Gabriela Vázquez promueve el derecho a la Salud en las cárceles argentinas

Gabriela Eugenia Vázquez es una de nuestros ganadores del concurso JusticeMakers 2011 organizado por International Bridges to Justice. Ha sido abogada practicante en Argentina desde 1991. Ha enfocado su carrera en materia de derechos...

Read more 7 December, 2011 at 8:58 am Cristina Serrano

Gabriela Vázquez promotes the right to Health in Argentinian prisons

2011 JusticeMaker Gabriela Vázquez works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Argentinian prisons. She has organized workshops for security staff, health promoters and inmates and distributed information flyers and condoms.

Read more 6 December, 2011 at 9:35 am Cristina Serrano

Justicia a través de Correspondencia: Justicia Juvenil en Chile

Alejandro Tomás Viada Ovalle es uno de nuestros ganadores del concurso JusticeMakers 2011 organizado por International Bridges to Justice. Ha trabajado como abogado defensor durante años; ha dirigido equipos de profesionales (trabajadores sociales, abogados...

Read more 5 December, 2011 at 9:52 am Cristina Serrano

Justice through Correspondence: Juvenile Justice in Chile

2011 JusticeMaker Alejandro Vianda has set up an innovative communication system between juvenile inmates and their lawyers.

Read more 5 December, 2011 at 9:29 am Cristina Serrano

Verónica Quiroga lucha por los derechos de las mujeres en las cárceles bolivianas

Verónica Marisol Quiroga Pando es una de nuestros ganadores del concurso JusticeMakers 2011 organizado por International Bridges to Justice. Graduada en Derecho y especializada en derechos humanos, trabaja en la actualidad en la Universidad...

Read more 21 November, 2011 at 11:07 am Cristina Serrano

Verónica Quiroga fights for women’s rights in Bolivian prisons

2011 JusticeMaker Verónica Marisol Quiroga Pando fights discrimination that female detainees face in Bolivian prisons. She also provides legal representation to women in pre-trial detention. Read More...

Read more 21 November, 2011 at 9:33 am Cristina Serrano

Justine Saidi successfully represents juveniles in the DRC

2011 JusticeMaker Justine Saidi's legal representation of juveniles has resulted in numerous successful outcomes. Thanks to Justine's diligence and perseverance 15 year old M.'s case has been acquitted by the Court of Appeal.

Read more 11 November, 2011 at 2:03 pm Marina Klokova

Interview with JusticeMaker Gautier Zomissi

In May 2011, IBJ Volunteer Krishna Gagné travelled to Yaoundé in Cameroon to meet up with 2011 JusticeMaker Gautier Zomissi and his partner Ghislain Tchakount to discuss the progress of their project.

Read more 14 July, 2011 at 9:49 am Gautier Zomissi

A Profile of JusticeMaker Elchin Abullayev

Elchin Abullayev is a Justice Makers fellow based in the former soviet republic of Azerbaijan.  A small country, located on the Caspian sea, north of Iran and south of Russian, Azerbaijan has slowly gained...

Read more 6 July, 2011 at 7:42 am Colleen MacDonald

Bill Passed to Criminalize Social Protest in Colombia

Medellín, Colombia – A bill was approved last week on May 30, 2011 by the house of representatives that would criminalize “unlawful” social protest in Colombia.  Under the new law, to protest in a...

Read more 14 June, 2011 at 7:27 am Siobhan Riordan