In IUSTITIA was established in 2009 as the first (and still only) legal organization of its kind to focus on bias violence in its full extent.  In IUSTITIA raises the topic of bias violence into public awareness, the professional and academic discourses, and political debate. We consistently assert the principles of democracy and rule of law, including equality of all people in their dignity and rights. We believe that a society can be achieved in everyone can access justice irrespective of colour, ethnicity, religion, health status, sexual orientation, age, social status, political convictions, or worldview. We exercise the right to judicial and other legal protection on behalf of our clients, individuals injured by bias violence.

The activities of In IUSTITIA are currently based on three pillars:

• Providing social and legal assistance to concrete individuals exposed to or at risk of bias violence as a comprehensive and long-term service offered throughout the Czech Republic. Through these services, we strive to improve injured parties’ access to justice but also to provide them with sufficient information and support to empower them to understand their situation and manage it on their own. In the Czech context, this service is unique in terms of focus and coverage (e.g. free legal representation).

• Educating professionals and at-risk communities, typically on the topic of bias violence, rights of victims, working with victims, active bystander, prejudice, etc. We currently offer five MoLSA-accredited courses for social workers covering topics very few Czech organizations work with, e.g. victim security and media relations, online hate speech. We also educate criminal justice authorities and other professionals working with victims of crime.
  The staff and external collaborators of In IUSTITIA get published on the topics of victims, security, bias violence.

• Monitoring, research, and systemic changes: We monitor bias violence and publish reports to create the most comprehensive overview of bias violence and make it available to international as well as domestic readers. We also conduct victimological research. In addition to publishing our research results, we use them in assisting individuals and educating professionals. Some of the research evidence underlies legislative changes and measures to optimize practices in the field of bias violence and care for victims of crime. As part of our effort to expand prevention, promote adequate solutions of bias incidents, and help victims exercise their rights, we cooperate with the public administration in improving legislation and the practices of bodies responsible for addressing bias violence. At the international level, we collaborate within the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). In addition to our ENAR membership, our staff serves on advisory bodies in the public administration.

Some interesting facts about In IUSTITIA:

Since its inception, In IUSTITIA has received important international awards, including the ERSTE Foundation Award for Social Integration and the SozialMarie prize for social innovation.

• In IUSTITIA was involved in creating the Act on Victims of Crime and successfully lobbied for a provision allowing victims to pick the gender of the officer examining them, which is important not only to victims of sexual violence but also to members of the LGBT+ community.
• In 2013, In IUSTITIA registered with MoLSA as a provider of specialized social counselling and with the Ministry of Justice as a provider of legal information. 
• In IUSTITIA was involved in amplifying and developing the topic of bias violence, which was first raised in Czech professional debate by its founder, Klára Kalibová, PhD.
• In the course of its existence, we switched emphasis from the concept of hate violence to the concept of bias violence, which better describes the nature of this violence. 
• We have been organizing not only education for professionals and the general public but also professional conferences. Our staff speak at professional conferences both domestic and international.
• In 2016, we served as an educational contractor for the Police of the Czech Republic, training more than 300 officers throughout the country on the topic of bias violence and assisting its victims. 
• In 2017, we became members of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).
• In 2020, the Director of In IUSTITIA and the attorney collaborating with us lectured to public prosecutors based on a contract between the Prosecutor General’s Office and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
  

In 2014, the founder and Director of In IUSTITIA received the Alice Garrigue Masaryk Award for providing legal aid to the victims of bias violence and contributing to the development of human rights in the Czech Republic.