In partnership with the Ministry of Justice, IBJ Cambodia held a four-day training event on fact finding skills and trial preparation. IBJ’s Training Director, Kellie Krake, joined IBJ’s local staff and partners to conduct...
Verónica Marisol Quiroga Pando es una de nuestros ganadores del concurso JusticeMakers 2011 organizado por International Bridges to Justice. Graduada en Derecho y especializada en derechos humanos, trabaja en la actualidad en la Universidad...
2011 JusticeMaker Verónica Marisol Quiroga Pando fights discrimination that female detainees face in Bolivian prisons. She also provides legal representation to women in pre-trial detention. Read More...
On the 26th of October, a number of key criminal justice stakeholders such as lawyers, judges and police officers participated in an IBJ roundtable arranged in Ruyigi, in the east of Burundi. Representatives of...
November 9, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China – After attending the IBJ China staff retreat in Beijing, IBJ’s International Program Director Sanjeewa Liyanage took his final evening in China to give a lecture at...
On November 7, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) brought together China’s three Defender Resource Centers in Beijing for a staff retreat. Members of the Wuhan office, Xi’an office, and Beijing office joined IBJ’s International...
In Burundi, women who’ve been accused of crime can be forced to endure horrific conditions of incarceration, even without any charges proved. Due to persistent cultural norms, women can often be at an even greater...
2011 JusticeMaker Justine Saidi's legal representation of juveniles has resulted in numerous successful outcomes. Thanks to Justine's diligence and perseverance 15 year old M.'s case has been acquitted by the Court of Appeal.
Cambodia ratified the UN Convention Against Torture over 18 years ago. Torture, however, remains the simplest and cheapest mechanism to extract a confession. Mr V is evidence that this practice is very much prevalent...
The civil war which occurred in Burundi in 1993 left a negative impact on different aspects of the social sector, including the judiciary. Minors accused of crime have been particularly affected by this. Even though...
