Cambodia Country Photos
Thought I’d post one more slideshow of photos to give you an overall taste of life in Cambodia. If you’ve seen the “Welcome to Phnom Penh” slideshow, you’ve seen a few of these photos,...
Final Thoughts and Images from My Venture into Cambodian Criminal Justice
The last 8 weeks in Cambodia spent documenting the work of International Bridges to Justice and IBJ-Cambodia Fellow Ouk Vandeth have been an encouraging and rewarding experience. I’ve been able to observe and learn...
Sundarban Sramajibi: The Agricultural Workers Hospital
Though most of my internship revolved around the implementation of criminal justice in India, a recent trip to a West Bengali hospital reminded me of the other aspects of human rights enshrined in international...
Life on the West Bengal Border
As a photographic intern for International Bridges to Justice, this is my first post on their blog. Last weekend I visited a small village near the Bangladesh border called Murshidibad. It is an isolated...
IBJ Hosts Lawyer Training on New Criminal Procedure Code of Cambodia
Two law students and 17 lawyers from 10 Cambodian legal aid organizations participated in a full-day training on the new national Criminal Procedure Code, entitled THE ROLE OF THE CRIMINAL DEFENDER, held at the...
Cheers to Echoing Green, 1-Focus International, PILI and other JM Promotional Partners
As we are about half way to the end of the JusticeMakers application window (August 14, 2008), International Bridges to Justice wanted to pay tribute to a variety of generous non-profit and legal communities...
Penal Reform in the DRC, Justice in Uttar Pradesh… the JusticeMakers are Coming!
After months of anticipation, folks at International Bridges to Justice are starting to see some remarkable ideas, experiences, and commentary from the JusticeMakers community. Here are a couple examples to whet your palette for...
Should I Really Apply to JusticeMakers?
In an effort to enhance the credibility and quality of the JusticeMakers competition, the JM team posed several questions at our last weekly meeting, with issues of applicant motivation, analytical statistics and sustainability highlighting...
IBJ and DLSA Initiate International Criminal Defence Training in India
Over 130 criminal legal aid lawyers from 26 Indian States underwent an intensive 3-day training programme, co-hosted by International Bridges to Justice (Geneva, Switzerland) and New Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) from 10-13 July,...
A Judge’s Perspective: Challenges Facing the Cambodian Justice System
International Bridges to Justice Intern and Law Student Sarah Brundage interviews a judge from Kampong Province about the challenges facing the judicial system and why many defendants don’t have a lawyer and why the...