Our members are grassroots groups, civil society organizations, social movements and international non-governmental organizations committed to ensuring that all development finance institutions respect, protect and fulfill human rights.
As of January 2026, we have 123 members in 52 countries. You can see the full list of members here and more information on how our membership works in the Frequently Asked Questions section.
In our Members map below, you can read more about our members and use the filters to search members by region, country, sector focus, strategies used, key constituency, and financier targets.
Members Map
Country
- All Member Countries
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Fiji
- Germany
- Global
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Regional
- Salvador
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Zimbabwe
Sector Focus
- Thematic focus
- Accountability
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Business & Human Rights
- Civic Space & Defenders
- Climate & Environment
- Corruption & Governance
- Dams & Infrastructure
- Education
- Energy
- Food
- Gender & Equality
- Health
- Housing
- Labor Rights
- Mining & Extractives
- Participation & Freedom of Expression
- Transparency & Access to Information
- Water & Sanitation
Strategies Used
Constituency/Partners
CAUCE
FUNDACIÓN CAUCE: CULTURA AMBIENTAL, CAUSA ECOLOGISTA was created in 2018. It works on the key pillars of “environmental democracy” (access to public information, citizen participation and access to justice) to protect the biological, cultural ...
AIPNEE
AIPNEE is a regional platform of Indigenous human rights defenders and their organizations working with or supporting Indigenous communities affected by extractive and energy projects of States and corporate actors implemented in their ...
Africa Movement-of-Movements Building Space
The Africa Movement-of-Movements Building Space (AMBS) is a collective of various organizations, working to deepen and strengthen relationships and collaboration among African actors and networks working on climate, energy, social and ...
Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)
La organización Lawyers' Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) fue creada en 1995 por un grupo de abogados indígenas para promover, defender y proteger los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de los ...
Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC)
The Environmental Defender Law Center works to protect the human rights of people in developing countries who are fighting against harm to their environment. EDLC offers a wide range of legal services to these environmental defenders without ...
Green Development Advocates (GDA)
Green Development Advocates (GDA) is a Cameroonian NGO which works with forest communities and indigenous peoples to support sustainable development activities and protect African tropical forests. GDA advocates for the inclusion of local ...
The Hunger Project México
THPM is a member of the Movement to Community-Led Development in 12 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It works to end hunger and poverty by empowering rural people, especially women, to lead self-sufficient lives, meet their basic ...
Twerwaneho Listeners’ Club (TLC)
Twerwaneho Listeners' Club (TLC, which means “let's struggle for ourselves”) is a local civic club that brings together human rights activists. In 2006, local human rights activists started a radio talk show called “Twerwaneho", encouraging ...
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Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between Members and Partners?
At the program level, the Secretariat works with both Members and Partners (together, “constituents”) to set collective strategy, objectives and work plans, through its different working groups and committees. However, there are some differences.
Only Members:
- have the rights to stand and vote for Steering Committee elections;
- can directly shape the Strategic Framework of the Coalition and can shape/object any new policy position;
- can decide whether we can sign-on under the Coalition’s name and use our logo in advocacy letters, policy papers and reports.
Our partners are organizations or networks that we closely work with, but that for different reasons cannot join as official members (e.g. some networks do not have the mandate to join other networks).
The Coalition Secretariat and Steering Committee are more directly accountable to Members than to Partners. However, partners also play a crucial role in decision-making. Since the Coalition acts as a relational sanctuary and is committed to growing our collective work, the Coalition mobilises partners and works consultatively with them to help define policy positions, and set and implement programmatic work.
Membership: rights and responsibilities
Coalition members have the right to:
- Participate actively and effectively in the Coalition’s activities, engaging on collaborations based on respect, dignity, equality and non-discrimination;
- Be heard by the Coalition Secretariat and and shape discussions, decisions, governance, etc.;
- Access Coalition information and support (including resources, training, updates, etc.);
- Use the Coalition as a platform to do collective advocacy and mobilize international solidarity;
- Use the Coalition as a platform to amplify members’ work at the national, regional or global level.
