I have spent twelve years documenting what happens when the law itself becomes the weapon.

I have sat with survivors of torture who were imprisoned under perfectly legal counterterrorism laws. I have written reports on civilians killed in conflicts that technically complied with international humanitarian law. I have watched the UN Security Council veto block accountability for atrocities that shocked the world — and I have watched international law's architects explain, with impeccable credentials, why nothing could be done.

The law was not broken. The law was working exactly as designed.

That is why I am building Omnijuris Law & Justice Advocates — and why I need your help today.

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THE IDEA

Every human rights organization I know and respect works within international legal frameworks. They document violations. They advocate for compliance. They litigate within existing rules.

Omnijuris will do something different. We will work across the full legal spectrum — from local ordinances that criminalize poverty and dissent, to national legislation that institutionalizes discrimination, to the structural failures of international humanitarian law itself.

We will publicly critique IHL where it fails civilians. We will advocate for reform of the Geneva Conventions where they are inadequate for modern warfare. We will campaign for Security Council veto reform where it shields perpetrators of mass atrocities. We will litigate strategically — from national courts to the International Court of Justice.

No other organization holds this mandate. We are building the institution that does.

I am sharing this vision publicly at this early stage because building in the open — with transparency about what we are doing and why — is the only honest way to invite the people who share this conviction to be part of it from the beginning. This is not a startup secret. It is a founding call. The idea is not the institution. The institution is built through years of work, relationships, and trust. That work starts now.

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WHO I AM

My name is Muhammad Ebaid. I am a human rights lawyer and researcher with over 12 years of experience across Egypt and the MENA region.

I have represented organizations at the UN Human Rights Council, the European Parliament, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. I co-authored the 2023 alternative civil society report to the UN Committee Against Torture. I worked as a visiting lawyer at REDRESS in The Hague and as Lead Researcher at DIGNITY — Danish Institute Against Torture. I hold a European Master's in Human Rights and Democratization from the Global Campus of Human Rights / Lund University.

I currently serve as President of the EMA Alumni Association and am based in Utrecht, Netherlands — where Omnijuris will be formally registered as a Stichting with ANBI charitable status.

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WHY €30,000

This is not a symbolic number. It is a precise budget for everything needed to move from founding idea to operational institution in the first year.

€30,000 covers legal registration, a full-time Research Officer for 12 months to write the inaugural IHL Gap Report, professional grant writing support to pursue institutional funding, document translations into all six UN official languages, the first OLJA Academy training cohort, seed funding for the first strategic litigation case, and a 4-month operating reserve.

Every euro is itemized. I publish detailed expense reports as campaign updates. Nothing is hidden.

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WHAT DIFFERENT AMOUNTS UNLOCK

€5,000 — Omnijuris is legally registered. Notary, KVK, ANBI, domain, email. We can apply for institutional grants from day one.

€12,000 — Omnijuris is operational. Everything above plus governance documentation, grant writing support, and the first IHL research contract.

€22,000 — Omnijuris has a first full-time staff member. 12-month Research Officer. The IHL Gap Report is being written. Translations begin.

€30,000 — Omnijuris has a complete foundation year. Operating reserve, OLJA Academy first cohort, first litigation case research. We are fully launched.

Every euro above €30,000 goes directly into the second OLJA Academy cohort for lawyers from the Global South.

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AFTER THE CAMPAIGN

Once registered, Omnijuris will apply immediately to institutional grants

GoFundMe is the bridge. Institutional grants are the sustainable foundation.

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TRANSPARENCY NOTE

Until the Stichting is registered, funds are received by me personally as founder — the legal entity does not yet exist. I will publish detailed expense reports with every campaign update. Once registered, remaining funds transfer to the Omnijuris organizational ABN AMRO account. GoFundMe donations are not yet tax-deductible. ANBI status will be applied for immediately upon KVK registration.

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Thank you for reading this far.

After twelve years I am certain: working within international law is not enough. The law itself must be challenged and reformed at every level.

That is what Omnijuris will do. And it starts with your support.

Muhammad Ebaid

Founder, Omnijuris Law & Justice Advocates

Utrecht, Netherlands

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