INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION

FIELD OPERATIONSINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION'S FIELD OPERATIONS RESPOND TO A VAST AND DEVASTATING CATEGORY OF NEED: VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE IN POVERTY.THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR. ACCORDING TO THE GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF MODERN SLAVERY. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION ESTIMATES THAT FORCED LABOR GENERATES PROFITS IN EXCESS OF MORE THAN $236 BILLION ANNUALLY FOR TRAFFICKERS AND SLAVE OWNERS; AND ACCORDING TO GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF MODERN SLAVERY, 1 IN 4 VICTIMS OF MODERN SLAVERY IS A CHILD. IN MANY COUNTRIES, PERPETRATORS OF ABUSE AGAINST PEOPLE IN POVERTY (SEE SCHEDULE O)EXPECT NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR CRIMES, DESPITE LAWS AGAINST THE CRIME.IJM ATTORNEYS, INVESTIGATORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WORK IN 32 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, EUROPE, SOUTH ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA TO COLLABORATE WITH JUSTICE SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO VIOLENCE. IJM'S TEAMS PROTECT PEOPLE IN POVERTY FROM VIOLENCE, INCLUDING CRIMES LIKE SLAVERY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND POLICE ABUSE OF POWER. BY COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS, IJM SERVES INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND PURSUES SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO PROTECT ALL PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO THE CRIME.FOR OVER 25 YEARS, IJM AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO BUILD COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND PROTECTED. TOGETHER, WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO CREATE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN JUSTICE SYSTEMS THAT MEASURABLY REDUCE VIOLENCE AND SERVE SURVIVORS WITH DIGNITY. IJM DOES THIS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:STRENGTHEN JUSTICE SYSTEMSIJM COLLABORATES WITH JUSTICE SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO VIOLENCE. TOGETHER, WE CREATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT SERVE SURVIVORS, DETER CRIMINALS AND DRAMATICALLY DECREASE VIOLENCE.RESCUE AND RESTORE VICTIMSIJM PARTNERS WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO RESCUE INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND RESTORE SURVIVORS TO SAFETY AND STABILITY.BRING CRIMINALS TO JUSTICEIJM WORKS ALONGSIDE JUSTICE SYSTEM OFFICIALS TO ENSURE THAT CRIMINALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, STOPPING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND DETERRING OTHERS FROM ABUSING VULNERABLE PEOPLE.SCALE DEMAND FOR PROTECTIONIJM CONVENES AND EQUIPS CHAMPIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTION AS AN ESSENTIAL AND TANGIBLE FUTURE FOR EVERYONE.DURING THE LAST YEAR, IJM, OUR PARTNERS AND TRAINED GOVERNMENTS BROUGHT FREEDOM TO 3,597 VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION. EACH VICTORY REFLECTS THE TENACIOUS WORK OF IJM'S ATTORNEYS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND INVESTIGATORS. THEIR EFFORTS CONTINUE LONG AFTER RESCUE, AS SURVIVORS HEAL AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES WITH IJM'S AFTERCARE SUPPORT WHILE THE LEGAL PROCESS FOR EACH CASE UNFOLDS OVER MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS.DURING THE LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 2,988 SUSPECTED PERPETRATORS WERE RESTRAINED AND 1,282 CRIMINALS IN LOCAL COURTS WERE CONVICTED. ADDITIONALLY, 230 SURVIVORS WERE RESTORED TO SAFETY AND STABILITY. FINALLY, IJM TRAINED OVER 43,590 PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO VIOLENCE, INCLUDING OVER 21,338 JUSTICE SYSTEM OFFICIALS (SUCH AS POLICE, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES AND SOCIAL WORKERS) AND COLLECTIVELY OVER 22,252 CHURCH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NGO PARTNERS, MEDIA AND STUDENTS.