voices of young people in Australian democracy. Their mission is to inform and encourage young people to vote and participate in local and national democratic processes. |
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Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Afghanistan |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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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. |
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Justice Centres Uganda | Uganda |
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Provides free legal services to the poor and disadvantaged |
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AIDHA | Singapore |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Provides training courses for migrant women in Singapore in financial literacy and self development with the goal of enabling to develop ventures in Singapore and send money home. |
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Louisiana Justice Institute | United States |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Works to represents communities of color and vulnerable parts of Louisiana in respect of their human rights and for social justice. |
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Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) | Bangladesh |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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Works to provide legal aid on civil, criminal and social justice to the most vulnerable along with using strategic litigiation to advance human rights in Bangladesh and trainings for lawyers and capacity building of the judicial system. |
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Youth 4 Parliament | Zambia |
Factor 3: Open Government
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Advocates for increasing the number of young people in parliament to better represent the large youth population of the country |
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The Future In Our Hands - FIOH | The Gambia |
Factor 3: Open Government
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It is a Swedish based charity that was established in The Gambia in the early 1980's, focused on promoting education and increasing the capacity of people in rural communities to combat grinding poverty. |
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Association of Women for Dignity and the Life of the Dignified | El Salvador |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
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Works to eradicate violence against women, for equality, through training, research and legal assistance . Through its Observatory, it also monitors public policy on gender issues |
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Legal Rights Forum (LRF) | Pakistan |
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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Works to increase access to justice and protect human rights through capacity building, legal awareness, legal aid, legal research, and advocacy programs. |
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The Hong Kong Independent Media Network | Hong Kong S.A.R., China |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples International Centre for Policy Research and Education | Philippines |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Established in 1996, Tebtebba seeks to promote and disseminate indigenous peoples worldviews, their perspectives on key issues such as individual and collective human rights, sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity, traditional knowledge, customary laws and governance, conflict transformation, gender, etc. |
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Business Against Crime South Africa (BACSA) | South Africa |
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
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BACSA works to eliminate crime and corruption in business, and to assist the government on crime reduction strategies through lending expertise and information. |
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Yangon Justice Center | Myanmar |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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It provides free legal assistance to the disadvantaged within Yangon region. It also offers legal training to selected paralegals who thereby support their communities. |
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Ecojustice | Canada |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Ecojustice legally defends nature, combats climate change, and fights for a healthy environment for all. It provides free legal representation through their Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa. |
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Childrens Legal Action Network - CLAN | Kenya |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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It advocates for the protection of the rights and welfare of children, through the provision of free legal aid and related services, working together with other stakeholders. It also advocates for mobilization of adequate human and budgetary resources at the national and county levels. |
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Twaweza | Kenya |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
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It works on enabling children to learn, citizens to exercise agency, and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. It undertakes effective public and policy engagement, through powerful media partnerships and global leadership of initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership. |
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Karuna Center for Peacebuilding | India |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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Karuna Center for Peacebuilding empowers people divided by conflict to develop mutual understanding and to create sustainable peace. It innovates approaches for transforming conflict by supporting people in all sectors of society to discover their shared capacity for building peace. |