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WJP Announces finalists of the 2019 Award on 2 May 2019


World Justice Challenge

The World Justice Challenge 2019: Access to Justice Solutions is a competition to identify, recognize, and promote good practices and successful solutions to improve access to justice.
More than 5 billion people have unmet justice needs globally. This justice gap includes people who cannot obtain justice for everyday problems and people who face systematic exclusion from the law. According to research conducted by the World Justice Project, more than 50% of people around the world have experienced a legal problem in the past two years alone, and justice systems are failing them. 
Identifying and promoting good practices and successful solutions is essential to narrowing the justice gap.
Effective interventions have been developed and tested around the world. Compiling an accessible evidence base of high-quality, high-impact interventions will help accelerate the dissemination of good ideas and the uptake of promising approaches.  

The following 30 projects have been selected as World Justice Challenge Finalists to be showcased at World Justice Forum VI

Additional description about each project will be posted in the coming week. Check back soon!

Safeguarding the Rights of Detainees in Jordan


Partnering for Native Health


Impacts of Environment and Justice for All


Peace and Justice Project


Reducing the Gender Gap and Fighting for Social Protection in Mexican Laws


Community Justice Teams


Tackling Illegal Fishing and Human Trafficking in the Thai Fishing Industry


Riverine People and the Right to Full Reparation


iProbono's Access to Justice Programme for Children

iProbono
India

Housing Justice App

JustFix.nyc
United States

Legal Aspects of Palliative Care


M-Haki-Haki Mkononi


Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)


Legal Aid Clinic


Nationwide Legal Awareness Project I Have A Right


Justice is Written Differently for Women, Girls, and Boys


Monitoring Maternal Health Entitlements & Increasing Access to Grievance Redressal

Nazdeek
India

Red Hook Community Justice Center


Malawi Resentencing Project

Reprieve
Malawi

Workplace Safety Compensation and Accountability


Enhancing Coordination Among Stakeholders for Effective Prosecution of Sex Trafficking Crimes in Nagpur Maharasthtra


Learned Hands


E-lawyering: Criminal Justice and Accountability through Mobile Technology


160 Girls Access to Justice Project


Apprise App

The Mekong Club
Hong Kong

Women and Land Corruption Project


Open Courts Portal - Making Judiciary Accountable


Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan

UNDP
Uzbekistan

Transnational Environmental Accountability Project


YouthLab: Championing the Voice of Youth Deprived of their Liberty

Young in Prison
Netherlands

Forum participants will be able to vote on their favorite projects via the World Justice Forum App during the week of the Forum, and winners will be selected through a combination of participant votes and an expert selection committee. Winners of the World Justice Challenge will be announced during the Forum’s closing ceremony on May 2nd. Each winning project will receive a $10,000 USD prize in recognition of its achievement and impact.

Honorable Mentions

The World Justice Project is also pleased to recognize the following ten projects as World Justice Challenge honorable mentions, who have been invited to present their work in the World Justice Forum Expo:
To see more practical programs, please visit the WJP Program Library, which catalogs on-the-ground rule of law solutions the WJP has inspired and fostered through early-stage funding and network connections in 61 countries to date.



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