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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Southern Center for Human Rights United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to defend people on the death penalty, fighting human rights violations in prison and to make the Constitutional right to counsel a reality.

Southern Poverty Law Center United States
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Seeks to combat hate and discrimination through strategic litigation for minority rights and defending civil rights, along with ending mass incarceration.

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Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to collect information and produce research on topics such as racism and xenophobia, extremism and nationalism, and secular relations.

Space for Giants Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Their work is focused on building and sustaining forces on the ground and the judicial capacity, both of which are needed to provide a significant and lasting deterrent against poaching. They work in Kenya, Gabon, Uganda, and Botswana, using science and best-practices to develop and deliver anti-poaching initiatives, secure protected lands for elephants, and provide conservation training and education.

Special Commission for Police Filtering Comision Especial de Depuracion Policial Honduras
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Commission set up in order to investigate corruption within the Police body and improvement commitment and efficiency in security.

Sri Lanka Brief Sri Lanka
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Sri Lanka Brief is a non-profit association which is politically neutral and non-denominational, with the aims to: investigate, research, and report on human rights issues of Sri Lanka and disseminate them in a manner so as to defend and strengthen the human rights, avenues to justice, and democratic freedoms of the country.

Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice Sri Lanka
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

SLCPJ is a non-partisan organisation that aims to achieve reconciliation based on accountability for "violations of international law," strengthen respect for human rights and the rule of law, and build Sri Lankan civil society for a stronger democracy.

Sri Lanka Human Resource Development Foundation Sri Lanka
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

HRDF is an NGO working to solve the economic and social problems facing disadvantaged communities of different strata in the civil society and the environment; they seek sustainable development and democracy in their efforts.

St. Leonard's Society of Canada Canada
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It fosters an informed justice policy using evidence-based approaches for criminal justice and restorative programs. It offers assistance and education for persons in conflict with the law, and notably advocate for elders and people with mental health issues.

Stand Up for Jamaica Jamaica
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to assist prisoners on death row with financial and legal aid, to raise awareness of the disproportionate sentences imposed in Jamaica, and about widespread violence.

Stanford Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to advance the rule of law through research, training and leadership courses.

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.

State Crimes Victim's Movement Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado - MOVICE Colombia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

It works to consolidate a national movement to denounce and eradicate the impunity, and the strategies, methods, and criminal models of violence perpetrated by state officials.

Station House Maison de la Gare Senegal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to protect and give access to education and health to Talibe children, excluded from society and lost from their families.

Steps Toward Development (STEPS) Bangladesh
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to provide women with economic, social and political rights in Bangladesh through trainings, workshops, advocacy and knowledge sharing.

Stop Kidnapping Alto Al Secuestro Mexico
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to defend victims of kidnapping, and to train public defenders working on these cases.

Stop Racial Profiling Stop le Contrôle au Faciès France
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to combat identity checks by police officers based on a person's skin colour or origin. They have a dedicated helpine and have managed to have the French state condemned for the practice. It also helps victims make a legal recourse.

Stop the Secret Protection Law Kanagawa ?????????? ???? Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Launched in 2014, it is a network of citizens living in Kanagawa prefecture who foster freedom of expression and press freedoms. It belongs to the National Network of Organizations Opposing the Secret Protection Law.

Stop Trafficking of People - STOP ???????????? Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

STOP is an initiative of Branches of Hope, created in 2014 to raise awareness concerning human trafficking by connecting key counter-trafficking groups and providing survivors with support. Their services include legal referrals and social assistance, public education campaigns, network building, and outreach activities.

Street Lawyer Utcajogász Hungary
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works to defend the rights and interests of homeless people and people living in poverty in partnership with the City is For All group. They provide free legal aid to ensure access to adequate housing and social rights.

Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

SPO's mission is to strengthen and support community organizations and public interest institutions for achieving and protecting basic human rights, with a particular focus on women, girls, youth, children and minorities.

Structural Litigation for South America Litigación Estructural para América del Sur Chile
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NGO set up in Santiago working to defend and promote the rights of people deprived of liberty, and influence public policy in order to guarantee the protection of their rights.

Students Expressing Truth Jamaica
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to develop a transformative program for inmate to reintegrate into society and reduce recidivism, through skills training and its Prison Diaries program.

Study and Research Center of Administrative Science (CERSA) Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche en Sciences Administratives (CERSA) France
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Produce reports on the evolution of administrative services, and public health and social policy along with organizing events and courses.

Study Center for Law Teaching and Learning Centro de Estudios sobre la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje del Derecho Mexico
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Its mission is to train lawyers and law professors in Mexico in order to improve the teaching and pratice of law, and ultimately the Mexican justice system as a whole.