The Justice Rapid Response (JRR) Roster consists of a pool of over 750 justice and human rights experts rapidly deployable upon request to investigate international crimes and gross human rights violations. The JRR Roster represents over 50 professions, ranging from criminal investigators, sexual and gender-based violence experts, forensic experts, prosecutors, military analysts, transitional and restorative justice experts, psychosocial experts, legal analysts, child rights experts, to digital investigators.
Together, the JRR experts encompass the highest level of skills, knowledge and professionalism to advance justice and accountability processes. Through a competitive selection process, we continue recruiting highly qualified experts with an increasingly diverse range of expertise from around the world to keep refining the expertise available on the Roster.
You want to be a certified expert on the JRR Roster?
For this, you may:
- Get in touch with us at roster-recruitment@justicerapidresponse.org
- Check out our Recruitment FAQ to answer any questions you may have
- Sign up to our Calls for nominations to be informed via email each time that JRR seeks to recruit new experts for the Roster.
- Discover our open calls for nominations.
You are seeking technical support from JRR?
At JRR, we support international investigative mechanisms, national authorities and civil society organizations involved in justice and accountability processes. Each request is reviewed against the following criteria*:
- Conformity with international law;
- Absence of political motivation that would undermine the investigation;
- The activities envisioned should be able to be performed safely and securely – both for the experts as well as the people they will encounter; and
- There is a need for a rapid response – such as a political and/or security window of opportunity to investigate, or concern that the evidence and/or the patience of the population will erode.
To receive technical support from JRR, contact us at secretariat@justicerapidresponse.org
*Please note that additional criteria might apply depending on the nature of the requesting entity. Deployment of expertise from the JRR Roster will also depend upon the capacity to identify funding to cover the costs of these deployments (see our Rapid Response Fund information page). JRR reserves itself the right to prioritize requests for expertise based on their anticipated impact, the alignment with JRR’s four-year strategy and thematic priorities or any other relevant consideration in keeping with its mandate and values.