Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)
Defence of Human Rights and Public Service Trust Pakistan (DHRPSTP)
Amina Masood Janjua is one of the pioneer activists in Pakistan serving as the chairperson of victim-based Rights group Defence of Human Rights and Public Service Trust Pakistan (DHRPSTP). Her endeavor began soon after the heart-shattering and downright outrageous enforced disappearance of her husband on the 30th of July in 2005. Apart from providing legal assistance to the Families of Enforced Disappearances, designing campaigns, carrying out national and international lobbying, she also takes care of the psychosocial counselling of the victims of torture. Her work also includes providing subsistence to some of the bereaved families of the disappeared. Frequent efforts are also made on her part towards the eradication of torture from detention centers and prisons. Being able to bring the loved ones home is a joy which keeps her going in spite of her personal ordeal. Out of 2900 cases of the Disappeared 749 had been pleaded in the Supreme Court by herself, one third of the total have been traced or released. In May 2022 She was appointed Amicus Curiae for the cases of the disappeared in the Islamabad High Court. She has given recommendations to the Federal Government for ending Enforced Disappearances. Her resolve is to constantly struggle and put an end to the practice of Enforced Disappearances not just in Pakistan but in the whole world.
Amina’s organization is regularly involved in the United Nations mechanisms for lobbying and redress. DHRPSTP is part of the civil society initiatives in the country and of bigger international networks for Human Rights, Truth and Justice; like AFAD, ICAED and FORUM-ASIA.
Representing all those affected, she has made frequent appearances in local and international media apart from contributing to both Urdu and English newspapers as a column writer.
CENTRE FOR BUSINESS LAW ACADEMICS COUNSEL AND CHAMBERS, NEPAL
Centre for Business Law Academics Counsel and Chambers (BLACC) is a non-profit organization, first of its kind in Nepal, dedicated towards the goal of promoting business law and bridging the gap between legal education and business law practice. BLACC aims to be a shared discussion forum and information exchange platform for individuals interested in the field of business law and dispute resolution, of national and international sphere. Along with that, BLACC endeavors to strengthen the knowledge generation and business law interest of its members through research works and publications. This is further materialized through creation of an open-source resource database targeted towards enhancing skills and capabilities of its members and member of legal fraternity.
One of BLACC’s major deliverable to achieve its set objective has been the BLACC International Yearbook. The BLACC Yearbook is an annual publication, one of a kind in its region, that aims to address contemporary issues of business law and dispute resolution that are of interest to the national and international community. Yearbook aims to serve as a platform for knowledge generation and dissemination among the business law practitioners and academics around the world.
GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK (GSN) 