Deadline: 31 January 2024
Applications are now open for the World Justice Challenge 2024 . The World Justice Challenge is a global competition and activity support programme to identify, recognise and promote good practices and high-impact initiatives that protect and promote the rule of law.
The Challenge compiles an evidence base for successful rule of law approaches, increases their strategic visibility and strengthens an emerging network of rule of law advocates. The Challenge competition invites entries for initiatives that address critical rule of law challenges around the world, in specific thematic categories. For the 2024 competition, the theme is The Rule of Law Foundation for Democracy, focusing on effective strategies to strengthen the rule of law to reverse autocracy and rebuild trust in democratic governance. Previous themes have been access to justice, the fight against corruption and open government, accountable governance and equal rights and non-discrimination.
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The competition had two face-to-face cycles within the framework of the World Justice Forum (in 2019 and 2022), and one virtual cycle (in 2021). The project's topics are diverse and multidisciplinary and include combating gender-based violence, monitoring government spending, promoting environmental protection, safeguarding the right to information and supporting youth leadership.
Award categories
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
- Ensure that electoral processes and transitions of governmental power are subject to the law
- Building citizens' trust in judicial institutions and ensuring that judicial systems are independent, impartial, accountable, transparent and ethical
- Protecting free media and a robust and reliable information ecosystem in the face of the new challenges posed by the technological changes of the 21st century
- Strengthen young people's involvement and commitment to the processes and institutions of the rule of law and democracy
- The US Building Trust Prize for the US project that demonstrates exceptional impact in one or more of the above categories
Prizes
- Cash prizes of US$ 20,000 will go to five initiatives that show demonstrable results and promising prospects for future progress and replication and/or expansion.
Eligibility
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- Initiatives that address at least one of the problem areas in the above categories can apply.
- The competition is global and open to entries from any country or territory in the world. As noted, only projects based in the United States will be eligible for the US Building Trust Prize. The prizes in the other four categories will be awarded to projects outside the US.
- The competition is multidisciplinary and open to organisations from all sectors, including but not limited to: non-profit organisations; social entrepreneurs; the media; multilateral organisations; local and national government bodies and agencies; private sector companies/businesses; bar associations; law firms; foundations; and academics.
- Collaborative applications from different organisations are welcome.
- Applications must be submitted in English. However, please note that entries will be judged solely on the quality of the project itself, and not on the level of English language proficiency or ability of the entry.
Evaluation criteria
Entries will be judged according to the following criteria:
- Impact: the initiative has demonstrably contributed to improving an important problem for the rule of law and democracy.
- Sustainability: the initiative demonstrates the potential for sustained operation over time.
- Scalability and/or replicability: the initiative demonstrates potential for expansion in its current context and/or replication in other contexts (e.g. other geographies, populations or sectors).
Application
Candidates can send their applications by e-mail to engagement@worldjusticeproject.org using the subject line "Application: WJC 2024". Email the Word document version of the application with any additional materials you would like to consider as file attachments. To download the Microsoft Word document version of the Challenge application form, click here .
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