Justice Research Institute (Ltd. Gte) (JRI)
The Justice Research Institute (Ltd. Gte) (JRI) is a public/private think tank and research centre established in 2005. It is affiliated with the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka and the Public Interest Law Institute. JRI serves as a hub for legal minds, researchers and scholars to carry out legal research, formulate policies for critical reforms, establish institutional structures for effective public engagement and collaborate to design content for capacity development programmes.
For over a decade and a half, JRI has continued to play a key role in providing institutional and intellectual support to numerous collaborative efforts to design and implement targeted interventions that enhance the capacity of the justice sector institutions and actors to achieve a more efficient, fair, accountable justice system that is accessible and beneficial to the public, particularly the marginalised and furthest behind.
JRI also works with justice sector agencies to incorporate a people centered approach in delivering justice to foster public trust, especially in critical institutions specifically established to serve and protect the rights of the citizens.
JRI works with Governmental and Non-Governmental institutions to forge engagement models that put people at the centre. The goal is to pursue public engagement based on openness, inclusiveness and responsiveness- all of which are vital to building public trust, a requirement for good governance.
JRI achieves its mission of achieving an improved justice sector and equitable society by partnering with key stakeholders, which include the Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, Office of the Attorney General at the state and Federal level, Ministry of Justice, Nigerian Bar Association, Correctional Centres, the Nigerian Police Force and Anti-Corruption Agencies to build an efficient, transparent, reliable and responsive justice sector, which is the bedrock for good governance and sustainable development.
Also, JRI has broadened its focus over the years to provide resources, communication and technological support to justice sector agencies to enhance the delivery of Justice further.
JRI has successfully partnered with the Government and its agencies, civil society organisations, donor agencies and academia by delivering on key assignments, including training workshops, engagement sessions, data-driven capacity building exercises, and re orientation exercises for justice sector actors.