People Centred Justice as a Early Warning and Prevention Tool

How can justice kickstart real prevention and make a difference together? Join us for this interactive conversation on 6th May!
Across the world, tensions and conflicts often begin with everyday problems that go unanswered—issues like disputes over land, housing, family matters, access to services, or discrimination. When these problems accumulate, they can erode trust and deepen social divides long before any violence becomes visible.

This interactive session explores how people‑centred justice—justice that is accessible, fair, and grounded in people’s daily realities—can help identify and address these early warning signs. By resolving everyday grievances early, justice systems can help prevent tensions from escalating and strengthen community resilience.

Although the examples will draw from conflict‑affected places such as the DRC, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, the discussion will also highlight why these lessons matter in more stable societies, including the Netherlands, where signs of mistrust, inequality, and polarisation are increasingly visible.

📅 Date: 6 May 2026
🕘 Time: 09:00–10:30
📍 Venue: The Hague Humanity Hub
🧃 Doors open at 08:30 for welcome breakfast

Why Attend?
Join practitioners, policymakers, students, and the wider public for a conversation that asks:

• What everyday justice problems signal rising tensions?
• What kinds of justice responses actually help prevent escalation?
• How can community-level and formal justice actors work together more effectively?
• What can the Netherlands learn from fragile contexts—and what can it offer in return?

Meet the Speakers

• Claudine Tsongo – Dynamique des femmes juristes (DRC)
  • How unresolved everyday grievances in eastern DRC contribute to wider conflict—and what community‑level justice can do to prevent escalation.
• Moncef Kartas – Head of UNDP’s Peace Support Facility (Ethiopia)
  • How patterns in everyday disputes can serve as early warning signals in places where formal justice systems have collapsed, and what effective prevention efforts look like in practice.

More information about the speakers to be shared soon.

Who Should Join?
This session is open to all:

• Justice, development, and peacebuilding practitioners
• Policymakers and diplomats
• Students and researchers
• Anyone interested in justice, prevention, or social cohesion

This event is a partnership between The Hague Humanity Hub, UNDP, Cordaid and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS) and is one of the official side events of the Justice Matters Conference by the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (Hiil) taking place from the 6th – 8th May 2026.