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June 26 is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, calling on stakeholders, institutions, and individuals around the world to unite in support of the total eradication of this human rights abuse.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals lay out ambitious targets to guide development policies through 2030, including target 16.3's promise to "ensure equal access to justice for all." But as data on people's experience of justice grows, it is becoming increasingly clear that the world is not on track to meet this target.

The World Justice Project is pleased to join ILAC as a rule of law member organization. 

In our latest WJP Data Insights exploration, we take a look at what the WJP Rule of Law Index can tell us about a criminal justice system that possesses both the largest prison population and the highest incarceration rate globally.

Learn about project impacts, successes, and insights of the Partnering for Native Health project, a winning project in the 2019 World Justice Challenge: Access to Justice Solutions.

Learn about project impacts, successes, and insights of the 160 Girls Access to Justice Project, a winning project in the 2019 World Justice Challenge: Access to Justice Solutions.

Illegal logging and timber trade is the world’s most lucrative form of transnational crime after counterfeiting, drug smuggling and human trafficking. Generating up to USD 157 billion each year, it attracts organised criminal groups and fosters widespread corruption.

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.