International Justice Mission ... Justice for Victims of Slavery, Sex Trafficking & Exploitation

International Justice Mission (IJM) is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression.

IJM investigators, lawyers and social workers intervene in individual cases of abuse in partnership with state and local authorities. By pushing individual cases of abuse through the justice system from the investigative stage to the prosecutorial stage, IJM determines the specific source of corruption, lack of resources, or lack of good will in the system denying victims the protection of their legal systems. In collaboration with local authorities, IJM addresses these specific points of brokenness to meet the urgent needs of victims of injustice.

In all of its casework, IJM has a four-fold purpose:

Victim Relief - Relieve the victim of the abuse currently being committed.
Perpetrator Accountability - Bring accountability and just consequences under the law to the specific perpetrator(s) of abuse.
Structural Prevention - Prevent the abuse from being committed against others who are also at risk by strengthening community factors that are likely to deter potential oppressors, reduce the vulnerability of at-risk populations and empower local authorities to stop such abuses.
Victim Aftercare - Provide access to services to help victims transition to their new lives and to encourage long-term success.

In its work, IJM rescues male and female victims of sex trafficking, slavery, sexual violence, and illegal property seizure. However, the vast majority of victims are female. IJM currently has ongoing operations in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru.

IJM Canada is an affiliate of International Justice Mission based in Washington, DC. IJM Canada is a registered charitable organization. Donations made to IJM Canada are tax deductible. For more information, visit www.ijm.ca.

Dateline NBC's report: "Inside a Sexual Slavery Ring"

This report features the work of IJM in Cambodia (7:41).