Today, January 27th, we are officially launching the 2nd Annual JusticeMakers Fellowship Competition. International Bridges to Justice wanted to pay tribute to our wonderful group of JusticeMakers Partners-a variety of generous non-profit and legal...
Each 10th December, the international community celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. International Bridges to Justice Burundi took part to this very special day, organizing a legal rights awareness campaign...
On 1 December 2010 Pakistani JusticeMaker 2010, Waqas Abid, had a meeting with the Head of Kasur District’s Social Welfare and Women’s Development Department, Mr. Abad Ali Jatala. The Department is a combined subsection...
As the adage goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” While statistics and reports about human rights abuses can be effective in rallying support for a cause, it is really the power of...
His name is Prince Mavaro. At the time of arrest, he was 23 year-old and married with a child aged 1. As his wife was unemployed, he was the sole breadwinner of the family....
Thursday 10th December was International Human Rights Day. To celebrate, several of the JusticeMakers fellows held special events in their countries to mark the day. Chimwemwe, JusticeMakers fellow in Malawi, used the day as...
Nepal’s JusticeMakers Fellow Ram Bhandari had an article published in the Nepali Times. Click to view his guest column here. Ram is using his Justicemakers grant within his community to educate citizens on their...
On December 10th, 2009 JusticeMaker Buhle Dube in Swaziland organized an event to honor the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The event was held at the FanCourt Guest House...
IBJ is extremely delighted to announce that the Bâtonnier Isidore Rufyikiri has just joined its Burundi Country Advosiry Council. A dedicated lawyer for over 9 years, Isidore has defended hundreds of accused persons –...
Mukarati Farayi is 21-years old. He got arrested in February 2009 on two counts of unlawful entry and theft. He was not able to engage the services of a lawyer. By the time IBJ...
