JusticeMakers hosts competitions that seek out and fund grassroots initiatives to promote criminal justice and rule of law. These competitions provide defenders, human rights officers, and police officials, among others, the opportunity to detail strategies for the local implementation of legal rights, compete for seed funding from IBJ and other grant-makers, and connect with other JusticeMakers with similar thematic or geographic focus.

2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition

International Bridges to Justice, in tandem with the Lien Center for Social Innovation, is proud to present the 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition. This event, building on a similar global initiative in 2008, will award $5,000 in seed funding to the eight applicants whose projects display the most innovation, efficacy and sustainability. The 2010 JusticeMakers Fellows will also receive additional training at the Singapore Criminal Justice Training Center, as well as being paired with documentary photojournalists to record their efforts.

Eligibility Requirements

The 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition welcomes anybody with an idea to improve the criminal justice system in their local community. The year's competition will specifically focus its search within Asian countries. Click here to see if you're eligible for the 2010 Fellowship.

Register for the 2010 JusticeMakers Fellowship

Click here to create your JusticeMakers profile and begin the 2010 Fellowship process. By registering with the competition, your gain access to the 2010 application, helpful tips and guides, and a global network of support through the JusticeMakers community.

2010 JusticeMakers Timeline

The deadline for the Preliminary Application is March 24th, 2010. Click here to view complete the 2010 Competition timeline.  

2010 JusticeMakers Judging Criteria

The 2010 Competition will award eight Fellowships to the applicants whose proposals display the most innovation, efficacy and sustainability. Click here to view the complete list of Judging Criteria.

2010 JusticeMakers Judges

The 2010 panel of judges will be comprised of leaders in the fields of law, business, development and academics. Click here to view the complete panel of judges.

Rolling JusticeMakers Fellowship Opportunities

We understand the demand for legal reform is global. While the current competition is focused exclusively to applicants from Asia, we are developing a program to support innovative ideas regardless of their geography. IBJ will be evaluating these projects on a rolling basis. If you have a proposal but are not eligible for the 2010 Competition, please email us at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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2008 Competition Archive

Our inaugural competition saw defenders, human rights officers, and public officials from 30 countries propose innovations seeking to curb torture and legal abuse. Project ideas tackled a range of existing problems in one’s legal system by seeking to alleviate these issues through a variety of innovative ideas – including a grassroots monitoring system of police abuse, seeking reparations for victims of abuse in detention centers and holding workshops to raise public awareness of individual rights. In the final selection process, eight fellowships were awarded to projects that exhibited the most relevancy, efficacy, practicability, and sustainability. Read More...