Fighting Impunity Across Borders

A world where accountability for international crimes is the norm & impunity the exception.

Mission

At a moment when the world’s resolve to confront mass atrocities is faltering, InterJust aims to reinforce the international justice system by shifting its center of gravity to national jurisdictions.

Most states already have the national laws enabling the prosecution of international crimes, under the long-established principle of universal jurisdiction. Yet in practice, only a handful have actively used them.

To make universal jurisdiction truly universal, and to transform it from a legal theory into a functional pathway to justice, InterJust combines strategic litigation across diverse geographies and themes with global initiatives that address systemic barriers to accountability.

Our model combines rigorous investigations and survivor-centered legal action with the development of tools that make justice scalable and impactful—ensuring that across the world, accountability becomes the norm and impunity the exception.

We work toward a world where every survivor has access to justice, and no perpetrator—regardless of their location or rank—can evade responsibility.

Justice is a collective effort. We work in partnership with other non-governmental organizations, legal institutions, survivor networks, affected communities, law enforcement, and international bodies to unite expertise and resources in pursuit of accountability and lasting impact.

Meet Our Team

OBJECTIVES

Strategic Litigation

Based on meticulous investigations, we initiate universal jurisdiction cases against individuals and corporations implicated in atrocity crimes. We challenge entrenched impunity across borders to ensure that survivors obtain justice.

Global Projects

Narrative & Norm Shifting

Capacity Building & Partnerships

Strategic Litigation In Progress

Universal Jurisdiction

01. Ukraine

InterJust is pursuing a groundbreaking portfolio of strategic litigation based on rigorous investigations into indiscriminate attacks, conflict-related sexual violence, torture, and war propaganda. We focus on holding senior commanders and high-ranking perpetrators accountable, with cases already underway in Germany and Austria. New filings are being prepared in Poland, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia, including landmark proceedings addressing systematic torture in detention and the prosecution of Russian propagandists, with victim representation and survivor-centered advocacy at the core of each effort.

02. Venezuela

InterJust is supporting efforts to advance accountability for crimes against humanity committed by Venezuelan security forces, including through legal actions aimed at establishing responsibility for systematic state violence. Working closely with survivors and partners, InterJust contributes to ongoing investigative and judicial processes and supports the pursuit of justice and redress for victims and their families.

Corporate Accountability

01. Antiquities Trafficking

InterJust supports ongoing criminal proceedings in France and Belgium targeting individuals and networks implicated in the illicit trade of looted antiquities from conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa. These cases seek to establish accountability for war crimes and terrorism financing through the international art market.

02. Dan-Bunkering

In 2021, the Danish fuel supplier Dan Bunkering was found guilty of violating EU sanctions imposed against Syria, including the prohibition on the sale of jet fuel. The jet fuel was allegedly used by Russian and Syrian forces to commit unlawful airstrikes on civilian areas. Now, Syrian survivors seek to pursue criminal and civil cases against the Danish fuel supplier.

03. Lundin Oil

In Sweden, Sudanese survivors are participating in a landmark criminal trial against executives of the Lundin Oil Consortium, accused of complicity in international crimes committed during Sudan’s civil war. The case — one of the first of its kind — seeks to advance accountability for multinational corporate actors that profit from conflict.

Global

Projects

A look at Project Meridian (above)

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Project Meridian

An open-access digital platform that maps universal jurisdiction laws across 216 countries, empowering survivors, lawyers, and investigators to pursue accountability for international crimes beyond borders. InterJust is expanding the platform to include legal frameworks on torture, enforced disappearance, victim and witness protection, the admissibility of digital and open-source evidence, and corporate accountability pathways — making it a powerful legal and advocacy tool to advance universal jurisdiction in practice – View the project.

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Project Arya

Developed in partnership with Legal Action Worldwide and leading OSINT experts, Project Arya confronts the global enforcement gap by identifying systemic barriers to locating and apprehending alleged perpetrators of atrocity crimes. It combines in-depth legal analysis, policy recommendations, and the development of a secure, real-time tracking system to help national authorities, civil society, and international actors bring fugitives to justice.

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Project Integrity

A multidisciplinary initiative focused on the ethical and effective integration of technology into justice processes, safeguarding against misuse, and reinforcing accountability. It includes the supporting of the development of an all-in-one evidence management platform for civil society actors; coordinating the development of Guiding Principles on the Use of AI in International Criminal Justice Investigations; and designing the Atrocity and Accountability Index to track and visualize global trends in atrocity crimes and accountability efforts.

On The Horizon

Syria

Developing legal strategies that address patterns of starvation, siege warfare, and systemic state repression, building on prior work and long-standing engagement in war crimes investigations. These efforts aim to establish legal precedents by drawing critical links between violations in Syria and similar tactics used in Ukraine, strengthening the legal framework for accountability in both contexts.

Crimes Against Yazidis

Initiating legal action under universal jurisdiction against European nationals who joined ISIS and participated in genocide, sexual slavery, and other atrocity crimes against the Yazidi community in Iraq. These efforts rely on longstanding partnerships with Yazidi organizations and a robust database identifying hundreds of foreign fighters.

Afghanistan

Preparing universal jurisdiction cases against senior Taliban officials and their enablers for targeted attacks on women and girls, education facilities, religious and ethnic minorities— including Hazara and Shia communities—as well as journalists and human rights defenders. These efforts build on prior investigations and ongoing collaboration with Afghan-led partner organizations.

Yemen

Developing accountability strategies for international crimes committed by all parties to the conflict, with a focus on the use of starvation as a method of warfare and the unlawful recruitment of children. This work is grounded in partnerships with leading Yemeni civil society groups, including Mwatana, and seeks to advance survivor-centered justice in one of the world’s most complex conflicts.