About us

What		Innovating Justice is a platform for Rule of law Solutions.
Why		Better, and more sustainable legal ordering and processes are needed. They contribute to balanced relationships between people, their organizations and their leaders.
How		We connect viable projects with expert knowledge, networks and funding. We give voice to people and organizations that need innovative approaches so that their justice needs can be met.
For whom		Legal professionals, policy makers, academics, entrepreneurs, NGO’s, funders: all who are involved in improving the Rule of Law.

The need for change

The Rule of Law and justice sector is crucial for sustainable communities, relations between communities and for individuals to realize their full capabilities. It is also an industry in and of  itself, in which billions of dollars are spent each year.

Improving the Rule of Law has been a priority for the international community for quite a while now, and it continues to be so in both developing and developed countries.

Success in providing, improving and strengthening the Rule of Law remains mixed, modest and hard to measure. Achieving real change in this sector has proven to be difficult.

Our approach

With Innovating Justice, we aim to create the world’s first platform that transforms visionary ideas into sustainable Rule of Law solutions.

Innovating Justice brings together the successes and mistakes of those who work to strengthen the Rule of Law, in all its complexity. It connects that with what can be learned from innovation and social entrepreneurship.

We strongly believe that legal systems and social entrepreneurs can profit from innovative technologies, solutions and processes. Websites, mass media, private rule making processes and local conflict resolution mechanisms contribute to the legal order. They provide justice together with courts, national states and their laws. There is much to learn from this interaction.

The Innovating Justice Community | Join us!

The Innovating Justice Community is global community for professionals actively engaged in finding solutions that work. Online discussions will trigger members to share, connect and interact.

The Innovating Justice Awards Program | Rewarding successful Rule of Law innovations

The Innovating Justice Awards stimulate innovations in the justice sector. Through the awards program, Rule of Law professionals can learn more about the most promising developments in the field.

Innovators are motivated to improve and to implement their innovations across borders. Nominees and applicants for the Innovating Justice Awards will be able to share their setbacks, successes and best practices.

The Innovation Lab | Make use of the know-how, tools and services!

The Innovation Lab coaches Rule of Law entrepreneurs in designing, improving, funding and monitoring their Rule of Law innovations. The Innovation Lab offers access to know-how, networks and services in legal procedure, design and interdisciplinary research.

How it all started

Lauched in July 2009, Innovating Justice is a collaborative effort from four legal organizations: the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL), the Microjustice Initiative (MJI), the European Academy for Law and Legislation (EALL) and the Center for International Legal Cooperation (CILC).

Innovating Justice is subsidized by NL Agency, a division of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and the city of The Hague.

Interconnected

The founding partners of Innovating Justice and Rule of Law leaders connected to the Hague Rule of Law Network, have joined forces to build a community and provide its members with concrete tools to help them realize their ideas and make their projects more effective.

The global interconnectedness provided by modern technology has allowed us to not only identify challenges but also to collect and develop innovative solutions to them. We believe that by sharing knowledge, networks, successes, and even missteps, we can make significant contributions towards making Rule of Law development more effective and efficient.