Justice Africa is a non-governmental organisation which seeks to promote social justice and human rights in Africa. It was established in 1999, to ensure that the vision of a Pan-Africancivil society came to fruition. Justice Africa’s programmes are guided by the slogan: “nothing for us, without us”. The organisation believes in the importance of civil society ownership of the democratic process, in order to sustain peace and guarantee human rights. To achieve this end, Justice Africa works with governments, civil society actors as well as, local communities to build strong judicial frameworks, encourage the democratic process and promote peace.
Justice Africa's stated mission is to "ensure inclusive participation of local actors and civil society in decision-making processes which affect their lives." When designing and implementing programmes, Justice Africa consults with communities and civil society to ensure that its programmes are locally owned. It also encourages participation of all stakeholders that are involved in a programme, so that they can influence the decision making process, which affects them. Justice Africa operates impartially and has only one objective: to sustain peace.
Objectives
Justice Africa seeks to:
Support civil society organizations in promoting justice, democracy, human rights and peace
Provoke debate in relation to methods of resolving conflict in Africa
Forge of links between local, regional and international Pan-African actors
Organise conferences, publish books and meet directly with policy makers to improve understanding of issues pertinent to the continent and help resolve them
Memorialise human rights atrocities and genocides in Africa
Publications
Justice Africa has published various books including the following:
. A book which examines the causes of the Darfur war, and which subsequently discusses the international efforts to achieve peace in Darfur.
. This book looks at the militarization of governance.
. A book discussing the huge political and humanitarian challenges faced by Africa.
. The book holds innovative ways of thinking about rights of young people and children in Africa and provides new approaches to dealing with the violations of the rights of young Africans.
