Research day: the role of visuals explained
On the 16th of May 2019, Robert spent the day with industry experts exploring the use of visual tools in communicating to communities as part of the Ukwanda Annual Rural Health Research Day. READ MORE
Made possible by millions
In 2019, we became proud partners of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, (Nationale Postcode Loterij), one of the largest charity lotteries in the world and one of the largest lotteries in the Netherlands. READ MORE
This justice innovation is giving illiterate workers a stake in the economy
South African lawyer Robert de Rooy understands the power of a simple idea. Seeing the difficulty that illiterate people have in understanding and entering into economically beneficial contractual relationships, Rooy came up with Creative Contracts, a justice innovation whose aim, according to the Cape Town-based commercial attorney is to allow “an illiterate person to understand their contract independently.” READ MORE
Mobilising people-centred justice: The Innovating Justice Forum 2019
This February 2019, HiiL hosted the global-scale Innovating Justice Forum; the annual event for the best and brightest in justice innovation from all corners of the globe gather. The Forum provides the most important paradigm shift for justice in decades: people–centred and evidence–based ways of working towards solutions. READ MORE
South African berry and citrus farms introduce Creative Contracts
Creative Contracts is a Cape Town-based firm that serves the relationship between the employer and employee on a growing number of South African citrus, berry and vegetable farms, where the temporary labour force is often vulnerable and semi-literate. READ MORE
Comic Contracts: Everyone can understand them
Here’s an attorney’s story of how he developed visual contracts that everyone can read — including people that are illiterate! READ MORE