Reinforcing the protection for, and the individual dignity of, people facing criminal prosecution in developing and transitional countries
Two sisters are helped to obtain freedom after being detained for months without trial The younger sister, does most of the talking. We have traveled to the “barrios” (suburbs) of El Alto, just outside La Paz, to a poor neighbourhood of dirt streets and low brick buildings, to hear the story of these women. The [...]
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| rlloyd
Since arriving in La Paz, Bolivia, I have been following JusticeMaker Veronica Marisol Quiroga Pando (for the sake of brevity, I will call her Marisol) to document some of her work for International Bridges to Justice (IBJ). I am a Canadian journalist who is a volunteer intern. Already I am in awe of what Marisol [...]
Source: | rlloyd
This past weekend, beginning on Saturday, January 7, 2012, as some of the winter season’s first snow fell, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) held a juvenile defense training seminar in coordination with China’s Democracy and Rule of Law Magazine at the Friendship Hotel in Beijing. The event was part of both IBJ’s Defense Empowerment Corps. [...]
Source: | kkaufman
In partnership with the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP)[1], IBJ’s Singapore Justice Training Centre delivered a criminal justice standards and skills training in Vientiane, Laos from December 12-16, 2011. Their first training outside Singapore. Participants with IBJ trainers and H.E. Dileep Nair, Singapore Ambassador to Laos Kellie Krake, IBJ’s Training Director, and Sanjeewa Liyanage, IBJ’s International [...]
Source: | ibj
On Christmas Eve, IBJ India with complete support from Delhi Prisons visited Jail No. 7 of Tihar, which houses prisoners between the age group of 18-21, and decided to bring in the gift of Knowledge and Legal Representation. The group comprised of Ajay Verma, IBJ India Fellow; Rajesh Mahajan, Advocate, Additional Standing Counsel of Delhi [...]
Source: | Ajay Verma
The morning of Saturday, the 5th of November, 2011, was when the above-mentioned booklet was launched in Jail Number 4 of the Tihar Jail Complex, in the august presence of Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri, Acting Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta, Judge, Delhi High Court, Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Director General, [...]
Source: | Ajay Verma
An IBJ Burundi initiated radio program has been set on air. It is funded by Matrix Chambers and created in partnership with Bonesha FM and Isanganiro. These are private and independent radio channels aiming at promoting reconciliation and committed to improve Burundi’s justice system. They have earlier covered IBJ’s roundtable discussions in the country’s provinces [...]
Source: | malsing
