We believe everyone can be a change maker. Our work is focused on building and empowering local communities of change makers to take action in creating more just, sustainable, and welcoming societies.

Our focus areas

Human rights defenders & Security

Migration & Human rights

The change makers we work with

Myron Hamming, empowers youths to dream through the love for language

Leonardo, rewriting the rules of social integration in Colombia

Make a change in your community

Elleke, working together on a new future for refugees in The Hague

Support newcomers in your city

Graciela and Lucía, inciting systemic change for missing persons in Mexico

Support human rights defenders

Our latest news

19-12-2024

Symposium on Education Pathways: Establishing safe pathways to the Netherlands for refugee students

Justice & Peace advocates for refugees to access education and realize their academic and professional ambitions. As the first organization to explore education pathways in the Netherlands, Justice & Peace hosted a Symposium on 7-8 November in The Hague.

10-12-2024

Are local changemakers the answer to polarization?

Human rights become a reality only when people can exercise them in their daily lives. On International Human Rights Day, Justice & Peace extends a different call: a call for self-reflection and empathy.

28-11-2024

Artists’ Safe Haven Presents: A concert with Kenyan artist in residence Javan The Poet

Justice & Peace and Kenyan poet, songwriter and spoken-word artist, Javan, invite you to an evening of music and activism in Musicon, The Hague.

26-09-2024

Images, textures, and freedom: An exhibition by Artists’ Safe Haven resident Abecor

The premiere of Abecor’s artworks in the Netherlands exhibits sculptures and cartoons highlighting his perspective on pressing social and political issues through humour and satire, in images and textures.

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