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The World Justice Challenge 2021 recognized dozens of innovative projects from around the world in response to the pandemic’s effects on the rule of law. This final report summarizes the main insights we learned from justice champions working on accountable governance, anti-corruption, fundamental rights, and access to justice. It offers concrete ideas for strengthening rights and governance from the ground up, including important findings on the use of data and technology, the critical contribution of citizen voices, and ways to reach more vulnerable populations.

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Otomí spiritual leader Lucina Hernández Reyes leads a walk in a forest with community leaders in San Miguel Almaya, Capulhuac

WJP Documents How Indigenous Mediators Advance People-Centered Justice

As part of a multidimensional project funded by the Canadian Embassy in Mexico, WJP has produced a new report that seeks to increase the visibility of Indigenous mediation programs. It comes as a growing number of governments, donors, and communities are embracing a paradigm shift to people-centered justice. That global movement prioritizes identifying people’s legal needs and fostering accessible solutions to address them, rather than primarily investing in established institutions that are missing the mark. 

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WJP Executive Director Elizabeth Andersen speaking at the National Judicial College's March conference

Democracy’s Last Line of Defense: Preserving an Independent Judiciary

Authoritarianism and weakened justice systems continue to erode the rule of law globally–but not universally. Taking cues from the communities resisting these trends can pave the road forward, according to the World Justice Project (WJP) Executive Director Elizabeth Andersen. On March 13, Andersen addressed judicial, legal, and academic leaders at the National Judicial Conference’s symposium on “Democracy’s Last Line of Defense: Preserving an Independent Judiciary.”     

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