IBJ is delighted to announce that Moodbidri Veerappa Moily, India’s new Minister of Law and Justice, has made clear that his top priority is to bring about judicial reforms to ensure the speedy delivery of justice...
The hearing of Patrick’s first criminal defendant was held on the 15th of May. The defendant, who was been accused of stealing a mobile phone handset, had previously been released on bail. At the...
To increase membership in the JusticeMakers online community, Tahir and the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) have started advertising by distributing JusticeMakers cards at the Karachi Bar Association and other district bar associations. They have...
On the 29th March of this year, the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) hosted a conference on issues concerning juvenile delinquency. A number of important NGOs and civil society organizations attended, including the NGO Resource...
Aziz Saliba, our JusticeMakers fellow from Brazil, has been awarded an Arthur Helton Fellowship from the American Society of International Law. Helton Fellowships provide financial assistance in the form of “micro-grants” for law students...
Patrick’s most recent case, concerning the theft of a car, has been drawn out for almost a year. In July of 2008, a man brought a Toyota Camry Car to a garage, where one...
Legal Rights Forum‘s latest case involves police corruption and violation of legal rights. An eye witness recorded the license-plate number of a getaway car. The witness says that of the five accused, three fled...
This March, CLEAR-Kisumu was invited to attend Kisumu Law Courts’ second annual open-day. The team took this as a welcome sign that they are steadily gaining local recognition for their efforts. This year’s theme was...
Lone cormorants arrow low to sip the water from the ‘eye’ of the stones on the beaches toned with black cotton sand-I have always thought sand is just white on the shores. The tree...
JusticeMakers fellow Malik Tahir Iqbal paid a visit to the Malir Courts District Jail with two other members of the Legal Rights Forum team, Safi-ud-din and Shoiab Safdar. The main purpose of the visit was...
