Journalists For Justice is a not-for-profit foundation registered in The Hague (Stichting Journalists for Justice) and working to advance improved African journalistic capacity for social justice causes and accountability through training and effective online platforms and social media engagement. Established in 2011 as a project by the International Commission of Jurists, ICJ (Kenya Chapter), JFJ has promoted a balanced discussion of the international criminal justice system in the media and advocated justice and reparations for victims of violence.
The project has grown beyond Kenya and spread its work to Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, The Gambia, Burundi, Uganda and the Central African Republic. Through public information and outreach programmes, media training; media monitoring and research; media advocacy; content development and dissemination, JFJ continues to contribute to the struggle to give victims of atrocity crimes voice and agency.
