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FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty. FIRE educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights, promotes a culture of respect for these rights, and provides the means to preserve them.

The Foundation for Access to Rights-FAR is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization founded by Ph.D. attorney-at-law Valeria Ilareva in the public interest in 2013. Our mission is to guarantee practical access to rights and effective protection against arbitrary deprivation of rights. We stand for the establishment of effective mechanisms to ensure access to rights in practice and effective protection against arbitrary deprivation of rights; increasing the institutional and public awareness, sensitivity and commitment to the need to address systemic problems in access to fundamental human rights in Bulgaria; development of a favourable legislative environment in line with European and international standards for the protection of human rights and the establishment of best practices on access to rights. Our main activities are: LEGAL AID We provide legal aid to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and stateless people in situations revealing systemic problems in access to rights where the solution of these problems would lead to enhanced social justice. Our lawyers provide legal consultations, written opinions and assistance, and procedural representation before judicial and administrative bodies. RESEARCH We conduct independent professional research on access to rights in Bulgaria. ADVOCACY Through advocacy events and meetings and the production of media campaigns, we increase the institutional and public awareness, sensitivity and commitment to the need to address systemic problems in access to fundamental human rights. Thus we contribute to developing a favourable (legislative) environment in line with European and international standards for protecting human rights and establishing best practices on access to rights. SHARING KNOWLEDGE Informing the public and the media about the findings and recommendations of studies conducted, as well as on the existence of barriers to access to rights. Providing training, printed and digital resources for students, lawyers, judges, volunteers, and the staff of institutions working with refugees and immigrants.

HRI of North Texas provides legal and support services to refugees and immigrants who have suffered human rights abuses, advocates for justice and promotes international human rights.

We exist to inspire and empower people to make decisions and take actions every day that will help make human rights reality for all - to be ripples of hope in their communities and across the world. We run a transformative human rights education programme & The Ripples of Hope Festival.

WRRAP's mission is to ensure that all women* of all ages, genders, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds have access to safe, legal abortion care and emergency contraception. We are a 501 c 3 non profit organization that operates on a high-efficiency, primarily volunteer model (one paid staff member), enabling us to direct close to 90% of all donated funds to help women and girls in crisis. *Definition of "women" includes transgender, genderqueer and non-binary people who are woman-identified.

To Empower Cuban Civil Society To Build A Durable Democracy In Cuba That Is Free Of Human Rights Violations By Enhancing The On-Island Civil Society's Awareness And Effectiveness In Nonviolent Activism And By Facilitating Civic Training Materials, Communication Equipment, Thematic "know-How" Manual(E.G., Entrepreneurship, Micro-Financing, Etc.)and Financial Support Along With Creating Awareness And Documenting, Within The Island And In The International Community, Human Rights Violations While Collaborating With International And On-Island Nongovernment Organizations To Provide For Additional Expertise And Resources To Provide Humanitarian Aid.

To promote consumption of nutritious plantbased foods, advocate for animal rights, and support sustainable practices through education, outreach, and advocacy, with the goal of fostering a compassionate, cruelty-free, and environmentally sustainable future for both people and animals in Uganda.

GLAHR organizes, educates, and trains Latino immigrant communities across Georgia to defend and advance their civil and human rights. The organization builds grassroots leadership, operates community hotlines and meetings, and mobilizes people for policy advocacy and community defense against discrimination and deportation.

RAID exposes corporate wrongdoing, environmental harm and human rights abuse. As an innovative charity, we partner with those harmed to hold companies to account. Through rigorous investigation, advocacy and the law, we seek to strengthen regulation of business and bring justice for those harmed.

Based in Oakland, California, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC) advances racial and economic justice to ensure dignity and opportunity for low-income people and people of color. EBC is named after Ella Baker (1903-1986), a largely behind-the-scenes organizer and architect of the civil rights movement, who believed in the power of everyday people to change their lives. We mobilize everyday people to build power and prosperity in our communities. Together, we organize for reinvestment in communities, to change policies, to put an end to law enforcement violence, and to redefine public safety as a byproduct of economic opportunity and community-based care as opposed to policing and prisons.

The mission of the "For Equal Rights" Education Center NGO is: To PROMOTE the development of civic consciousness, enhancing values based on rule of law, creation of culture of discussions and debates by enlarging the opportunities of freedom of speech and pluralism. To STIMULATE youth and CSO participation in social and political affairs, increase their influence on decision making process and raise the accountability of the public institutions. To CREATE an alternative dialogue platform for meetings, discussions and debates for representatives of civil society, youth, academia and field of culture, media, policy makers and public figures. To RAISE issues of public concern and create a new field for comprehensive discussions on these issues. To BUILD the capacity of youth, civic activist groups and media representatives and promote development of legally conscious and demanding civil society.

Over 600 million Indians defecate in the open every day because they have no toilet. This practice cripples health, economic, and social outcomes. Open defecation (OD) causes the spread of infectious diseases that kill an estimated 300,000 children under five every year. The economic costs of OD total nearly $54 billion lost each year in India, with rural households bearing the highest per capita loss. Furthermore, women and girls who lack convenient access to toilets often miss school and work while they are menstruating. SHRI ends open defecation in India by constructing community toilet facilities that are free to use. They include eight toilets for women, eight for men, hand-washing stations, and a biogas digester (a large underground tank). Human excrement is stored in this tank where it decomposes to produce methane gas. SHRI uses this energy source to produce electricity, which powers a water filtration plant that uses a patented resin filter to remove arsenic, fluoride, iron, and bacterial contaminants. The resulting potable water is sold for $0.008 per liter, less than half the current market cost, helping SHRI to generate revenue to offset its monthly facility O&M costs. This ensures facility cleanliness, a key predictor of sustained toilet use. Thus SHRI fights alongside rural Indian communities to end open defecation as a key step in the struggle for health equity, and social and economic justice.