Publications
Explore HiiL’s research and insights. Our Justice Needs and Satisfaction studies, policy briefs, and practical guidelines offer evidence based insights to drive meaningful change in justice systems.
Year: 2024
Language: Français
The Niger Guideline offers evidence-based recommendations to help justice practitioners resolve land disputes
Year: 2017-2025
Language: العربية, English
How Tunisians perceive the justice system in an environment of institutional change?
Year: 2025
Language: English
The Imo Guideline provides tailored, evidence-based recommendations, including on preventing Intimate Partner Violence
Year: 2020-2025
Our data-driven approach ensures land issues are resolved fairly and sustainably
Year: 2025
Language: English
Our collaborative brief with IIX explores how investment can drive impact and close the gender justice funding gap
Year: 2018-2025
Language: English
We ask Nigerians about their satisfaction with processes and outcomes if they are able to act and get a solution
Year: 2025
Language: Français
Addressing the crucial issue of access to justice in a context marked by insecurity and displacement in Burkina Faso
Year: 2023
Language: العربية, English
The guideline provides recommendations for parties interested in resolving employment disputes in Tunisia
Year: 2022-2025
Language: English, Français
A pair of JNS studies detail challenges and opportunities for realising access to justice in Burkina Faso.
Year: 2024
What drives political will for people-centred justice, and what holds it back? Insights from the field.
Year: 2024
Language: English
The analysis highlights barriers like inequities, legal gaps, and governance failures, denying Yazidis and women justice
Year: 2024
Language: English
In what way do customary courts enhance scalable justice delivery in Ethiopia at the community level?
Year: 2024
Language: English
Parameters for a people-centred service delivery model
Year: 2024
Language: English
The Ethiopian Land Justice Guidelines provide actionable ways to reach solutions when resolving land disputes
Year: 2024
Language: Español, English
Research on the justice needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) and those at risk of displacement in Honduras.
Year: 2023
Language: English
Guidelines are sets of recommended interventions on how to resolve justice problems.
Year: 2023
Language: العربية, English
The costs and benefits of implementing an Employment Justice Platform addressing work-related legal problems in Tunisia.
Year: 2023
Language: English
The fight for access to justice meets the challenges of a changing planet. Read our recommendations.
Year: 2024
Language: Español, English (summary)
HiiL and USAID’s Inclusive Justice program collected justice data from 16 municipalities, hearing from 6000 Colombians.
Year: 2023
Language: English
We visited refugee camps and IDP areas in Iraq to talk with the people affected by displacement.
Year: 2015-2024
Language: English
This project reinforces a bottom-up approach and knowledge to the supply and the demand of justice
Year: 2023
Language: English
Recommendations based on experiences from the Nigerian justice innovation space
Year: 2024
Language: English
Asma Baghdadi on founding SyrGo, an online platform delivering civil & personal legal documents to Syrians living abroad
Year: 2023
Language: English
A feasibility study to determine whether benchmarks for international criminal justice could be established.
Year: 2023
Language: English
We sat down with Aniket Doegar to unpack his journey of becoming a social entrepreneur
Year: 2024
Language: English
Angelo Kweli urges lower costs and better access to dispute resolution for Africa’s SMEs to ensure fair outcomes
Year: 2021
Language: English
Investigating the potential of using innovative services for the improvement of criminal justice in Kenya
Year: 2023
Language: English
The story of Nelson Nkari and his online platform Legal Point Services
Year: 2024
Language: English
Eric Murithi and Vincent Awino launched Upesy, a mobile app linking people in distress to private security and others
Year: 2021 – 2023
Language: Nederlands
Bij te dragen aan een strafrechtspleging in Nederland die meer betekenisvol en maatschappelijk relevant is
Year: 2024
Language: English
Kenya’s justice entrepreneurs need a fair shot, says Morgan Gikonyo, urging reforms to empower solutions‑focused startup
Year: 2022
Language: English
How can we achieve a more people-centred justice system in Kaduna State? Locally-owned strategies provide key ideas
Year: 2022
Language: English
A practical tool designed to help practitioners deliver people-centred justice services
Year: 2020 – 2022
Language: English, العربية
A guide to people-centred justice programming
Year: 2022
Language: English, Français
Justice needs of IDPs and host community members in the North and Centre-North regions of Burkina Faso
Year: 2022
Language: English
The policy brief aims to provide evidence-based insights on effective interventions in the field of justice
Year: 2022
Language: Nederlands
Waar buurtbinding begint en conflicten worden opgelost
Year: 2022
Language: English
What general justice outcomes do people seek when faced with a legal problem? Policy brief and a case study
Year: 2021
Language: English
Role in justice delivery and potential for game-changing community justice services
Year: 2022-2025
Language: Français
We spoke face-to-face with 6002 Nigerien in all regions who told us about their experiences with legal problems.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Policy brief about Gamechangers that are developing user-friendly, fair and transparent contracts
Year: 2021
Language: English
It is our vision for Ogun State to be the safest place to live, work and do business.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Policy brief about category of Gamechangers known as One-stop shop dispute resolution systems
Year: 2021
Language: English
This JNS report is the first of several studies HiiL will conduct across Africa and in partnership with UNHCR.
