Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: Civil Society Participation & Voice

About this grant

The Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a program of New York University, is a multi-stakeholder platform that seeks to promote solutions to overcome the lack of access to global justice. In 2020-21, the grantee produced a series of policy briefs on people-centered justice responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. They actively promoted people-centered justice through publication of a “Shared Strategy for Justice for All”, as well as through numerous convenings, including “the Global Week of Justice”. They also organized a first-of-its-kind national consultation on developing a people-centered justice reform strategy in Ukraine. In 2022-23, the grantee will continue their justice work in cooperation with the Justice Action Coalition, a multi-stakeholder coalition of countries and organizations championing equal access to justice for all. Their efforts will focus on three priority areas: 1) working with national governments to accelerate implementation of access to justice strategies in advance of the 2023 United Nations High-Level Political Forum; 2) engaging international and multi-lateral institutions and cross-sectoral partnerships to advance justice; and 3) fostering an effective initiative for justice at international, national and local levels.