Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is a Knowledge Institution, being a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organisation registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a Charity. It was established to introduce professionalism in civil society work and to use social entrepreneurship to provide cutting edge services to enhance and deepen economic, social and political change. It is a Company Limited by Guarantee under Nigerian law.
OUR MISSION
To be a principal catalyst in mainstreaming social justice in public life through policy engagement and interventions that bring about economic, political and social reforms, rights enhancement and sustainable livelihoods..
OUR VISION
A Nigeria where social justice informs public decision-making and guarantees respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
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About Us
A Nigeria where social justice informs public decision-making and guarantees respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.
To be a principal catalyst in mainstreaming social justice in public life through policy engagement and interventions that bring about economic, political and social reforms, rights enhancement and sustainable livelihoods.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of national laws and policies on social rights and justice in accordance with international best practices;
- Promote accountability, transparency and value for money in public finance management;
- Monitor the extent of Nigeria’s compliance with ratified international standards on social rights and justice;
- Provide a resource base and enhance the exchange of information on matters related to social justice;
- Promote popular participation and gender mainstreaming in public decision making;
- Promote wealth creation and poverty reduction strategies as tools for social justice;
- Broaden the constituency of professionals interested in development, wealth creation and poverty reduction by maintaining a multi-disciplinary network of professionals committed to work for the realization of these objects
Our Focus
To be a principal catalyst in mainstreaming social justice in public life through policy engagement and interventions, we work around the following areas
Our Strategy
ADVOCACY
CSJ over the years has built an incomparable capacity to be the voice of the marginalized and voiceless in the society.
Our contribution in the domestication of the VAPP Act in Adamawa and Sokoto are some of the impacts our advocacy has had within the last one year.
AWARENESS CREATION
With the gap in information dissemination, CSJ has developed information sharing skill with the digital frontier being a focal point.
We have been able to set national conversations along the lines of the roles of the auditor general of the federation especially as regards infractions identified by his office
CAPACITY BUILDING
CSJ carries out capacity building trainings for organizations and individuals to bring them to speed with best practices.
From civil society organisations, to government institutions like the police, federal ministry of finance, federal ministry of health, CSJ has a track record of helping institutions come up to speed with global standards
LITIGATION
CSJ happens to be one of the few Nigerian NGOs with a legal department spear headed by competent lawyers.
This rear capacity has offered CSJ the opportunity to litigate on behalf of the people whenever a rights infringement is spotted. CSJ has won several cases against the state and other institutions and individuals
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
CSJ has an unmatched sense of evaluation and monitoring for effective strategy development.
This is evident in the realisation of project goals and targets as well as improvement in certain areas which CSJ has focused on over the years
RESEARCH
CSJ regularly dives deeper into its focus area and more to find better ways of doing things
It is our capacity to research that has gotten us this far. With this, we get insights into problems and find possible ways to tackle them
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From the Lead Directors Desk
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Laws which define rights are what sets us humans apart from other organisms on the planet. Despite the existence of these laws, there needs to be intentional, decisive and targeted steps to make sure these laws are fulfilled to the later. Hence
The importance of the budget policy plan continuum cannot be overemphasized for the state to play a part in attainment of rights of all under its care
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