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On Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the World Justice Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, the World Justice Project announced five project winners in a worldwide competition to identify and highlight effective and promising work to increase access to justice.

The 7th ICAC Symposium: Fighting Corruption - A New Perspective will convene May 22-24, 2019 in Hong Kong.

Five winners of the 2019 World Justice Challenge were selected out of 30 finalists and over 250 submissions, awarded on the final day of the 2019 World Justice Forum: Realizing Justice for All in The Hague, Netherlands.

In Measuring the Justice Gap: A People-Centered Assessment of Unmet Justice Needs Around the World, the WJP estimates that an aggregate of 5.1 billion people have unmet justice needs globally.

The World Justice Project recognizes Dr. Adam Bodnar and the Office of Poland’s Commissioner for Human Rights with 2019 Rule of Law Award

Watch the launch of the Justice for All report and more!

Ted Piccone will be join the World Justice Project as Chief Engagement Officer.

The World Justice Project is pleased to announce that more than 40 working sessions, led by experts from organizations around the globe, will be featured at the World Justice Forum, April 29 - May 2 in The Hague, Netherlands.

In honor of International Women’s Day, we take a look at how women navigate everyday justice problems.

Watch the launch of the WJP Rule of Law Index 2019, download the report, explore the interactive data, and more.

The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index® 2019 measures rule of law adherence in 126 countries and jurisdictions worldwide based on more than 120,000 household and 3,800 expert surveys. 

Last year, the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® showed that human rights and checks on government powers had weakened across the globe. Join us to learn what the latest data tells us about state of the rule of law worldwide in 2019.

The World Justice Project is partnering with the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong, to co-host the 7th ICAC Symposium titled "Fighting Corruption - A New Perspective." 

From the United States to the Philippines to the International Criminal Court, criminal justice is making headlines around the world.

This justice gap underscores the urgency of realizing justice for all and demonstrates unacceptable levels of exclusion from justice.

Several key events in 2019 provide a real opportunity to progress on SDG 16—ensuring access to justice for all—and to do so in ways that tackle inequality, too.

The World Justice Challenge 2019: Access to Justice Solutions is now open for submissions. Applications are due February 8, 2019. Initiatives will be evaluated based on their potential for impact, scaling, replication, and sustainability.