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Jamie McIntosh - International Justice Mission Canada

International Justice Mission is a Christian human rights organization that rescues victims of violence, sexual exploitation, slavery and oppression. A multi-national team of law enforcement professionals and a highly qualified legal staff conduct criminal investigations and collect evidence to rescue victims and bring perpetrators to justice. The work of IJM has been featured on Dateline NBC, in Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. IJM was founded by Gary Haugen who served as the Officer in Charge of the U.N. investigation into the Rwandan genocide.

Led by Jamie McIntosh, an advocate for children at risk, International Justice Mission Canada was formed in 2002 to educate, empower and engage Canadians in the pursuit of justice for the oppressed. IJM Canada staff and volunteers have participated in rescue operations of children from forced prostitution and families from bonded slavery. The work of IJM Canada has been featured on CBC Television, CTV, Global, CityTV, CTS, CBC Radio One, CFRA, CKNW and other media outlets across the country.

History:
Founded in 1997, International Justice Mission began operations after a group of human rights professionals, lawyers and public officials launched an extensive study of the injustices witnessed by overseas missionaries and relief and development workers. This study, surveying more than 65 organizations and representing 40,000 overseas workers, uncovered a nearly unanimous awareness of abuses of power by police and other authorities in the communities where they served. Without the resources or expertise to confront the abuse and to bring rescue to the victims, these overseas workers required the assistance of trained public justice professionals.

When the poor are hungry, homeless or alienated, the Church has come to their aid by providing food, shelter and missionaries to meet the pressing needs. But when the poor have been oppressed, treated unjustly and suffered under the hand of someone more powerful, little was done on their behalf.

Accordingly, International Justice Mission was established to help fill this void, acting as an organization that stands in the gap for victims when they are left without an advocate. IJM staff members (human rights experts, attorneys and law enforcement professionals) receive case referrals from, and work in conjunction with, other non-governmental organizations and casework alliances abroad.

 

 

 

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