- University of Kwazulu Natal Law Clinics
- Region: South Africa, Africa
- Issues: Transitional & Restorative Justice
- Mission Statement: The Campus Law Clinic (Durban) and the Legal Aid Clinic (Pietermaritzburg) serve as the "laboratories" of the Law Faculty. Students, carefully supervised by trained practitioners, are provided with the opportunity to deal with real clients and solve actual legal problems. Students are able to practise the legal skills they have learned in the lecture theatre in "real life" situations. These institutions have evolved into two of the leading public interest law clinics in South Africa, and are highly regarded by both the legal profession and the general public.
- Defense Democracies
- Region: U.S.A., North America
- Issues: Armed Combat, Conflict Resolution, Tolerance
- Mission Statement: The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
(FDD) is the only nonpartisan policy institute dedicated exclusively to
promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies
that drive terrorism. FDD was founded shortly after 9/11 by a group of visionary
philanthropists and policymakers to engage in the worldwide war of ideas
and to support the defense of democratic societies under assault by terrorism
and Militant Islamism.
FDD uniquely combines policy research, democracy training, strategic communications, and investigative journalism. We focus our efforts where opinions are formed and, ultimately, where the war of ideas will be won or lost: in the media, on college campuses, and in the policy community, at home and abroad.
- FIDA Kenya
- Region: Kenya, Africa
- Issues: Gender, Transitional & Restorative Justice
- Mission Statement: FIDA Kenya works to eliminate patriarchal norms and practices that discriminate against women. We at FIDA Kenya realise that women play an active and significant part in the development of our society and form the majority of the Kenya population, yet they face major systemic obstacles that prevent them from the full enjoyment of their rights and privileges.
- Center for Reproductive Rights
- Region: U.S.A., North America
- Issues: Gender, Transitional & Restorative Justice
- Mission Statement: The Center for Reproductive Rights (formerly
the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy) is a nonprofit legal advocacy
organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights
worldwide.
Founded in 1992 (as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy), the Center has defined the course of reproductive rights law in the United States with significant victories in courts across the country, including two landmark cases in the U.S. Supreme Court: Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) and Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001).
Using international human rights law to advance the reproductive freedom of women, the Center has strengthened reproductive health laws and policies across the globe by working with more than 100 organizations in 45 nations including countries in Africa, Asia, East Central Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Inst. for Human Rights Development Africa
- Region: Gambia, Africa
- Issues: Human Rights, Transitional & Restorative Justice
- Mission Statement: The Institute for Human Rights and Development
in Africa (the Institute) was founded and established in 1997 in Banjul,
The Gambia, by two human rights lawyers who had previously worked for the
Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The
vision for the Institute was a Pan-African non-governmental organization
with the specific objective of advancing the respect for human rights in
Africa.
The Institute's mandate is to increase the effectiveness and accessibility of the human rights protection mechanisms of the African Union, since the most imminent challenge blocking the effectiveness of the African human rights system is a lack of awareness concerning its procedures. The Institute has undertaken to promote respect for human rights on the continent by strengthening the human rights institutions in Africa, ensuring compliance with the existing norms and making the system widely accessible to victims of human rights violations and other actors of civil society.
The Institute believes that African human rights law can be a powerful tool for advocacy and justice if civil society has the necessary information and training to use treaties effectively. The Institute also believes that sustainable development must harness the existing will, energies, and vision of the population. Accordingly we strive to promote awareness of human rights and development concerns in Africa and to create an environment that is conducive for the full realization of development by means of the advancement of human security for all Africans through the effective implementation of the African human rights instruments.