A Rule of Law organisation
The Next Generation
Rising For Justice.
§ 01 Held
The Rule of Law is held in trust.
Our trustees have sat in judgment, prosecuted, investigated for the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, and served in Government and Parliament. Generation Justice is built on that authority.
§ 02 Handed on
Here, it passes between them.
Experience moves from those who have served the law to those who are just starting out on their careers, and fresh discussions and problems arise every day. Generation Justice is where those discussions and remedial action begin.
§ 03 Taken up
Whoever is ready takes it up.
Membership is open to anyone who supports the Rule of Law: law students, lawyers, journalists, politicians, activists, prosecutors and judges. Join our community. Apply now.
Section 04Eyes open
Eyes open. Scales level.
Lady Justice is often shown blindfolded, as a promise that she will not be swayed by who stands before her. Our figure has her eyes open, and she sees what is happening. The next generation has to see how the law works, where it holds and where it fails, and address the problems, so they can carry it forward in their careers.
The blindfold’s promise has not gone. It is carried by the scales, and by an undertaking every applicant gives: to uphold the Rule of Law, including fairness, accountability and equality before the law. If you want Justice to prevail in this world then you have to do your part.
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Section 05The sword
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
The motto on our seal means that justice must be done, whatever it costs. The sword stands for that duty: to act on a fair judgment once it has been reached.
It is the hardest part of the law to learn from a book. It is learned in courtrooms, prosecutors’ offices, parliaments and international investigations, and it is what our members bring to the project and to society.
Section 06The scales
Level, whoever stands before them.
Generation Justice is politically independent and non-partisan. Members undertake not to use it for political campaigning or propaganda, to treat every other member with respect, and to submit only honest, original work.
Student Ambassadors are held to a higher standard still, because they represent Generation Justice at their university or in their country.
Section 07The model
Six parts to the handover.
Generation Justice is built on six parts, each designed to put people who practise the law and people learning it to work side by side.
International university partnerships
Partnerships with universities in different countries, so that Rule of Law education can reach students where they already study.
Free Rule of Law education
Teaching on the Rule of Law, at no cost to the student.
University Ambassadors
Students who represent Generation Justice at their university or in their country. They apply as Student Ambassadors.
International professional engagement
Bringing judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators to members, to pass on what their careers have taught them.
Student publication
A place for members to research, write and publish on the law, with editorial review before anything appears.
Locally led student projects
Rule of Law projects that students design and lead in their own countries.
Section 08The board
Built for whoever comes next.
Between them the present board of Generation Justice have sat as judges, served as a Home Secretary and in the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Ukraine, litigated in international corruption cases, investigated for the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, and mediated in conflicts in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Africa. They built the project so that students, Ambassadors and practitioners everywhere inherit a stronger Rule of Law than the one they found.
“Young people should not merely be invited to attend programmes about their future. They should participate in shaping them.”
- Lord Howard of LympneDirector and TrusteeSenior Legal and Public Leadership
- Éric GozlanTrusteeMediation, Diplomacy, Conflict Prevention and International Engagement
- Dr Adel Abo Elkasem Ali EwedaDirector and TrusteeJudiciary, Public Law, Human Rights and Institutional Governance
- Dr José Manuel Ramirez CarrascoDirector and TrusteeJudiciary, Anti-Corruption and Latin America
- Martha Elisa Morán MinaDirector and TrusteeYouth Representation and Emerging Legal Leadership
- Richard BradyFounder, Chairman and TrusteeLegal Education, International Programme Development and Organisational Leadership
- Alisa RotovaTrusteeUkraine Reconstruction, Organisational Development and Donor Programmes
- Karina MandellTrusteeCommunity Partnerships, Subnational Cooperation and Ukraine-United States Relations
- Mugaddas AbbasovTrusteeInternational Law, Higher Education, Strategic Partnerships and Legal Technology
- Sviatoslav Andriiovych YurashTrusteeUkrainian Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Leadership and International Relations
- Rania GhazzawiTrustee
Section 09Who it is for
For everyone ready to stand up for justice.
Law students
Learn the law alongside the people who practise it, in moderated discussion with members. Free Rule of Law education, competitions, internships and the student publication are listed inside the platform as each one opens.
Lawyers in practice
Practice raises questions a law degree does not answer, and every stage of a career brings harder ones. Put them to colleagues across countries and levels of experience in moderated discussion. Panels are listed in the calendar as each one is confirmed.
Prosecutors and judges
Your decisions keep the Rule of Law in working order. Membership gives you a place to pass on what that work has taught you, and to hear the questions the next generation is asking.
Journalists, politicians and activists
You report on the law, make it or campaign to change it. Membership puts you in moderated discussion with the people who practise it, across countries and levels of experience. Generation Justice is non-partisan, so members undertake not to use it for political campaigning or propaganda.
Student Ambassadors
Represent Generation Justice at your university or in your country. Ambassadors encourage students to take part, help organise Rule of Law discussions and events online or in their country, and contribute ideas to the organisation’s development. Selection is at the discretion of Generation Justice, and Ambassadors are held to a higher standard of conduct.
Section 10Membership
Membership, on the record.
A person reads your application.
Every application is reviewed in the order it arrives. Nothing is approved automatically.
A registration number in your name.
Accepted members are entered on the membership record with their own registration number.
A certificate that can be checked.
Your membership certificate carries a code that anyone can check online to confirm it is genuine.
Room to lead.
Levels are assigned on review: Ambassador, Active Ambassador, Senior Ambassador and Country Lead. Senior Ambassadors lead initiatives and support other members. Country Leads lead authorised activity in their country, under Generation Justice oversight.
How to apply
Apply for membership
Tell us what you study or where you work, the justice questions that matter to you, and what you hope to contribute. Students can choose Student Ambassador on the same form.
Open the applicationReview
A reviewer reads every application in the order it arrives. This usually takes a few weeks. Accepted members receive their registration number.
Create an account
Optional, at any time. An account gives you participant access and somewhere to see your application. It does not make you a member.
Create an account
Section 11Take it up
Take it up.
Membership is open to anyone who supports the Rule of Law: law students, lawyers, journalists, politicians, activists, prosecutors and judges, and students can also apply to represent us as Ambassadors. A person reads every application.
