International Bridges to Justice

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IBJ Overview

What is it?

Investigative torture/Pre-trial detention?

Both are routine practices in over 100 countries.

Watch this short video about the work we do: Architects of Change

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What is the plan?

IBJ’s 12 year plan!

IBJ’s 12 year plan to end torture and ensure due process rights is realistic and achievable.

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Special campaign

Defender Resource Centres are the foundation of our programs. The time is now!


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IBJ Videos

These videos capture the essence of IBJ: our mission, our roots, our impact.
We encourage you to watch them with a friend. For more videos click here for our YouTube page.

Karen Tse talk at TED conference

Burundi: Boys Behind Bars - "Unreported World"

Peter Gabriel introduces IBJ and sings a rendition of Wallflower

IBJ News Reports

Karen Tse, in Kandal Prison, Cambodia, in April 2012.
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The Wall Street Journal – Karen Tse’s Fight for Prisoners’ Rights

The Wall Street Journal By Hannah Bloch February 2015 When Karen Tse, a San Francisco public defender, arrived in...

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Lawyer Astere interviewing his client
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IBJ Burundi Secures Release of Child from Unlawful Pretrial Detention

In Burundi, the number of children in pre-trial detention is steadily decreasing. However, it is necessary to maintain this...

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Prak Phin, provincial lawyer (right) and Leang Sina, provincial investigator (left)
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“IBJ Offered Me A Rebirth:” IBJ Cambodia Lawyer Help Free An Innocent Man

Charlène Buisson 17 September 2014 On September 17, 2014, we went to Prey Veng province to visit Theara, a...

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Innocent Until Proven Guilty - IBJ Cambodia Fundraiser on CrowdRise fw.to/ShyA76d

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Interfaith dialogue plays a vital role in IBJ's strategy to end investigative torture. Learn about our movement here: ow.ly/JfUlp

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Read our February success story "Time of Enlightenment" to learn more about a recent #IBJCambodia defender training: ow.ly/JeUCr

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More About Us

JusticeMakers Competition

IBJ is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 JusticeMakers Global Competition. We awarded 9 prestigious fellowships ($5,000 worth) to individuals from 9 different countries across 3 continents. Click the link below to read more about the inspirational fellows and their projects.

JusticeMakers homepage

IBJ's Innovation

These two articles, one authored by IBJ's CEO Karen Tse and another by The Economist's Business Correspondent Kenneth Cukier, explain the values, origins and strategies underlying IBJ's unique social entrepreneurial approach for more than ten years.

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IBJ Community

IBJ is a global community of concerned individuals from every walk of life, working together in different ways to ensure due process rights, eliminate investigative torture and pre-trial detention. Join our community today.

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Case Stories

These are a small sampling of the thousands of cases undertaken by IBJ lawyers. Each illustrates the profound difference that IBJ makes in real lives, and also the sadly common circumstances in which millions of people fall each year. Changing those circumstances is what IBJ is about.

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e-Learning

Legal practitioners and defenders

Legal practitioners, defenders and others looking to directly access IBJ's library of legal education, draft curricula, defense wiki, legal templates, scorecards and other materials, please click here to proceed to IBJ's Legal Training Resource Center.

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Interfaith Vigil 2014

Interfaith Peace Vigil 2014 - Poster

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Contact Us

International Bridges to Justice

Address - 64, rue de Monthoux, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland

Phone: +41(0) 22 731 24 41
E-mail: internationalbridges@ibj.org
Website: http://www.ibj.org

Our Mission

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. Specifically, IBJ works to guarantee all citizens the right to competent legal representation, the right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trial.

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