Strengthening WEDefenders towards a Resilient and Inclusive Natural Resources Governance
In 2021, the Philippines was identified as the deadliest country in Asia and third in the world for environmental defenders, with women facing unique vulnerabilities and even graver threats. In the face of continued extractive human activities that have devastating environmental impacts, along with the persistent feminization of the burden of managing natural resources for a household's survival, the WEDefend (Wom...
Stories from the Field: Overcoming Access to Justice Barriers through Grassroots Communities’ Participation and Collective Action
The project, “Stories from the Field: Overcoming Access to Justice Barriers through Grassroots Communities’ Participation and Collective Action” is a 3-year project supported by the IDRC (International Development Research Centre).It consists of multi-thematic research studies to generate knowledge and evidenc...
NAMATI Project
We are the current Regional Anchor in Southeast Asia for the Legal Empowerment Network - Namati, a community of grassroots justice defenders spread across the world. We are responsible for convening the members in the whol...
AJAR Project
We have partnered with the Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), a Jakarta-based NGO that aims to strengthen human rights and alleviate entrenched impunity in the Asia-Pacific Region....
Court Appointments Watch
We are a primary member of a network composed of people from the academe, youth, civil society organizations, the private sector, and the media that aims to raise public engagement on the judicial appointments process....
OMCT Project
The OMCT Project addresses the need to enhance the capacities of civil society to prepare for the use of prosecutorial and other mechanisms for exacting accountability from state agents and the government for the numerous ...
Community-Based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights
The project, Community-Based Dialogue Sessions on Human Rights Between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, and Civil Society Organizations and Local Communities, was launched in 2008, at a time when the Philippines got the attention of the international community as a result of the alarming ri...
