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Unlocking Access to Justice

We are lawyers who take human rights cases to the UN. If something has happened to you, or to the people you work with, start by telling us about it.

We appear before

  • The UN treaty bodies
  • The special procedures
  • The regional human rights courts

What that means in practice

Who we work with

  • UN Human Rights Council
  • UN treaty bodies
  • Special procedures
  • Regional human rights courts
  • Domestic criminal law systems
  • NGOs
  • Academic institutions

What it's for

  • Human rights standards applied in the legal system where they matter
  • An end to the patterns behind violations that keep repeating
  • Structural injustice named in public
  • People who know enough international law to use it themselves
  • Courts that stay independent, everywhere

We act for

  • Women
  • Children
  • Minorities
  • Migrants
  • Detainees

and everyone in vulnerable circumstances

People in vulnerable situations meet the most obstacles when they try to claim their rights. Most of what we do is clearing those obstacles out of the way.

You can write to us in confidence, including if you have survived a human rights violation yourself. If you are not sure whether your situation is one we can help with, write to us anyway and we will tell you.

Contact us confidentially

Conversations with the people who do this work.

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S4 E1725 min

How Could the Right to Food be Realised?

with Charlotte Dreger and Ayushi Kalyan

In Part 2 of our conversation with FIAN International, Dr. Miranda Melcher continues exploring the human right to food with Charlotte Dreger and Ayushi Kalyan. This episode examines how corporate power, international law, and public policy shape food systems — and what needs to…

  1. What is the Right to Food and Why is it Important?

    S4 E16with Ayushi Kalyan & Charlotte Dreger
    23 min
  2. How are human rights abuses in Iran documented?

    S4 E15with Skylar Thompson and Jennifer Connet
    15 min
  3. What is Human Rights Activists in Iran and what do they do?

    S4 E14with Skylar Thompson and Jennifer Connet
    26 min
People gathered together in a hall, listening.

Lawyers, researchers, and the people who give us their time.

Everyone has a right to justice. Just Access works to put that right within reach, through education and outreach, advocacy, and strategic litigation.

We work alongside

  • UNCAC Coalition
  • OSCE Network
  • Coalition for the ICC
  • UNODC
  • CIVICUS