SRJI

The Russian Justice Initiative (RJI) began as an ad-hoc effort on the part of human rights activists and researchers in mid-2000 to facilitate initial contact between victims of human rights violations in Chechnya, whose efforts to seek judicial redress in Russia had failed, and lawyers with experience in international litigation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). RJI was registered as a non-profit organization in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in September 2001. Ever since, RJI has carried out its litigation work in the North Caucasus as the main focus of its mandate in collaboration with the Nazran-based organization "Pravovaia Initsiativa", and since 2011, with the Moscow-based "Legal Assistance - Astreya."... SJI is dedicated to the legal protection of victims of human rights violations connected to armed conflict and counter-terrorism operations, torture and gender-based violence in the post-Soviet region. We strive to ensure that victims of such abuse have access to..

Primary location: Utrecht Netherlands