Leading Organizations
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Search our directory of leading organizations advancing the rule of law worldwide. New content will be added on a rolling basis. Interested in learning more? Read about our Resource Hub listings here.
APWLD was launched in 1986 by a group of women lawyers and activists in the region and is composed of over 200 NGO's, civil society organisations, and networks including feminist/women's rights organisations as well as individual members from Asia and the Pacific. APWLD works to promote women's human rights and use the law as an instrument of social transformation for equality, justice, peace, and development.
Works to enhance and protect awareness of human rights. It also aims to maintain accountability within the government to uphold these rights.
Works to guarantee the rights of all people, and to assist local governments in providing access to human rights along with protecting people who are victims of gender based violence.
It provides harm-reduction services and works to prevent HIV and STD infections among drug users, sex workers, and people with disabilities. It provides medical services, counseling, and advocates for the improvement of healthcare services.
Peace Coalition of Northeast India (PCNI), a unit of the NGO Pro Rural is a network of organizations, institutions, departments and individuals working for peace and communal harmony in North-east India. PCNI focuses on capacity building of community leaders, peace workers, mediators and negotiators.
It is an independent group comprised of Japanese lawyers and researchers. They are engaged in activities to strengthen anti-bribery measures, such as, the dissemination of an Anti-Bribery Guidance study and the development of an anti-bribery assesment tool.