International Justice Mission is a nonprofit human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and other forms of violent oppression. IJM currently works in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru.
IJM’s founding principle is the defense and protection of individual human rights for all people by bringing the law to bear on their behalf and by prosecuting perpetrators who violate local and international laws. Its casework has a four-fold purpose: victim relief, perpetrator accountability, victim aftercare, and structural change.
IJM investigators, lawyers, and social workers work in partnership with state and local authorities and at all stages of the justice process, from investigation to prosecution. In addition to the services provided to individual victims through IJM’s casework, the organization’s firsthand interaction with local justice systems makes them uniquely qualified to identify systemic challenges to achieving justice within these systems. In collaboration with local authorities, IJM addresses these specific challenges to better serve the urgent needs of victims of injustice.
The work of IJM has been featured by “60 Minutes II,” “Dateline NBC,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” FOX News, MSNBC, CNN, National Public Radio, Forbes Magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
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These young women wait anxiously as IJM and local authorities in South Asia raid a brothel. IJM secures safe aftercare where rescued victims can begin to heal, go to school, receive medical care and experience a new life of freedom. (International Justice Mission)
