Leading Organizations

It generates knowledge for political, economical and social debates as a mechanism to contribute to the peace building process and for the national reconciliation of the country.

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.

A non-profit training and advocacy organization, which has been engaged in de-radicalization and counter-extremism efforts in Pakistan since 2002, with a special focus on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Works to find non violent solutions to conflict and to bolster mediation by empowering women and children in developing peaceful initiatives in their communities.

Works to reduce and eradicate violence in communities in Jamaica, along with detect, diffuse and prevent potentially violent situations in communities and build respect between communities and police.

It supports people in distress and threatened by conflict or poverty globally. Its headquarters are located in Japan and it works in the north-eastern (Tohoku) and the western (Hiroshima) parts of the country.

It advocates for fair agriculture and trade policies affecting the livelihoods of small scale farmers. Its programs increase agricultural production and build capacities of Ghanaian farmers.

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is a democratic and militant movement of landless peasants, small farmers, farm workers, rural youth and peasant women. It has effective leadership over a total of 1.3 million rural people with 65 provincial chapters and 15 regional chapters nationwide.

Foro Penal is a Venezuelan human rights organization comprised of more than 100 lawyers and approximately 4000 human rights activists and volunteers that offer legal assistance to victims of arbitrary detentions and human rights violations.

Founded in 2009, it advocates for the elimination of sexual violence against women and children in Japan, especially in cases of pornography and sexual exploitation. PAPS fosters the creation of a culture of respect towards women and children, and fights against legal forms of pornography that are prevalent in everday life.

Protects, informs and advocates for justice for people who are victims of gender based violence, along with developing knowledge about womens' issues.

PSPF focuses on assisting urban refugees in Bangkok and contributes to the development of ASEAN civil society. Their Center for Asylum Protection (CAP) provides legal advice, representation, and protection for people making asylum applications to UNHCR Thailand. PSPF also provides ethical, sustainable, and safe livelihood opportunities for vulnerable women in Bangkok through their social initiative CHAMALiiN.

Works to creat people-centered policies and creates rural community based programs to enhance the voices of rural citizens

Founded in 2013, it is a domestic election observer group based in Yangon that seeks to strengthen democratic institutions in Myanmar through safeguarding citizen rights and promoting public participation in the electoral process.

People's Watch is a Program Unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns. It's mission is to protect human rights through monitoring human rights violations, intervention and building solidarity with peoples’ struggle for human rights.

Peoples Union for Civil Liberties envisions itself as an organization free from political and economic ideologies. PUCL defends human rights by mobilizing public opinion, conducting investigations, publishing findings, and filing petitions.

The organization principally focuses on the defense and promotion of human rights, representation of victims of state crimes, assistance for political prisoners, and others deprived of liberty. They also support organizations that have been criminalized for protesting states actions and private corporations.

Founded in 1976, APDHB is a civil, pluralist, and democratic entity, independent of political and religious affiliations. APDHB seeks the exercise and full validity of human rights in Bolivia.

Multilateral and multisectorial organization seeking to defend human rights and redress justice, through legal assistance and consultative processes in matters of human rights abuses from environmental regulation to access to justice.

The CPDH has been investigating human rights abuses in Nicaragua for over 30 years and is one of the most important organizations within Nicaraguan civil society.

SPDA works to defend fundamental enviromental rights of people, through monitoring and strategic litigation, while lobbying for environmental rights to be recognised and taken into account in national legislation.

SOPESO is the leader in security and health standards for work environments, designing strategies and policies in risk prevention for workers and the public.

It is a fact-checking initiative that verifies numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa. It is a project supported by International Budget Partnership, The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

It is an innovation laboratory that advances the use of technology to accelerate change and development in Myanmar. In partnership with Open Development Mekong, they developed Open Development Myanmar to promote open data in the country. Other initiatives include Tech for Peace, Digital Rights, and Open Hluttaw in partnership with Myanmar Fifth Estate.