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Justice

What we do

ODI pioneers work on rule of law and justice research and policy analysis by bringing a unique politically-centered perspective.

We support the international community to step up its game in addressing the justice gap. ODI’s work contributes to new knowledge on programming approaches, identifying key knowledge gaps, and connecting up multi-interdisciplinary approaches and thematic areas that remain siloed in the international agenda.

Customary and informal justice

As the donor community grapples with the challenges of engaging with customary and informal justice our work is been pioneering thinking on the dilemmas for international actors and NGOs associated with how to work with customary justice.

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As the donor community grapples with the challenges of engaging with customary and informal justice our work is been pioneering thinking on the dilemmas for international actors and NGOs associated with how to work with customary justice.

Rule of law

Political commitment to rule of law and norms based global order has been under attack even in the most consolidated democracies in recent times. Investing in rule of law has become more critical than ever, and policy communities need to have opportunities for working across their siloes and learning from each other. ODI aims, through tailored research, analysis, convening and policy engagement to foster and actively enable the scaling up of investments which collectively will contribute to significantly reducing the global Justice Gap.

Covid-19 is putting new pressure on justice systems. Flexible strategies and diverse pathways should be used to respond to these growing needs.

Justice, the rule of law and Covid-19: three expert views

Covid-19 is putting new pressure on justice systems. Flexible strategies and diverse pathways should be used to respond to these growing needs.
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Our projects

Our experts on justice and rule of law

  1. Scaling up just energy transitions through country sector platforms

  2. Black History – more than just a month: putting racial justice at the heart of knowledge production all year round

  3. Humanitarian hypocrisy, double standards and the law in Gaza

  4. Cost-effective front-line justice services in Malawi: a case study in frugal innovation

    Case/country studies

  5. How to finance universal access to people-centred justice: scaling up local innovation to leave no-one behind

    Research reports

  6. Justice aid update 2023

    Briefing/policy papers

  7. A global bargain for resilient prosperity in Small Island Developing States

    Briefing/policy papers

  8. Addressing exploitation of labour migrants in Southeast Asia: Beyond a counter-trafficking criminal justice response

    Briefing/policy papers

  9. Smugglers or refugees? The growing prosecution of refugees in Europe

  10. ‘Small is beautiful, but scale is necessary’: front-line justice services in lower-income countries with the potential to scale-up

    Briefing/policy papers

  11. ODI in conversation with Emma Dabiri: can coalitions counter the anti-feminist backlash?

    Event

  12. Sorting out subsidies: navigating fiscal reform for economic, social and environmental transformation

    Event

  13. Ripe for reckoning? White saviourism in international development

    Event

  14. Domestic financing for justice: who spends most on justice?

    Briefing/policy papers

  15. Reproductive justice, sexual rights and bodily autonomy in humanitarian action: what a justice lens brings to crisis response

    Working papers

  16. Investing in what works to deliver SDG 16.3 and people-centred justice in lower-income countries

  17. Justice aid update and lessons from latest evaluations of donor programming

    Briefing/policy papers

  18. Environmental justice for Small Island Developing States

  19. Advancing SDG 16.3.2 by investing in prison paralegals to cut the number of unsentenced detainees in low-income countries

    Briefing/policy papers

  20. The WPS agenda: Colombia

    Case/country studies