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1 Arbitration Court of International Justice (ACIJ) The first licensed non-governmental UN-level Court of Law with statutory authority and universal jurisdiction 2014 Ignita Veritas University (IVU), All International Rights Reserved.

2 Without Human Rights, Nothing Else Matters Human Rights are the basic foundation of all aspects of our daily lives Economic rights, civil rights & constitutional rights are all protected as Human Rights Education, practicing a profession, making a living & owning property are basic Human Rights Privacy and freedom from arbitrary interference and oppression by authorities are Human Rights All charitable and humanitarian causes are ultimately symptoms created by Human Rights violations All charitable work is only possible under the protection of Human Rights Human Rights are the ultimate cause underlying all other charitable causes Rights are not rights if the government can arbitrarily take them away

3 Historic Movement of Global Impact Human Rights solutions are already codified in 70 years of International Law UN Human Rights Laws are already fully binding upon all countries worldwide The most important Human Rights Laws have never been enforced until now Only International Courts can enforce International Law, because sovereignty prohibits countries from asserting jurisdiction over any other countries The treaty based system is inherently limited by voluntary consent of sponsoring countries, who can opt out of jurisdiction and enforcement ACIJ is based on Statutory Authority of pre-existing UN International Laws No country can escape Universal Jurisdiction of ACIJ under binding UN Laws ACIJ is a historic accomplishment as a next generation Human Rights Court

4 Major Global Impact for Real Social Justice First International Court established as Free from treaty-based restrictions First Court Licensed with Statutory Authority for binding Universal Jurisdiction Licenses permanent & irrevocable to guarantee full Judiciary independence First Court Free from UN or any country influence, as the real People s Court First International Court to allow Individual Claims from or against all countries First Court of First Instance for International Law, bypassing country Courts First International Court with in-house institutional Enforcement Operations First Court dedicated exclusively to Black-Letter Rule of Law for the People Leadership example raises standards for Rights, Law & Justice worldwide

5 You Have the Power to Take Back Your Rights A trend of systemic dismantling of civil rights & human rights threatens our way of life Soldiers traditionally go to war to defend our way of life, meaning rights & freedoms While soldiers are given guns to fight for rights, We the People barely have enough rights left to merely protest to our own governments Legal Warfare by and for the People is needed to reclaim & restore Human Rights under International Law The weapon in this fight is ACIJ as an independent Court of Justice The ammunition is your Tax-Deductible Non-Profit Grants & Donations If we do not take up this fight, nothing else will be left that is worth fighting for Historic opportunity for Your Donations to have unprecedented global impact

6 Funding Strategy & Impact of Donations 1 st Round funding $3.0 Million USD donated by Law Firms, a Church, a chivalric Order, and a non-profit academic association Effective use of grant funds over 5 years successfully established the ACIJ Court 2 nd Round funding now needed, from grass-roots & institutional sources, for launch of active Judiciary operations Every $27,660 funds the full-time processing of 1 judicial case by the Court Every $276,000 funds 1 year of a full-staff operation under 1 Judge for 10 cases A grass-roots audience of 1,000 donating $276 each funds 10 cases Every $2.7 M funds a 1 year operation of 10 Judges processing 100 cases A grass-roots audience of 3,000 donating $900 each funds 100 cases Every $2.9 M of Endowments fund 1 Judge for 10 cases every year forever

7 Global Audience for Impact of Social Justice The host NGO university is well positioned to raise public awareness and promote social justice, with impact on the legal and judiciary professions, on a global scale Social media targeted interest groups give an audience of 237,000+ professionals Four international Bar Associations give ACIJ access to 112,000+ Lawyers Networks of targeted social media groups and Bar Associations give ACIJ access to 21,000+ Judges An international Judges Association of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries gives ACIJ access to 6,600+ English-speaking accredited International Judges These networks cover all 193 countries of the United Nations member states Networks are both an audience for ACIJ to teach and promote Human Rights, and also a source of non-profit volunteers and expert talents to recruit from

8 Capabilities of the ACIJ Court of Justice International Criminal Court (ICC) can process 1 case at a time, averaging 0.66 cases / year International Court of Justice (ICJ) can process 3 cases at a time, averaging 2.3 cases / year European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) can process 10 cases at a time, handling 1,100 cases / year at only 3 days each ACIJ is designed to process 10 cases at a time for 100 cases / year, giving proper full-time Judiciary attention to each and every case for at least 30 days UN & EU treaty Courts refuse 98% of all cases with prejudice, accept only 2%, of which 60% are dismissed with no remedy. Lawyers & Judges say: where human rights cases go to die ACIJ is designed to be expandable without limit, by endowment funding. Total global demand of approximately 100,000 cases / year could be handled by 10,000 full-time Judges, only 36% of Judges which ACIJ already has access to

9 Priority Need for Enforcement Mechanisms Justice should not only be done, but should be seen to be done. - Lord Chief Justice Viscount Gordon Hewart (1923) International Law imposes a binding obligation on all countries to enforce International Court judgments UN & EU treaty Courts have no enforcement functions, officially consider judgments mere tools for advocacy Average enforcement of UN & EU Human Rights Court judgments is only the 21% rate of voluntary compliance All real enforcement requires Court Orders with strong penalties against governments which fail to enforce Treaty Courts can never do real enforcement, because penalty Orders would cause member countries to opt out and withdraw funding ACIJ as non-governmental non-treaty Court is Free to fully exercise universal jurisdiction with aggressive enforcement, by grass-roots and private funding ACIJ is the 1 st International Court with statutory authority to use the full range of mechanisms for meaningful enforcement

10 Real-World Enforcement Power With Teeth Chamber of Compliance Judges ACIJ division to oversee enforcement of judgments, register domestic liens & filings, issue punitive Orders Punitive Orders for Non-Compliance Civil contempt & Criminal obstruction of justice Orders with severe penalties for each instance Critical Mass of Liabilities Every adverse act is a new violation, snowball effect as liabilities of agencies & officials reaches critical mass International Alliances NAM + BRICS 80% of all countries demand to restore International Law. Only ONE country needs to seize bank account funds of violating state s Embassy in host country Economic Sanctions Liens & Credit Report filings against agencies & officials Fast-Track Enforcement 2 UN laws for automatic adoption of Arbitration Awards UN NGO Advocacy Host NGO can accredit delegates to UN working sessions

11 Please Donate to this Historic Movement The Arbitration Court of International Justice (ACIJ) can only operate on the grass-roots and institutional funding available to the host NGO Ignita Veritas University (IVU), a tax-exempt non-profit licensed institution. Your donations are the ammunition for the ultimate weapon in the fight to reclaim and restore Civil, Constitutional & Human Rights. Please donate generously, while you still have the right to use your own funds. Grants shall NOT imply any influence beyond the stated public purposes of ACIJ All funds used exclusively to uphold the letter & spirit of Human Rights laws Large grants placed in Public Access to Justice Endowment (PAJE) Fund

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