Leading Organizations

The Center aims to assist the development of local NGOs through training, grants, legal defense and lobbying.

It is a project of the Rideau Institute, an independent research, advocacy, and consulting group based in Ottawa. It provides research and analysis on public issues to decision makers, opinion leaders, and the public.

CECODAP is a Venezuelan organization committed to solidarity, respect, and justice. It works to strengthen capacities and opportunities for the enjoyment of the human rights of children and adolescents and the full exercise of their citizenship.

It contributes to the construction of a sustainable culture of peace through an approach of rights and gender equality. Their work is based on three main principles: transformation of the belief system that legitimizes the use of violence; citizen education and participation; and a differential approach that incorporates ethnicity, territory and gender.

CEELI works to advance the rule of law around the world, through training and skills development, professional conferences and exchanges along with programs to uphold and strengthen critical components of the rule of law. 

Works to provide guidance and legal assistance to women and children that have suffered violence and to eradicate gender based violence and promote the human rights of women in El Salvador

Gives free representation to people, by students who get first hand access to experience within the Mexican Civil Justice system.

Works to develop new policy proposals through independent research on key topics such as worker rights, youths and national security, challenging established norms and mainstream media coverage.

TI Russia seeks to provide legal assistance in cases of corruption, insitutionalise transparency and develop anti corruption mechanims in the country.

CAP is a project of the People Serving People Foundation that works primarily with the urban refugee population in Thailand. The mission of CAP is to support and advocate for the rights of asylum seekers and refugees, to provide advice, representation, and protection for people making asylum applications to UNHCR Thailand, and to help empower asylum seekers and refugees to realize their rights in Thailand.

Works to develop programs for the integration of ethnic minorities through education and language program to foster their participation in the democratic process.

Works with government businesses and civil society to develop strategies to regulate and mitigate the risks linked to climate change and environmental degradation.

CAICC has a multidisciplinary professional team that promotes the restoration and defense of human rights for children, teenagers, and women. It contributes to a more equal and just society, and provides comprehensive care to children and adolescents whose fathers and/or mothers are incarcerated in Cochabamba's prisons.

The Center is an initiative of the UNIR Bolivia Foundation created to strengthen capacities for conflict management, mediation, conciliation, and to provide training in ADR methods for members of public institutions, private corporations, and civil society.

It works to expand constitutional governance, pluralism, democracy and respect for human rights in Nigeria through education, advocacy, community mobilization, and counseling. The Center is active in the defense of journalists and press freedom rights.

Works to guarantee the protection of the rights declared under the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through legal representation and education.

Works to prevend recidivism, and to connect with groups at risk of committing crimes in order new channels for development such as vocational education.

Works to preserve freedom of the press and expression by protecting the freedom and independence of journalists through legal reform, training of legal practitioners, and litigation of violations against the press.

The Center seeks to promote the rule of law, transparency and the human rights of journalists and activists, through legislation development, civic initiatives, legal defense and advice to journalists and activists in cases of freedom of information.

It strives for a just society where the rule of law is respected and appropriate checks on the power of the state exist. It is a member of the Afrobarometer Network and belongs to multiple coalitions and stakeholder groups that undertake research-based advocacy initiatives.

The overall objective of the Center is to design and implement strategies to promote democratic governance in Burkina Faso and Africa, while providing technical and intellectual leadership in this area.

Founded in 1998, it promotes representative democracy and citizenry participation, the respect for human rights, and sustainable development principles. CIDEM is the organizer of the national meeting of political scientists, which contributes to the quality of debate and political analysis in Panama.

Produces reports on prison conditions and the criminal justice system in order to push for prison reform and defense of offenders rights.

Works to enhance democratic participation and monitor government policy development, through research, training and debates.

Works to sustainably develop Lebanese society by promoting adherence to the rule of law the fundamental principles of governance such as transparency, inclusion, and human rights.