Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) is an international media development charity and non-governmental organization based in Toronto, Canada. JHR's mission is to "empower journalists to cover human rights stories objectively and effectively". The organizations' vision is for everybody in the world to be aware of their rights. JHR has worked in 21 countries and trained over 12,000 journalists whose human rights stories have reached over 50 million people. JHR is currently led by its Executive Director, Rachel Pulfer. JHR was founded by Benjamin Peterson and Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque in 2002.