OLJA operates globally, with each regional hub responsible for driving legal reform in its region and engaging with the relevant international legal bodies. The mandate is universal: no unjust law, anywhere, is beyond challenge.
The OLJA headquarters in Utrecht serves as the legal and administrative home of the organisation, the coordination centre for all six regional hubs, and the primary hub for European human rights advocacy.
The MENA hub is OLJA's most urgent operational priority. The region contains some of the world's most repressive domestic legal systems, the most active armed conflicts generating IHL violations, and the weakest international accountability mechanisms. Arabic-language capacity is central to this hub.
The Africa hub focuses on post-conflict justice, discriminatory domestic legislation, and engagement with the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. OLJA also engages critically with the African Union's human rights mechanisms and the ICC's disproportionate focus on African defendants.
The Americas hub engages with femicide legislation, indigenous peoples' rights, and the Inter-American human rights system. OLJA also works on corporate accountability treaties in the region and environmental law as a human rights instrument.
The Asia-Pacific hub addresses press freedom laws, labour legislation, minority rights, and the significant IHL gaps in non-international armed conflicts in the region. OLJA engages with ASEAN human rights mechanisms and advocates for their strengthening.
The North America hub focuses on multilateral advocacy at UN institutions, diaspora engagement, fundraising networks, and Security Council reform campaigns. It is the hub most focused on OLJA's international law reform agenda rather than domestic legal reform.
If you are a civil society organisation, law firm, academic institution, or individual practitioner working in one of our six regions — we want to hear from you.