Who We Are
Founded in 2020 by international crimes litigators with over 35 years of combined experience, Partners in Justice International (PJI) is a woman-led and woman-founded organisation that envisions a world in which victims and survivors of grave crimes have access to justice wherever they live.
To make this vision a reality, PJI strengthens local justice processes for victims and survivors of grave crimes such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, conflict related sexual violence, and genocide. We accomplish this by sharing the legal strategies and techniques used at the international level with local justice actors — serious crime prosecutors, victim representatives, and investigators — who are working in post-conflict and post-dictatorship jurisdictions. We provide our partners with the sustained technical and practical support they need to attain justice through strategic litigation in their domestic courts, while also building collaborative networks of on-the-ground practitioners capable of investigating, building, and litigating cases long after PJI is gone.To ensure maximum impact, PJI prioritises work in jurisdictions that are under-served by the international community, where there are few comparable organisations working, and where there is a pathway to justice for victims and survivors.
PJI’s work is grounded in our values. We only work where our support is specifically requested by the local justice actors and/or victims. We ground our technical support in respect for our colleagues, and we stay the course for the long term, accompanying our peers through all steps of the justice process. As we do so, the skills are shared, and ultimately PJI is no longer needed.
If this mission speaks to you, we invite you to consider applying to join our team!
