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Justice begins with you.

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.

Tell us what happenedSee what we work on

We appear before

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

Three ways we unlock access to justice.

What that means in practice

What we do

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

Six areas where we work

Each area gathers our analysis, submissions, projects and podcast episodes in one place, so you can follow a subject instead of searching for it.

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

Latest analysis

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Use of Chemical Weapons by the Sudanese Armed Forces

Just Access is a German non-governmental organisation that documents serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and represents victims who would otherwise remain…6 min read
  1. 4 min

    The “Narrative-to-Reprisal Pipeline” and Social Incubators: How Controlling the Narrative Feeds Collective Punishment Against Civilian Populations (Part II)

  2. 6 min

    Who is responsible when an army stops taking orders?

  3. 5 min

    The “Narrative-to-Reprisal Pipeline” and Social Incubators: How Controlling the Narrative Feeds Collective Punishment Against Civilian Populations (Part I)

  4. 6 min

    The EU Whistleblower Directive – Does it Need a Revision? (Part I)

Conversations with the people who do this work.

All episodes

S4 E1426 min

What is Human Rights Activists in Iran and what do they do?

with Skylar Thompson and Jennifer Connet

In this episode, Dr. Miranda Melcher speaks with Skyler Thompson, Deputy Director, and Jennifer Connet, Legal Advisor, at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA). They discuss HRA’s origins, its work documenting human rights violations in Iran, and its submission to the German…

  1. How can we pursue justice and accountability for atrocities in Sudan?

    S4 E13Just Access Collaboration with the African Centre for Justice and Peace
    37 min

  2. What is Just Access' Sudan Project?

    S4 E12with Alexa Magee
    20 min

  3. How can NGOs support peace?

    S4 E11with Paula Vargas
    25 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.

Meet the team

We work alongside

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