Awakening in Burundi and Rwanda, Part I
I arrived at International Bridges to Justice in November of 2007 to fill the role of Deputy Director. Prior to working at IBJ, I was a public defender in San Francisco for twenty-two years....
China and the Rule of Law
The following article was originally published in the December 2008 issue of the Montana Lawyer magazine: In January of this year I had the good fortune to travel to Geneva, Switzerland on behalf of...
An Ode to the JusticeMakers
The 2008 JusticeMakers Competition may be over but…the global community is just coming to life. This nascent community has been sparked by amazing individuals, coming from all the corners of the globe, from Nepal...
IBJ Awards Eight JusticeMakers Fellowships for 2008
5,000-dollar seed grants go to innovative projects committed to changing criminal justice systems in developing countries GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (November 20, 2008) – International Bridges to Justice awarded eight JusticeMakers Fellowships for 2008 today. Recipients...
Meet one of our JusticeMakers: Henry Nwaka Dunkwu from Nigeria
In some parts of the world, police detain individuals awaiting trials for an unspecified amount of time in prison without consideration of bail under a “holding charge.” This is the reality that Nigerian lawyer...
Karen Tse Speaks about Emerging Legal Aid Programs on World Radio Geneva
International Bridges to Justice Founder and CEO Karen Tse made an appearance yesterday on World Radio Geneva, where she discussed IBJ’s efforts to support emerging legal aid organizations in developing nations.
Participant Portrait from the Northwest Region Team Training in Xi’an
Attorney Mu Hongying gave up a successful private practice in 2002 to dedicate herself fully to helping those who need her most: the poor and rural residents of her county. One of the few...
Faces of IBJ: ISLP Volunteer Leslie Rosenberg
This September, I took a leave from my job as an assistant state public defender in the Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender to volunteer with IBJ in China. A juvenile defense lawyer...
Criminal Defender Support + Community Engagement + Global Scale = JusticeMakers.net
In the fall of 2007, a few of us were sitting around the conference table at the International Bridges to Justice, discussing IBJ’s programs in China, Cambodia and a nascent initiative in Burundi. IBJ...
October Cambodia Training
The IBJ Fellow in Cambodia, Ouk Vandeth, recently conducted a training session for criminal defenders. The training was originally planned to accommodate for 15 participants. However, owing to an overwhelming amount of interest in...