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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Research on Center on Law and Penal Institutions (CESDIP) Centre de Recherche sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales (CESDIP) France
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Produces research for the general public and the Ministry of Justice on 8. Criminal Justice, prison conditions and police and justice treatment of minorities and vulnerable groups.

Resolve Foundation Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Resolve Foundation envisions an inclusive Hong Kong and provides fellowships to emerging leaders from marginalized and underrepresented communities to empower them to be change-makers and social catalysts.

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.

Restorative Justice Centre (RJC) South Africa
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to promote the use of restorative justice in South Africa, in order to drive crime reduction and ensure a more compassionate justice system.

Rethink Thailand Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Rethink Thailand seeks to guarantee basic human rights by creating a new thinking space that encourages problem acknowledgement and discussions on real solutions. It uses a collaborative approach to develop audiovisual initiatives and content in partnership with graphic designers, animators, scholars, researchers, and civil activists.

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) ????? ??????? ???? ????????? (????) Afghanistan
Factor 3: Open Government

RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan.

Right to Protection ????? ?? ?????? Ukraine
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

This non profit seeks to primarily aid and defend the rights of refugees in the Ukraine, but also protects the rights of migrants, displaced persons through legal aid and advocacy.

Rights in Action Derechos en Acción Bolivia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 2013, Rights in Action comprises a group of lawyers committed to the protection of human rights through strategic litigation, research, education programs, and capacity building initiatives for grassroots organizations and local activists.

Rights Now Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Rights Now Collective for Democracy is a Civil Society Organization committed to the protection and promotion of Human Rights, Rule of Law, and Democracy in Sri Lanka.

RISE - Life Management Services Jamaica
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to prevent violence and redress human rights issues and violence in at risk communities within Jamaica in order to promote safe and functioning communities.

Ritanjali India
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Ritinjali has been working at the Tihar Jail for over 12 years. Among a select few NGOs permitted to work at Tihar Jail, Ritinjali's volunteers run a detailed rehabilitation and counselling programme and provides free legal assistance to juveniles and women inmates.

Romanian Association for Women (AFR) Romania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to defend the rights of women in society and the workplace, and training. Set up a feminet platform for women to exchange ideas and seek help.

Romanian Group for the Defense of Human Rights (GRADO) Romania
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to reform the criminal justice system in accordance with European standards, and providing legal assistance.

Rosia Montana Romania
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to ban the open cast mining project in Alba county, and has morphed into the largest environmental movement in Romania.

Rouhani Meter ?????? ??? Iran
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

A project that aims to monitor the accomplishment of promises made by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Round Table Japan ????????????? Japan
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an innovative platform that brings together Japan's corporate and political agendas. It is organized by Smadja & Smadja and Forma Corporation, and its participants include business leaders, opinion-makers, and academics, as well as executives from international corporations working in Japan.

Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought ????? ?? ????? ??????? ????? ???????? Jordan
Factor 5: Order and Security

Publishes research and launches initiatives aimed at challenging extremist thought, promoting interfaith collaboration, and reducting conflict.

Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) ?????? ?????? ???????? ??????? Jordan
Factor 5: Order and Security

Produces research and policy recommendations, conducts trainings, and launches initiatives addressing interreligious engagement, violent extremism, and culture and development.

Royal Institute for Strategic Studies ?????? ?????? ???????? ???????????? Morocco
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Carries out strategic studies and analyses on issues as advised by His Majesty Mohammed VI, focusing on security, climate change, intangible capital, and social bonds (which includes law and governance).

Rule of Law Institute Australia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Nonprofit body which discusses the importance of the rule of law by engaging with the community and government, distributing reports, and hosting events.

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.

Running Start United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Educates and trains women to create more opportunities for women in democratic participation and political leadership.

Rural Development Foundation Fundacja Wspomagania Wsi Poland
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It supports economic and social activity, and efforts to improve living conditions in Poland's rural regions. It provides representatives of local authorities with up-to-date legal knowledge and insight into the latest technological advancements and social changes.

Rural Education Services Association - SER Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales - SER Peru
Factor 3: Open Government

SER has 30 years experiencing encouraging local communities to participate in the democratic process through training, information and knowledge sharing, political mobilization and community building.

Rural Human Rights Activists Programme (RHRAP) Liberia
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to update and improve the criminal justice system for the protection of all, and to guarantee access to economic and environmental rights for vulnerable portions of society.