TrialWatch helped in taking my case beyond the local Tunisian context and making it more of a regional and international case, This exerted….adverse pressure on the authorities

— Blogger & Activist

TrialWatch plays an invaluable role for journalists around the world. In my case … the assistance was not only exceptional, but it came at the perfect time.

— Peruvian Journalist

When I walked into the courtroom for the first time, somebody stepped up to me and said, '...we're from TrialWatch.' And that was quite uplifting to feel like somebody's in that room representing the outside world, quietly monitoring my trial.

— Nigerian Human Rights Activist

When we introduce the TrialWatch program we invert the prism, we disrupt the whole justice mechanism, we threaten power, we threaten privilege because they’re not used to working under independent observers.

— Human Rights Lawyer

During the appeal I attached the Trial Watch report and often quoted from it because it’s very well done.

— Human Rights Lawyer

It’s a straightforward vision: To make the world a witness to what happens in courtrooms around the world.

— President & Vice Chair of Microsoft

Our foundation is committed to helping to bring to justice the perpetrators of atrocities in Ukraine. Ukrainians demand and have every right to expect their day in court—and to have access to funds to rebuild their lives.

— Co-Founders of CFJ

Russian soldiers and Russian commanders are on notice. For now, they think they are invincible – largely because Russian forces have not faced justice for similar crimes in Chechnya, Georgia or Syria. But today there’s a new playbook.

— Legal Director of The Docket

Amal has helped defend me since 2019, and I’m a rarity for her because she can actually talk to me. In the past, her journalist clients were in prison, and she worked to free them by combining law with an incisive understanding of politics, pragmatism & public advocacy.

— Journalist & Nobel Laureate

Deploying monitors to trials sends a powerful message to judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys that the world is watching. I believe CFJ’s course will play a critical role in OHCHR’s monitoring work by ensuring that the deprivation of due process rights does not go unnoticed. This will move us closer to a world where everyone has a fair trial.

— Human Rights Lawyer

George and Amal Clooney are warriors for justice, fighting against inequality, authoritarianism, and all the forces fighting democracy. For those of us who believe in democracy [and] equality, the work of the Clooney Foundation for Justice is essential.

— President of the Ford Foundation & CFJ Board Member

It was overwhelming, the support was great for us, but also for LGBTIQ+ youth to see people coming out and saying that what these people are saying is not okay.

— Rainbow Mary Activist

It’s not enough that we liberate the justice system from its own imperfections, that sense of humanity has to be there. And George and Amal I feel that so strongly in everything that you do.

— Human Rights Activist & Lawyer

[Thanks to TrialWatch] my case was immediately elevated. And the prosecutors… the magistrate… they should have been on alert to know that someone else other than themselves was monitoring the process and going to give a grade.

— Women's Rights Activist

Through my experience, I think that TrialWatch is important because it documented all events and exposed human rights violations, and this is important for political detainees who are released from prison with nothing but their dignity.

— Moroccan journalist