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Blog Contributor Linda Eriksson

Linda is an international development professional with over 20 years of experience working on development and humanitarian assistance programs throughout Europe, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. She currently works with Chemonics on a knowledge harvesting exercise on people-centered justice in Ukraine, Kosovo, Rwanda, Guatemala, Colombia and the Dominican Republic.

by Linda Eriksson


What Is People-Centered Justice Programming and Why Does it Matter To You?

People-centered justice (PCJ) is a rule of law approach that relies on the perspectives, needs, strengths, and expectations of the justice user to improve the quality of justice and reduce barriers to service delivery. It is an approach designed to fill the gaps of traditional, institution-focused programming that has left an estimated 5 billion people…