JusticeMakers Fellows Around the World

 

Rolling Applications

JusticeMakers also has a rolling application process for innovators whose proposals fall outside the timeframe or thematic focus of the competitions. If you have a proposal, please click here.

 

2022 Turkish JusticeMakers Fellows

For the 2022 JusticeMakers Fellowship which was part of the EU funded ‘Advancing Justice for Syrians in Turkey’ program, 5 JusticeMakers were selected from Kilis, Gaziantep and Sanliurfa.

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2021 JusticeMakers / African Access to Justice (AA2J) Fellows

For the 2021 JusticeMakers Competition for Building a Woman Legal Defender’s Global Movement/Networking, IBJ awarded 10 dedicated lawyers, human rights defenders and legal activists with Fellowships to advance access to justice in their communities. The 2021 JusticeMakers Competition was financed by Swedish Postcode Foundation.

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2021 JusticeMakers Fellows

IBJ Indonesia’s 2021 JusticeMakers competition awarded 10 female defence lawyers and human rights defenders with a Fellowship to support innovative methods to help the Indonesian justice system adapt and mitigate the challenges that have arisen due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the EU sponsored project ‘Advancing Access to Justice for Women in Indonesia’, the Fellows’ projects focus specifically on assisting and advancing access to justice for women in conflict with the law.

 

2017 JusticeMakers Fellows

For the 2017 JusticeMakers Competition for Prevention of Torture in Francophonie Africa, IBJ awarded 10 dedicated lawyers, human rights defenders and legal activists with Fellowships to prevent torture and advance access to justice in their communities. The 2017 JusticeMakers Competition was financed by Global Affairs Canada.

 

2015 JusticeMakers Fellows

For the 2015 IBJ ASEAN Youth JusticeMakers Competition, IBJ awarded $5,000 of funding to the following four  applicants for their innovative legal reform projects targeted to strengthen the applicant’s local criminal justice system in the ASEAN region. This competition was sponsored by the National Youth Council of Singapore.

 

2014 JusticeMakers Fellows

For the 2014 JusticeMakers Competition, IBJ awarded $5,000 of funding to nine promising applicants for their innovative legal reform projects targeted to strengthen the applicant’s local criminal justice system. It is noteworthy that IBJ has once again awarded four Fellowships to projects focusing on the intersection of HIV/AIDS and the criminal justice system in partnership with the Levi Strauss Foundation.

 

2012 JusticeMakers Fellows

In 2012, in partnership with the Levi Strauss Foundation, IBJ awarded 12 $5,000 grants to innovative community activists with projects that improve the lives of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS within the criminal justice system. Fellows came from 10 countries on 4 continents and presented diverse and creative ideas to solve the problems that they saw in their communities.

 

2011 JusticeMakers Fellows

During the the 2011 JusticeMakers Competition, IBJ awarded $5,000 in seed funding to ten applicants for their innovative legal reform projects pertaining to issues present within the applicant’s local criminal justice system.  Winners of the Competition are from Latin America, Africa and Asia.  As a special theme for this Competition, IBJ also awarded three Fellowships to projects focusing on the intersection of HIV/AIDS and the criminal justice system in partnership with the Levi Strauss Foundation.

 

2010 Asia JusticeMakers Fellows

IBJ, in tandem with the Lien Center for Social Innovation, awarded $5,000 in seed funding to twelve applicants for the 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition. The 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Fellows received additional training at the Singapore Criminal Justice Training Center from August 11-16, 2010.

 

 

2008 JusticeMakers Fellows

IBJ’s inaugural competition in 2008 saw defenders, human rights officers, and public officials from 30 countries propose innovations seeking to curb torture and legal abuse. Project ideas tackled a range of existing problems in one’s legal system by seeking to alleviate these issues through a variety of innovative ideas – including a grassroots monitoring system of police abuse, seeking reparations for victims of abuse in detention centers and holding workshops to raise public awareness of individual rights. In the final selection process, eight fellowships were awarded to projects that exhibited the most relevancy, efficacy, practicability, and sustainability.