Legal Aid Systems and Supporting NGOs around the world

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Legal Aid by region

• Legal Aid in ASEAN countries

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Independent Bar Association
• Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
• Afghanistan Bar Association
• Qanoon Ghshtunkai
• International Legal Foundation of Afghanistan
• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) - Human Rights Division
• Afghanistan Human Rights Organization

Armenia

• Eurasia Partnership Foundation
• OSI Armenia
• Armenian Bar Association

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Lawyers Association
• Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan
• The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law - Azerbaijan Program
• Human Rights XXI Century -Azerbaijan Foundation
• OSI Azerbaijan

Bahrain

• Bahrain Bar Society
• Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)
• Bahrain Human Rights Society

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)
• National Bar Association of Bangladesh
• ODHIKAR
• Asia Human Rights Commission - Bangladesh Program

Burma (Myanmar)

• Burma Lawyers' Council
• Human Rights Education Institute of Burma

Cambodia

• International Bridges to Justice - Cambodia Program
• Legal Aid of Cambodia
• Cambodia Center for Human Rights

Central Asia

• The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• Penal Reform International
• Central Asia Office: Penal Reform International

Georgia

• Eurasia Partnership Foundation
• Georgia Young Lawyers Association
• Human Rights Information and Documentation Center (HRIDC)
• Human Rights Education Centre
• OSI Georgia

Germany

• 1-Focus

Hindu Kush

• International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Hong Kong

• Law Society of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Bar Association
• Asian Migrant Centre
• Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor
• Christian Action

India

• Independent Thought
• India Peoples' Rights Monitor

Indonesia

• KONTRAS
• Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat: Community Legal Aid Institute
• Ikatan Advokat Indonesia
• Human Rights Working Group
• Legal Rights of Women Detainees
• Community Legal Aid Institute
• Indonesian Association for Legal Aid and Human Rights (PBHI)
• Alliance of Independent Journalists
• Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation
• UNDP Indonesia
• Habibie Center
• Indonesian Legal

Iran

• Iranian Bar Associations Union
• LIGUE IRANIENNE DE DEFENSE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME (LDDHI)
• DEFENDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER (DHRC)
• Islamic Human Rights Commission

Iraq

• Iraqi Bar Association
• Iraqi Network for Human Rights Culture and Development (INHRCD)

Israel

• The Israel Bar
• State Public Defender's Office
• Mosacia Center for Consensual Conflict Resolution
• Pro-Bono Office Israel Bar Association
• The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI)
• Arab Association for Human Rights
• ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN ISRAEL (ACRI)

Japan

• International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination (IMADR)
• Japan Federation of Bar Associations
• Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute
• Japanese Civil Liberties Union (JCLU)

Jordan

• OSI Jordan
• Jordan Bar Association
• UNDP
• ABA-Jordan

Kazakhstan

• OSI Kazakhstan

Kuwait

• Kuwait Bar Association

Kyrgyzstan

• Coalition of NGOs "For Democracy and Civil Society"
• Kyrgyz Committee for Human Rights (KCHR)
• OSI Kyrgyzstan

Laos

• MOUVEMENT LAOTIEN POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME (MLDH)

Lebanon

• Association of Lawyers of Beyrouth
• Lebanon Tripoli Bar Association
• FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN AND HUMANITARIAN RIGHTS IN LEBANON (FHHRL)
• Palestinian Human Rights Organization

Malaysia

• Advocates Association of Sarawak
• Malaysian Bar Council
• SUARAM
• Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Center
• UNDP Malaysia

Middle East

• Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession

Mongolia

• Mongolian Supreme Court
• Association of Mongolian Lawyers
• OSI Mongolia

Myanmar

• Myanmar Legal Advisors

Nepal

• Center for Social Justice (CSJ)
• Educate the Children (ETC)
• Nepal Bar Association
• Nepal Law Society
• Women's Foundation of Nepal
• Imagine Nepal
• Global Youth Action Network
• HELP/Nepal
• Legal Aid and Consultancy Centre (LACC)

Pakistan

• Lahore High Court Bar Association
• Pakistan Bar Council
• Qadir Foundation
• Legal Rights Forum
• "Be in Vision Pakistan"
• "Pakistan Lawyers Foundation"
• Ansar Burney Welfare Trust
• Center for Civic Education Pakistan
• Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency
• Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights Pakistan
• Research Society of International Law Pakistan
• Samira Awan Law Associations
• HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN (HRCP)
• International Human Rights Observer (IHRO)
• Karachi Human Rights Society
• Legal Awareness Watch-LAW
• Bhutta Human Rights
• Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid
• Legal Aid for the Wretched Welfare Association

Palestine

• PALESTINIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
• AL HAQ

Philippines

• The Integrated Bar of the Philippines
• Philippines Lawyer Association
• Philippine Bar Association
• Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation
• KARAPATAN
• Task Force Detainees of the Philippines
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance
• PREDA
• Philippines--Asia Human Rights Commission
• Public Attorney's Office (PAO)
• Global Youth Action Network
• PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES (PAHRA)
• Asian Women's Human Rights Council
• Vietnamese Community Legal Aid Office
• Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation
• Philippine Bar Association

Saudi Arabia

• UNDP Saudi Arabia

Singapore

• Law Society of Singapore
• bGORGEOUS
• Social Innovation Park
• MARUAH
• Ashoka Singapore

South Korea

• Korean Bar Association
• Minbyun: Lawyers for a Democratic Society
• People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
• Saranbang Center for Human Rights
• BASPIA

Southeast Asia

• Southeast Asia Media Defence Legal Network

Sri Lanka

• Regional Center for Strategic Studies
• Bar Association of Sri Lanka
• Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka
• Home for Human Rights
• Rights Now - Collective for Democracy
• CPA
• Janasansadaya (The People's Forum)

Switzerland

• [unwatch.org/ UN Watch]

Syria

• Damascus Bar Association
• Syrian Human Rights Committee

Taiwan

• Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR)
• Taipei Bar Association
• Legal Aid Foundation of Taiwan
• Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Tajikistan

• Centre for Democratic Changes
• OSI Tajikistan

Thailand

• Law Society of Thailand
• Human Rights Lawyers Association
• UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTY (UCL)
• Human Rights Education Institute of Burma
• UNDP Thailand
• UN OHCHR Thailand
• Thailand Law Forum
• International Consultants Limited
• UN Thailand
• Mercy Centre

Turkey

• Ankara Bar Association
• Istanbul Bar Association
• Union of Turkish Bars
• Women for Women's Human Rights
• HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF TURKEY (HRFT)
• OSI Turkey
• Anadolu Kultur
• STGM (Civil Society Development Center)

USA

• Echoing Green
• Give2Asia
• Social Edge
• Global Giving
• World Justice Project

Uzbekistan

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY (LAS)
• Business Women Association
• Human Right Society of Uzbekistan - HRSU

Vietnam

• Vietnam Lawyer's Association
• The Vietnamese Lawyers Association
• Global Youth Action Network
• Vietnam Committee on Human Rights & Que Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam
• Viet Tan
• UNDP Vietnam

Yemen

• SISTERS' ARABIC FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (SAF)
• HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTER (HRITC)

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