Case for Giving
Together we are achieving global justice
"At the Global Justice Center, we work to see women take their rightful places in the leadership of their countries."
Anne Firth Murray, GJC Board Chair
The Global Justice Center advocates for on-the-ground enforcement of international human rights laws with a focus on gender equality rights. By forging progressive legal precedents, and training women leaders and judges on strategic ways to leverage international law, the GJC seeks to create new models for achieving equality based rule of law in new democracies.
79 cents of every dollar goes
directly to our legal program
directly to our legal program
In five years we have:
- Trained the judges of the Iraq High Tribunal on how to use international human rights laws to address gender-based crimes, leading the IHT to include gender crimes in the Anfal (Kurdish genocide) decision, a first in the Middle East.
- Ensured that Burma be listed as a violator country for the use of sexual violence in conflict in the UN Secretary-General's first-ever report to the Security Council on Resolution 1820.
- Equipped women leaders in Colombia with advocacy techniques to get the government to ensure equal participation in the transitional justice process and access to reparations.
- Advised women leaders in Iraq on international law arguments to advocate for quotas in the Iraqi Constitution. Women now make up 1/3 the Iraqi Parliament.
Links to Global Justice Center Financials
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2009 Audited Financial Statements
2008 Annual Report
Board of Directors
As a 501c (3) tax-exempt organization, we rely on your generosity to carry out our innovative legal work! Your gift today will:
- Train judges and women leaders to use international law and secure justice for gender-based crimes.
- Develop legal arguments on the role of the United Nations Security Council as the ultimate enforcer of international humanitarian law, and instruct the Council on how to strengthen this role.
- Create litigation strategies with women leaders to reform discriminatory domestic laws in transitional democracies using international legal tools, and create structural change within these governments.