Youth for Youth Justice is a new initiative, launched in the summer of 2019, that connects youth globally and improves juvenile access to justice. The competition, launched in 2020, selected applicants aged between 15 and 25 years. These Youth Justice Champions are the winners of the inaugural Youth for Youth Justice Competition, and they submitted impressive projects which will improve juvenile access to justice in their countries. The winners are from 3 continents and 12 countries, namely Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Thailand, Togo and Zimbabwe. The IBJ Youth movement is made by Youth, for Youth and is unlocking the changemaker potential of young people, helping them to enact change and support children and juveniles in prison.
Vanessa Aryitey, IBJ Youth Ambassador Togo Mateo Acosta, IBJ Youth Ambassador Colombia Eulalia Borja Bedoya, IBJ Youth Ambassador Colombia Dorcas Shabani, IBJ Youth Ambassador DRC Elie-Noe Barhimanya, IBJ Youth Ambassador DRC Floribert Nasekwa, IBJ Youth Ambassador DRC Marcelline Witonze, IBJ Youth Ambassador Burundi Noe Bujiriri, IBJ Youth Ambassador DRC Rachel Mugula, IBJ Youth Ambassador DRC Bosco Iyakaremye, IBJ Youth Ambassador Rwanda Prince Charles Dunkwu, IBJ Youth Ambassador Nigeria Princess-Stephainie Dunkwu, IBJ Youth Ambassador Nigeria Kriti Khatri, IBJ Youth Ambassador India Srihari Kothandapani, IBJ Youth Ambassador India Niranjana S, IBJ Youth Ambassador India Judith Tumaini, IBJ Youth Ambassador Burundi Damilare Adedeji, Nigeria Gaelle Alima Jean Serge Dukuzimana, Rwanda Mamadou, Cameroon Nimra Shahid, Pakistan Nita Chen, Thailand Nitish Parwani, India Yaqoob Alam, India Belicia Mutesi, Rwanda Bernard Baingana, Rwanda Salvator, Burundi Marcelline Witonze, 25, Burundi