Yasmeen, who has been involved in improving the juvenile justice system by introducing alternatives to custody, conducting legal aid clinics for children in conflict with the law at prisons and remand centers, became a JusticeMakers Fellow in 2010. Since then, IBJ has been able to support her work in bringing reform to the Criminal Justice System in Malaysia.

Yasmeen, 55, is the principal and managing partner of Yasmeen Hajar & Hairudin. She garnered an overwhelming 150 votes from 189 State Parties present at the meeting.

Yasmeen hails from Kuala Lumpur and has a masters degree in Comparative Law from International Islamic University and Bachelor of Law from United Kingdom’s University of Buckingham. She has a vast experience in Syariah and Civil law.

The 2010 JusticeMakers Fellow is also a trained and certified full-fledged family mediator from the United States University of Florida, has been appointed by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry as a member of the National Advisory of Consultative Council on Children, National Coordination Council for The Protection of Children since 2006, National Women’s Advisory Council (2001- 2013) and Special Committee on Child Friendly Place of Detention (2010-2012).

The JusticeMakers team at International Bridges to Justice in Geneva wishes to congratulate each and every 2012 JusticeMakers Fellow. Reading the applications and meeting the applicants has inspired us all to be more active and courageous citizens of the world.

2012 JusticeMakers Fellows are exceptionally bold and innovative legal activists who have seen their fellow community members mistreated and denied justice in callous and devastating ways. Rather than turn a blind eye to the suffering of their fellow human beings, they have taken action and used all of their creativity and skills to change these untenable situations.

They are solving the problems of access to justice for people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS all over the world: from Mexico to Russia.

We want to congratulate 12 outstanding agents of change, each making a real difference within their local community. We wish you all possible luck in the implementation of your project!

Here you have it: the map with all the applications submitted to date for the 2012 JusticeMakers HIV/AIDS Global Competition 2012!. We have received almost 20 applications coming from Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, Cameroon, Liberia and Benin among other countries. However, we still have a lot of work to do. We haven’t received any application from South America: Help us put them on the map! We remind you that you can help us promote the competition here.

Did you not yet apply for the JusticeMakers 2012 HIV/AIDS Global Competition? Do you have an innovative idea that advances the legal rights of those living with HIV/AIDS in the criminal justice system, but did not yet speak up about it? Applicants now have until October 26, 2012 to submit their applications!

JUSTICE CAN’T WAIT!

Aquí lo tenéis: el mapa de las solicitudes recibidas hasta el momento para la Competición de JusticeMakers 2012. Casi una veintena de solicitudes procedentes de todos los lugares del planeta: desde Camerún a China pasando por Nigeria, Pakistán, Ucrania y Liberia entre otros países. No obstante, aun queda mucho trabajo por hacer. Todavía no hemos recibido ninguna solicitud de Sudamérica: ayúdanos a colocarlas en el mapa! Os recordamos que podéis ayudarnos a promocionar la competición de varias maneras. Tenéis toda la información en este enlace.

Asimismo, el plazo de solicitud para los interesados en presentar su propuesta ha sido prorrogado hasta el 26 de septiembre. Podéis descargar el formulario de inscripción aqui. Si tienes una idea o un proyecto que ayude a que se cumplan los derechos legales de las personas que viven con VIH/SIDA dentro del sistema de justicia penal de sus respectivas comunidades JusticeMakers te da la posibilidad de financiarlo.

LA JUSTICIA NO PUEDE ESPERAR MAS!