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About Us
Our Story
PEJ was founded in 2016 by Cynthia Tai, a former Trial Lawyer at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). There, she saw the impediments that stand between survivors of atrocity crimes and accountability.
PEJ strives to surmount these obstacles and make the dream of universal justice a reality. Since then, we have experienced exponential growth as partners around the world reach out to seek PEJ’s support.
Using hybrid teams of local and international experts, we work to end gross human rights abuses such as mass rape, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. By standing with survivors, building local justice networks, and holding perpetrators to account, we help empower people everywhere to live in freedom and peace.
Our Mission
PEJ uses all available legal options to seek justice for individuals who are inadequately protected under the law, who cannot access legal resources, and who are exploited by governments, corporations, or others.
We assist victims of atrocity crimes in seeking justice through all available legal mechanisms.
We ensure that the fundamental protections articulated in national, regional, and international human rights law are actualized in practice.
We strive to strengthen the capacity of domestic legal organs, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and investigators, to apply international human rights and humanitarian law in domestic mechanisms.
We advance accountability for atrocities, serious human rights violations, and related State and corporate abuses.
