Carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world. Founded by Quakers in 1917 to provide conscientious objectors with an opportunity to aid civilian war victims, AFSC's work attracts the support and partnership of people of many races, religions, and cultures.

Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

The Centre for Justice and Reconciliation at PFI is the justice reform section of Prison Fellowship International, an association of faith-based NGOs active in 112 countries. It has developed internationally recognized expertise in restorative justice, focusing on building local capacity and knowledge.

Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. 

ENDING THE ABUSIVE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS - Prison massacres, dramatic protests, and violent guard abuse earn occasional news headlines, but the deplorable daily living conditions that are the plight of the great majority of the world's prisoners pass largely unnoticed.

Seeks to assist governments and other relevant agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment.

The International Court of Justice is the principle judicial organ of the United Nations. Its seat is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands.) It began work in 1846, when it replaced the Permanent Court of International Justice, which had functioned in the peace Place since 1922. It operates under a Statute largely similar to that of its predecessor, which is an integral part of the Carter of the United Nations.

Justice Action is an Australia community-based organisation comprising criminal justice and prison reform activists. We are prisoners and ex-prisoners, lawyers, academics, victims of crime, and community members.

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute (OSI), pursues law reform activities grounded in the protection of human rights, and contributes to the development of legal capacity for open societies worldwide.

Penal Reform International is an international non-governmental organisation working on penal and criminal justice reform worldwide. PRI has regional programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the South Caucasus and North America. We also work with partner organisations in South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.