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J4A — Justice For All

Scopes & objectives

J4A’s mission spans access to justice, legal education, fundamental rights, support for vulnerable communities and cooperation with institutions.

J4A
At a glance

A broad mission organized around one simple idea: justice must be accessible.

Access to justiceSupport for people who cannot afford ordinary access to the system.
Legal educationKnowledge of rights in schools, universities and communities.
Fundamental rightsMonitoring and defending essential freedoms and protections.
Vulnerable communitiesSupport for seniors, women, people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.
Effective institutionsDialogue, petitions and proposals for better public services.
Partnerships & reformLocal, national, European and international cooperation.
Full scope

Below, J4A’s extensive scopes and objectives are preserved and reorganized so they are easier to read, especially on mobile.

Scopes 19
  1. Creating an entity that offers legal and social support and guidance to European citizens, in accordance with Romanian and European law, especially for people on or below the poverty line, women and other groups living in vulnerable situations, thereby supporting access to free legal assistance, guidance, support and counseling. The aim is to improve the availability, accessibility and quality of legal-assistance services within the justice system.
  2. Creating activities and projects that increase legal awareness through legal education in training environments, schools, high schools, universities and similar settings, together with guidance and legal-assistance services explained in accessible language. Particular attention is given to legal-knowledge initiatives for people in vulnerable situations and to strengthening their ability to understand access to justice.
  3. Increasing public awareness of legal, constitutional, European and international rights and of the right to a fair trial among vulnerable populations, including people living in or below poverty, women and other vulnerable groups, arrested, accused and detained persons, and victims and survivors of crime.
  4. Creating working groups, programs and an online platform with legal professionals and related specialists from Romania and other EU member states to develop proposals for improving justice for minors and disadvantaged groups, as well as support, guidance, counseling and legal assistance in different areas.
  5. Creating a liaison between ordinary citizens without legal knowledge and local, central and European authorities, representing civil-society interests in relation to the state and European legislative bodies.
  6. Carrying out lawful actions to defend citizens’ rights and freedoms when those rights are violated.
  7. Legally and procedurally notifying local, national, European and international administrative bodies about matters affecting normal life, access to justice and fundamental rights, including equality before the law, life and physical integrity, free movement, private and family life, inviolability of the home, confidentiality of correspondence, information, education, culture, health, a healthy environment, voting, association, property and other constitutional or EU fundamental rights.
  8. Ensuring free access to justice and supporting people who cannot afford to access justice through material and human assistance, information programs and other social-support actions affecting European citizens.
  9. Promoting equality before the law and public authorities without discrimination based on race, sex, age, social status, religion, disability, sexual orientation or other protected grounds.
  10. Providing legal, moral and material support against forms of violence directed at women, persons with disabilities or people with special needs.
  11. Participating in public life through assistance, guidance and counseling programs and through correspondence and actions addressed to public authorities in support of fundamental rights and freedoms.
  12. Establishing lawful connections with local, national and European decision-making environments to protect citizens’ interests and contribute to legislation and regulation that protect rights.
  13. Carrying out legal, civil or social activities seeking changes to laws, regulations and public acts that affect citizens’ lives, rights and freedoms, including draft laws, meetings with decision-makers, public actions and other lawful activities.
  14. Creating a civil-society hub where people can bring proposals and ideas that the association can transform into written or practical actions promoted before competent authorities.
  15. Using lawful methods to promote legislative changes that would expand the ability of legal-profile NGOs, through their own qualified professionals, to support disadvantaged people and those in temporary need.
  16. Building partnerships with national and European probation services to support convicted persons, community safety, social rehabilitation and the reduction of reoffending.
  17. Developing social projects against violence and hatred, psychosocial-support projects for people facing discrimination, and projects preventing marginalization or social exclusion.
  18. Carrying out intercommunity development projects and actions.
  19. Guiding and facilitating the establishment of NGOs in Romania through templates, legal and practical guidance, document filing, fee support and related services that strengthen the non-governmental sector.
Objectives 28
  1. As representatives of civil society, supporting people with different needs in their relationship with governmental public entities, with a focus on disadvantaged people and those who cannot afford to defend themselves.
  2. Contributing concrete specialist proposals to the development of standardized European procedures concerning justice for disadvantaged people and those unable to afford their own defense.
  3. Developing training programs for specialists working in access-to-justice fields for disadvantaged people.
  4. Organizing interdisciplinary working groups aimed at improving justice for disadvantaged people and those unable to defend themselves.
  5. Organizing conferences on access to justice for disadvantaged or needy people.
  6. Collaborating with international organizations active in the field of justice and access to justice for disadvantaged people.
  7. Supporting scientific activities for specialists working in this field.
  8. Publishing journals or materials containing case studies and expert opinions related to access to justice.
  9. Establishing collaboration protocols with state or civil-society structures that have relevant competences.
  10. Developing good-practice guides in the field of access to justice for disadvantaged people.
  11. Proposing improvements to cooperation mechanisms between national and international authorities involved in justice processes.
  12. Developing projects aimed at accessing European funds for activities improving justice and access to justice.
  13. Collaborating with local and national public authorities to implement programs and projects related to justice for disadvantaged people.
  14. Combating online violence and discriminatory abuse related to gender, sex, social status, religion, disability, sexual orientation and other protected grounds.
  15. Developing coordinated programs that address technology-facilitated gender-based violence by sharing good practices, supporting technical solutions, concrete projects and research.
  16. Strengthening the capacity of local authorities to design and implement more inclusive plans, policies and projects and to access resources supporting disadvantaged communities, including Roma communities.
  17. Supporting mechanisms and processes that promote good-governance standards and integrated development across education, employment, healthcare, social protection, housing and urban development for disadvantaged groups.
  18. Mobilizing disadvantaged communities in the European Union, identifying needs and priorities, translating them into action plans and seeking funding.
  19. Participating in projects concerning women’s rights, disadvantaged communities, environmental justice and anti-corruption, strengthening cooperation between sectors through shared resources, knowledge and expertise.
  20. Building strong relationships between NGOs and relevant governmental bodies to improve representation and appropriate civic and policy engagement in line with EU values.
  21. Conducting community awareness and legal education for vulnerable populations through mobile legal clinics, in-person sessions and virtual events where appropriate.
  22. Producing beneficiary-specific legal-information materials about laws, procedures and support options in Romanian, Romani and other locally relevant languages.
  23. Participating in the training and expansion of local, regional and national networks of legal-aid practitioners.
  24. Providing and facilitating legal guidance to other NGOs and directing them to organizations that can provide similar or more specialized services.
  25. Providing out-of-court legal consultations and legal guidance in specific cases through in-person meetings or appropriate secure communication channels, at relevant stages of proceedings or investigations.
  26. Supporting basic needs and procedural-rights awareness for vulnerable people in preventive custody, including informing family or dependents where appropriate.
  27. Creating connections with political and business decision-making environments in support of fundamental values and rights.
  28. Offering audits or institutional-efficiency assessments to public authorities with the aim of supporting effective public services and civil-society confidence.

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