According to the Syrian law, when juveniles between the age of 10 and 18 commit a crime, they shall not be penalized the way adults are. Instead, they are rehabilitated. There is one exception...
Kandy, Sri Lanka, September 13 – 15, 2019. The second Defender Training Session held for Sri Lankan lawyers took place in the historical city of Kandy, home of The Temple of the Tooth Relic,...
Project Rupaantar Throughout the past few years, IBJ India has expanded the scope of its operations by working with local partners to improve conditions and resources within prisons. Since 2017, IBJ India has coordinated...
IBJ India continues to innovate new ways to deliver on its mission to protect human rights, including through its Legal Rights Awareness and Legal Aid Camp.
Earlier this year, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) and Cambodian Bridges to Justice (CBJ) conducted a roundtable discussion with members of the Ministry of Justice and the National Police addressing the need to increase...
Paving the way to access to justice for the accused with a focus on women in particular. December 18, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland. The IBJ Syria project team members, with the help of Hasan al Mousa,...
“I am a public defender I am a guardian of the presumption of innocence, due process and fair trial. To me is entrusted the preservation of those sacred principles…” -James Doherty, 1967 This oath...
The 2018 JusticeMakers Access to Justice Competition in Asia For the flyer in PDF, click here. Geneva, Switzerland – 14th August 2018 Today, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is announcing the launch of its 2018 “Justice for All”...
The 2018 JusticeMakers Access to Justice Competition in Syria For the flyer in English, click here. .للبيان الصحافي والملصقات في اللغة العربية، إضغط هنا Geneva, Switzerland – 29th June 2018 – Today, International Bridges to...
A number of rights awareness campaigns have been conducted in Ouagadougou and surrounding areas in Burkina Faso since July 2017. The rights awareness program is part of IBJ’s project in Francophone Africa, supported by...