Year: 2022
Language: English
Gamechangers that deliver solutions effectively and integrate formal and informal justice
Year: 2021
The report covers 68+ countries and addresses the global implications of technology in the justice sector.
Year: 2021
Language: English, Français, العربية
Our first policy brief details five main investments for delivering justice rigorously.
Year: 2020
Language: English
The reports analyse COVID-19’s impact on justice systems, detailing challenges, social media trends, and new solutions
Year: 2021
Language: Nederlands
Legal problems and solutions for residents of The Hague
Year: 2019 – 2020
Language: English
What issues affect access to justice for Americans?
Year: 2019 – 2020
Language: English
Collecting the voices and experiences of justice users across Ethiopia in collaboration with local partners.
Year: 2021
Language: English
Each Working Group creates an opportunity to explore the innovative factors that help solve legal problems fairly.
Year: 2021-2025
Language: العربية, English
The Syria Justice Innovation Process is committed to addressing the everyday legal problems faced by Syrians
Year: 2020
Language: English, Українська
Justice Needs and Satisfaction Survey mSMEs Ukraine
Year: 2020
Language: English, العربية
The data we have gathered helps map the current and anticipated impact of Coronavirus on individuals and societies.
Year: 2019-2020
Language: English
In this report we share the results of an examination into how money flows in the justice sector
Year: 2018-2020
Language: English
A catalogue of evidence-based best practices and tools to support families and practitioners
Year: 2018-2019
Language: English
We conducted a 360 evaluation of the justice system, including users, providers, and leaders
Year: 2021
Language: English
The study explores the relationship between poverty and access to justice using survey data from 13 countries
Year: 2018
Language: English
How the legal sector is finding better ways to deliver peace and justice to individual citizens
Year: 2019
Language: English
Dutch Postcode Lottery supports us in finding and supporting the best justice innovators in Southern Africa
Year: 2018-2019
Language: English, Français
Re-evaluating the justice system to help the Ministry of Justice in Mali track their progress
Year: 2018
Language: English, العربية
Learning about legal needs of people is the first milestone in making justice more user-friendly for all in Morocco
Year: 2018
Language: Nederlands
Authored by Maurits Barendrecht, Tim Verheij, published in 2018 by HiiL
Year: 2012 – ongoing
Language: English
Since 2012, we have been searching worldwide to identify justice innovators
Year: 2017-2018
Language: English
We covered the whole country to hear the Justice needs of Bangladeshis
Year: 2017
Language: English
We conducted a foresight study about the International Criminal Court
Year: 2018
Language: English, العربية
Authored by Sam Muller, Martin Gramatikov, Nadja Kernchen, Eirin Sundby, published in 2018
Year: 2016-2018
Language: English, العربية
We went to Jordan to ask people what they do and how they feel when looking for justice
Year: 2017
Language: Nederlands
Authored by Maurits Barendrecht, Krijn van Beek, Sam Muller
Year: 2019
Language: English, العربية
We are constantly trialing new and better ways to communicate justice needs data
Year: 2017
More than 6000 Kenyans opened their homes for us to share their experiences about access to justice
Year: 2017
Language: العربية, English
We asked Lebanese people and Syrian refugees about their experiences with justice
Year: 2017
Language: Nederlands
Scheiding is voor kinderen en partners een reorganisatieproces zonder weerga.
Year: 2012
Language: English and many other languages
HiiL and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute have produced a guide to the basic elements of the rule of law
Year: 2015-2017
Language: English
We heard the voices of locals and expats to understand the experiences of residents when facing justice needs
Year: 2016
Language: English
Following extensive months of research we are proud to present to you the results of our findings.
Year: 2015-2018
Language: English, Українська
Millions of people need more accessible, affordable, effective and fair justice journeys
Year: 2015
Language: Nederlands, English
Authored by Maurits Barendrecht, Johanna Piest, Martin Gramatikov, published in 2015
Year: 2012
Language: English
The report singles success stories in five areas
Year: 2011
Language: English
By Barendrecht, J.M.
Year: 2011
Language: English
This brief report captures the essence of the debate and a plans for the further development of the Forum
Year: 2013
Language: English
In a book we have published, we collected experiences from innovators across the world.
Year: 2011
Language: English
Prospective thinking about law
Year: 2012
Language: English
Making justice challenges more specific, more explicit and placing them in a more systemic context
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Tunisia: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Yemen: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Egypt: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Jordan: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Lebanon: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2012
Language: English
The Rule of Law in Rwanda: Prospects and Challenges
Year: 2013
Language: English
This trend report has become even more focused on the needs of courts and their users
Year: 2015
Language: Nederlands
Authored by Maurits Barendrecht, Johanna Piest, Martin Gramatikov, published in 2015
Year: 2012
Language: English
HiiL’s Trend report analyses where lawyers, courts and parliaments in national states lose control.
Year: 2012
Language: English
New technologies can help close access to justice gap; If justice sector opens up
Year: 2014
Language: English
Comparing legal aid systems in nine countries.
Year: 2014
Language: English, Français
Authored by Maurits Barendrecht
Year: 2014
Language: English
Authored by Martin Gramatikov
Year: 2014
Language: English
Majority of the Yemenis have to deal with at least one serious and difficult justice need every year
Year: 2012
Language: English
Rights of robots, a closer collaboration between law and the health sector, the relation between justice and development