Coalition members have the responsibility to:
- Engage on collaborations with other Coalition members based on respect, dignity, equality and non-discrimination, upholding the Coalition’s Code of Conduct;
- Be responsive and engage actively with the Coalition (*on the basis of their capacity and resources, as this is a voluntary engagement);
- Help amplify the Coalition’s work, giving visibility to the Coalition both externally (e.g. acknowledging the Coalition during public events) and internally (informing other staff members about the Coalition’s work);
- Provide relevant updates about their work to other Members;
- Contribute to outreach efforts (facilitating linkages, connecting new groups, etc.)
How can a group become a Coalition Member?
The Secretariat can invite partners to become members after having engaged with them in one of the different workstreams (Community Resource Exchange, Defenders in Development Campaign, Regional or Global Work) and having assessed that their work aligns with the Coalition’s mandate. Other Coalition members and partners (including Steering Committee Members) can also refer organizations/groups.
About the process:
- Step 1: Partners actively working in one of the Coalition’s program areas are invited to apply as members, or directly ask to become members contacting the relevant Regional Coordinator;
- Step 2: Partners complete membership form sent by the Regional Coordinator, accepting the norms of collaboration.
- Step 3: A Secretariat staff member forwards the application to the Steering Committee, which can confirm or object (within 5 working days), based on their assessment of the nature of the organization’s work, its objectives and mission.
- Step 4: Partners become Members and are added to the Members-only listserv and to the Members map.
How does decision-making in the Coalition work?
The Coalition is comprised of Member organizations and close Partners, who have set up the following structures to enable, facilitate, shape and implement collective work:
- Steering Committee – it is composed by 10 members and act as the Coalition’s Board;
- International Secretariat – 15 staff members who facilitate the Coalition’s collective work;
- Programmatic committees and working groups – formal and informal bodies that oversee and lead the main Coalition’s program areas.
Roles
- Coalition’s Members set the overall strategic framework, including the mission, vision, and the broader program areas and overall ways of working
- Members and Partners advance collective work through various program areas (like the Community Resource Exchange and the Defenders in Development campaign), as well as the regional campaigning and advocacy efforts, based on their own interests and priorities.
- The Steering Committee, made up of Members of the Coalition, acts like a governance board, approving budgets, supporting sustainable growth of the Coalition (including by reviewing applications for new Members), overseeing the Secretariat and ensuring the Coalition is working in accordance with its strategic framework.
- The Secretariat plays a facilitative and enabling role by coordinating advisory bodies, committees, and working groups of members and partners, to set and implement collective programmatic strategies
Our members: full list
- Accountability Counsel | United States / Global
- Action Paysanne contre la Faim | DRC
- Action pour les Droits, l’Environnement et la Vie (ADEV) | DRC
- Agrupación Ciudadana de Última Esperanza (ACUE) | Chile
- Africa Movement-of-Movements Building Space | Kenya and Zimbabwe / Africa
- Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) | Nigeria
- African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) | South Africa / Africa
- African Law Foundation (AFRILAW) | Nigeria
- African Resource Watch (AFREWATCH) | DRC
- Aksi! for Gender and Climate Justice | Indonesia
- Alianza para la conservaciòn y el desarrollo (ACD) | Panama
- Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) | Liberia
- Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) | Philippines
- Ambiente y Sociedad | Colombia
- Amnesty International | Global
- Arab NGO Network for Development | Lebanon
- Arab Watch Coalition (AWC) | Morocco / Middle East and North Africa
- ARTICLE 19 | Global
- Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE) | Thailand / Asia
- Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) | Thailand
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) | Asia
- Asociacion Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) | Latin America
- Bank Information Center (BIC) | United States / Global
- Both ENDS | Netherlands
- Buliisa Initiative for Rural Development Organisation (BIRUDO) | Uganda
- CAUCE | Argentina
- CEE Bankwatch Network | Czech Republic
- Center for Bangladesh Studies (CBS) | Bangladesh
