IBJ JusticeMaker Fellow 2010 Oanh Hoang NGO has authored an extensive survey on the state of Vietnam’s juvenile justice system. Basing her research on the most recently published government statistics (from 2009), and using...
On December 10, 2010, International Human Rights Day, IBJ awarded $5,000 in seed funding to eleven JusticeMakers Fellows from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
November 25, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On November 25, I sat down with Stephanie Bastian, the Executive Director of the Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Center, to discuss how a criminal justice system, in which...
On 1 Dec 2010, JusticeMaker 2010 Waqas Abid met with the well-regarded lawyer Ch. Imtiaz Ahmed, the former Vice-President of the Kasur District Bar Association. Mr. Ahmed has, for the past 19 years, devoted...
Following the success of the inaugural JusticeMaker conference call with partners from South Asia and the Caucasus, Thomas Halusa (Singapore) and Wouter Krujis (Geneva) organized a second call in order to give another group...
November 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — When ministries deliberate over potential legislation in Malaysia, they will solicit the advice and recommendations of experts in the field. For children’s rights and issues, one of the...
Sri Lankan JusticeMaker Fellow Harshi Perera organized a Public Legal Rights Awareness Session with former pre-trial detainees and their families. The two-hour discussion was held on November 13 in the Janasansadaya sub-office in the...
On 19 November 2010, IBJ Singapore and IBJ Geneva facilitated a multi-time zone brainstorming session to encourage the JusticeMakers to recognize the powerful resource their peers can be in the success of their projects....
JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze has found numerous successes in her project to increase public awareness of juvenile rights in Georgia. A key component of this has been the ability of her organization (Georgia Young Lawyers...
Since beginning her project in June 2010, JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze has made great strides in her bid to raise public awareness of juvenile rights in Georgia.
