Its establishment was facilitated by INFID and by some individual members of the Indonesian NGO Coalition on WTO (KOP-WTO). It was registered as an Association by Notary Registration No. 34 dated 22 April 2002. The Vision of IGJ is “A Global Justice Order through Social Movements”. The mission of IGJ is “Changes toward a just trade system through developing critical awareness and empowering strate
gic groups of civil society”. The objectives of IGJ are:
1. The government introduced to the strategy of sovereign and just economic development.
2. Laws and policies on trade and investment are pro-people.
3. International agreements on economy protect the national and people’s interests.
4. Critical and resistant power of civil society in facing globalization is strengthened.
5. The development of institutional capacity and managerial of IGJ. IGJ works on global trade liberalization issues, particularly on monitoring and responding to trade-related priority issues, they are: WTO (World Trade Organization), national trade policy (investment, trade facility, and competition policy), Free Trade Agreements, ASEAN, and the G20. IGJ has been working and networking with both national and international civil society organizations.