- Center for Community Mobilization and Support (CCMS) | Armenia
- Center for Environmental Justice (CEJ) | Sri Lanka
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) | United States / Global
- Centre for Applied Legal Studies | South Africa
- Centre for Research and Action in Manipur (CRAM) | India
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) | Netherlands
- Centro de Derechos Economicos y Sociales (CDES) | Ecuador
- CIVICUS | Global
- Cohesión Comunitaria e Innovación Social | Mexico
- Community Empowerment and Social Justice Foundation (CEmSoJ) | Nepal
- Community Policing Partners for Justice, Security and Democratic Reforms (COMPPART) | Nigeria
- Community Resources Centre Foundation (CRC) | Thailand
- Conectas Direitos Humanos | Brazil
- Conseil Régional des Organisations non gouvernementales de Développement (CRONGD) | DRC
- Crude Accountability | United States / Global
- Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) | Peru
- EarthRights | United States
- Ecoaction | Ukraine
- Ecolur Informational NGO | Armenia
- Economic and Social Rights Center-Hakijamii | Kenya
- Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights | Egypt
- Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) | Egypt
- Ekta Parishad | India
- Environics Trust | India
- Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) | United States
- Equitable Cambodia | Cambodia
- Fiji Women’s Rights Movement (FWRM) | Fiji
- Forest Peoples Program | United Kingdom / Global
- Friends with Environment in Development (FED) | Uganda
- Front Line Defenders (FLD) | Ireland / Global
- Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) | Argentina
- Fundación Construir | Bolivia
- Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS) | Argentina
- Fundar, Centro de Análisis e Investigación | Mexico
- Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | Global
- Global Witness | United Kingdom / Global
- Green Advocates International | Liberia
- Green Development Advocates | Cameroon
- Human Rights Watch | Global
- Inisiasi Masyarakat Adat (IMA) | Indonesia
- Inclusive Development International (IDI) | United States / Global
- Initiative for Rights View (IRV) | Bangladesh
- Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (ELSAM) | Indonesia
- Instituto Maira | Brazil
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) | Switzerland / Global
- International Accountability Project (IAP) | United States / Global
- International Disability Alliance | Global
- International Labour Rights Forum (ILRF) | United States
- International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) | Global
- International Rivers | United States / Global
- INWOLAG | Nepal
- Jamaa Resources Initiatives | Kenya
- Justice and Empowerment Initiatives | Nigeria
- Kapaeeng Foundation | Bangladesh
- Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) | Kazakshtan
- Latinoamerica Sustentable | Ecuador / Latin America
- Lawyers for Defending Human Rights Society | Jordan
- Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP) | Nepal
- Lumière Synergie pour le Développement (LSD) | Senegal
- Maison des Mines du Kivu (MMKi) | DRC
- Manushya Foundation | Thailand
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns | United States / Global
- Minority Rights Group | United Kingdom / Global
- Namati | Global
- Narasha Community Development Group | Kenya
- Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment | South Africa / Kenya / Global
- Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP) | Liberia
- Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) | Sierra Leone
- NGO Forum on the ADB | Philippines / Asia
- Oil Refinery Residents Association (ORRA) | Uganda
- Otros Mundos AC | Mexico
- Oxfam United Kingdom
- Oyu Tolgoi (OT Watch) | Mongolia
- Phenix Center for Economic and Informatics Studies | Jordan
- Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad | Latin America
- Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN) | Colombia
- Protection International Mesoamerica | Latin America
- Public Interest Law Center (PILC) | Chad
- Recourse | Global
- Réseau Camerounais des Organisations des Droits de l’Homme (RECODH) | Cameroon
- Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) | Cambodia
- Society for Democratic Initiatives | Sierra Leone
- Sustentarse | Chile
- The Hunger Project Mexico | Mexico
- Transparency International Anti-Corruption (TIAC) A| rmenia
- Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC) | Uganda
- Uganda Land Alliance | Uganda
- Urgewald | Germany
- Uzbek Forum for Human Rights | Uzbekistan
- WATED | Tanzania
- Witness Radio | Uganda
- Youth for Green Communities | Uganda
- Youth for Promotion of Development (YPD) | Cameroon
- Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association | Zimbabwe