Exploitation remains attractive when those responsible retain its benefits.
Survivors, families and public institutions are left to carry the financial, social and psychological costs.
Who we are
Justice—not charity.
Support should be a bridge, not a dependency. Justice makes it possible.
At a glance
A Kenyan, youth-led and women-led justice organisation.
Global Justice Kenya (GJK) is a Kenyan, youth-led and women-led non-governmental organisation advancing human rights through access to justice, accountability and effective remedies.
GJK documents human rights violations; provides legal assessment and strategic case development; supports survivors in accessing domestic, regional, international, cross-border and portable justice mechanisms; advances strategic litigation; conducts research; strengthens institutions; develops practical legal resources; builds professional capacity; and promotes legal and policy reform.
By combining individual case support with systemic legal interventions, GJK seeks not only to resolve individual cases, but also to address the structural conditions that enable exploitation to flourish.
Our mission
Making exploitation and human suffering unprofitable.
We advance access to justice, accountability and effective remedies for survivors of trafficking, modern slavery, severe labour exploitation, international crimes and other serious human rights abuses.
Read the organisational profileWhy GJK exists
Human suffering should never be profitable.
Historically, survivors have carried the costs of exploitation—lost income, employment, education, health and family relationships—while governments and civil society fund rescue, protection, healthcare, legal aid and recovery. Those who perpetrate, enable or profit from exploitation often retain substantial economic benefits while facing limited accountability.
GJK seeks to reverse this imbalance through effective remedies, strategic litigation, institutional accountability and legal reform, transferring the legal, financial and social consequences of exploitation to perpetrators, aiders and abettors, enablers, profiteers and other responsible actors.
Our starting point
Exploitation is a justice failure.
Protection is often urgent, but lasting change requires remedies that restore rights, recognise harm, establish accountability and strengthen survivors’ autonomy.
Our theory of change
Follow the profit. Enforce the remedy. Restore the survivor.
Serious crime and exploitation are sustained by benefit and impunity. Justice must change that economic equation as well as respond to the harm.
Justice transfers legal and financial consequences to those responsible.
Compensation, restitution, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition make rights practical.
Recovery of proceeds can support restoration and weaken the incentive to exploit.
Where legally possible, victim-centred recovery and redirection of assets help restore survivors and deter future harm.
Where there is a Right, there MUST be a Remedy.
Justice should restore, not merely punish.
The cost of exploitation should be borne by those responsible, not by survivors or society.
Human suffering should never be a profitable business.
Our approach
Rights holders with agency—not passive beneficiaries.
GJK combines professional legal practice with ethical survivor engagement. The way justice is pursued matters as much as the outcome.
Survivor-centred
Survivors are rights holders with agency. Their priorities, informed choices, safety and dignity guide decisions.
Trauma-informed
Engagement recognises the effects of trauma, avoids re-traumatisation and supports safe, respectful participation.
Gender-transformative
Our work addresses unequal power, discrimination and the gendered conditions that enable exploitation and obstruct remedies.
Rights-based
Claims are anchored in enforceable rights, corresponding duties and access to judicial and non-judicial remedies.
Evidence-based
Case learning, legal analysis and research inform strategy, institutional practice and policy reform.
Do no harm
Confidentiality, informed consent, safeguarding and careful risk assessment are integral to every intervention.
Mission, vision and values
Institutional principles that guide practice.
Our vision is a world where exploitation is no longer profitable and every person can live with dignity, justice and freedom—regardless of wealth, geography, nationality, gender or social status.
Integrity
We act with honesty, professional discipline and accountability, grounding our work in law, evidence and transparent practice.
Service
We listen, work alongside rights holders and partners, and focus on remedies that support dignity, autonomy and long-term independence.
Respect
We uphold the inherent dignity, agency and equality of every person and promote participation, inclusion and informed choice.
Justice
We work to make rights enforceable, secure effective remedies and strengthen institutions capable of preventing and responding to abuse.
Work with GJK
Build justice that restores lives and strengthens systems.
We welcome partnerships with foundations, universities, research institutions, law firms, governments and international organisations committed to survivor-centred remedies and durable institutional change.