According to the United Nations, 4 billion people live outside the protection of the law.
That means that their public justice systems – their police, courts, and laws – are so broken, corrupt and dysfunctional, that there is nothing to shield them from violence.
No defense. No protection. Nothing to hold back violence.
Not just the violence that makes the headlines like war or genocide—but common, criminal violence:
Over 40 million children, women and men are held as slaves.
Nearly 2 million children are exploited in the commercial sex industry. For millions more, sexual violence is a part of childhood.
Instead of teaching their children to run to the police for help, parents must teach them to run from the police to stay safe.
Millions of vulnerable widows and orphans live in fear of being chased away from their rightful homes by more powerful neighbours.
Every day, IJM, our local partners and a global justice movement are standing together to push back the advance of everyday violence.
And every day, we’re seeing proof that it is possible to not only rescue individual people – but to stop violence before it starts.
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