THE WORLD JUSTICE FORUM II - NOVEMBER 11-14, 2009 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA
World Justice Forum II
The World Justice Forum builds on the WJP’s achievements to date. The Forum is at once an educational event, an occasion for determining next steps for the World Justice Project, and an incubator for new programs and strategies to advance the rule of law. Held in Vienna, Austria in July 2008, the inaugural World Justice Forum brought together 450 governmental and nongovernmental leaders from 83 countries representing such diverse disciplines as the arts, business, education, engineering, environment, faith, human rights, labor, law enforcement, media, military, public health, and government. The new multidisciplinary coalitions founded at the Forum launched cross-country, cross-disciplinary programs to strengthen the rule of law in communities, countries and regions around the world. The World Justice Forum II will continue the WJP’s work to: spark positive, concrete action for stronger rule of law implementation; build new partnerships among organizations and entities committed to strengthening the rule of law; and explore how the rule of law affects the work of all disciplines and professions. We expect more than 325 leaders from 85 countries, representing more than 15 disciplines, to attend the second Forum.
World Forum II - Keynote Addresses
Thursday 12th November
The Honorable Justice Northfleet
The Honorable Justice NorthfleetSee the most recent press release
click hereWhat We Do
Our mission is to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the rule of law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.
The World Justice Project includes three complementary and mutually reinforcing program areas: Mainstreaming, the Rule of Law Index and Scholarship.
View Available Staff PositionsRule of Law Index
The WJP has developed and administered this new tool to measure a country's adherence to the rule of law and to identify areas where a country's rule of law is weak. The WJP's Rule of Law Index is the first index that covers the rule of law comprehensively.
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The World Justice Forum is an Invite only event. For more information please email WJP
The WJP engages in mainstreaming both by convening action-oriented, multidisciplinary meetings (in the U.S. and internationallyon the rule of law; and by providing funding through its Opportunity Fund to non-governmental organizations and other entities for new multidisciplinary efforts to strengthen the rule of law. The WJP also convenes theWorld Justice Forum.
Scholarship
The WJP is supporting rigorous scholarship examining the contributions of the rule of law to various aspects of economic, political and social development and shedding new light on how to strengthen the rule of law.
What is the Rule of Law?
The WJP uses a working definition of the rule of law based on four universal principles.
1. The government and its officials and agents are accountable under the law.
2. The laws are clear, publicized, stable and fair, and protect fundamental rights, including the security of persons and property.
3. The process by which the laws are enacted, administered and enforced is accessible, fair and efficient.
4. Access to justice is provided by competent, independent, and ethical adjudicators, attorneys or representatives and judicial officers who are of sufficient number, have adequate resources, and reflect the makeup of the communities they serve.
