Featuring Ann Buwalda
Founder/Senior Attorney, Just Law International, PC
Executive Director, Jubilee Campaign, USA
June 2024
Ann Buwalda’s professional life has been dedicated to seeking justice for the oppressed within the United States and around the world. She is a recognized human rights and immigration attorney, founder and senior attorney of Just Law International an immigration law firm, executive director of an extensive human rights organization, and serves in numerous capacities for various NGOs, working groups, and education institutions focused on serving those in need around the world. She has advocated for and served individuals around the world in places often considered to be some of the most difficult places to address injustice such as Nigeria, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea, Eritrea, and many other countries.
While she was a student at Regent University School of Law, Ann Buwalda heard the call to seek justice for the oppressed. Through reading the book of Jeremiah she heard the call on her life to help the persecuted church. This call has been imbedded in her life's work as an attorney and advocate. Through Just Law International, she helps individuals seeking asylum and refugee status from around the world and is often at the forefront of many of international crises such as the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Ann Buwalda’s work for Jubilee Campaign USA started in 1991 when she began directing Jubilee Campaign USA, which focuses on international religious freedom, advocating for the release of prisoners of conscience, the resettlement of refugees, and combating trafficking. Jubilee Campaign’s work is often in countries that imprison, terrorize, and otherwise oppress minorities. This work also involves networking with other Non-Governmental Organizations to present accurate information and make recommendations to the United Nations organs.
In addition to her advocacy and legal work, Ann Buwalda has dedicated her time to equip future generations. She has served as an adjunct professor teaching Immigration Law and International Religious Freedom Law at Regent University. Additionally she has taught Refugee and Human Rights Law as an adjunct professor at Handong International Law School in Korea.
Ann Buwalda’s dedication to serving the oppressed around the world is an inspiration. Her efforts in collaboration with other dedicated individuals and groups have resulted in the release of individuals imprisoned for their faith, the resettlement of countless individuals seeking refuge from the United States, and many other accomplishments on behalf of the oppressed in this world. Her dedication and work is a light and a testament to what can be accomplished even in places perceived as being some of the darkest and most difficult places to address injustice.
