Janvier Murairi is a Congolese civil society leader and activist who works in the mining areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is the president of ASSODIP, a non-profit organisation based in eastern Congo that runs research and advocacy programmes to support rural communities.
Janvier is also the Acting Executive Secretary of a coalition of eleven Congolese anti-slavery organisations. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace. He also worked at Congolese national radio and television. In 2016, he was awarded the Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty by Human Rights First in recognition of his work as an anti-slavery activist in the DR Congo mining sector.
