Since 2007, Mr. Hernowo has practiced as an attorney in Indonesia, working with Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Masyarakat in Jakarta. Prior to receiving his law degree, Mr. Hernowo worked as a Legal Aid Foundation volunteer...
The issue of disappearance during the Nepali armed conflict in 2001 has been all but completely marginalized by the Government. Despite the interim constitution of 2007 providing for both a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and...
International Bridges to Justice is excited to announce that we have received all applications for the JusticeMakers 2012 HIV/AIDS Global Competition! We are currently in the process of conducting preliminary screening rounds. We will...
Although Nigeria’s constitution says that an arrested criminal defendant is entitled to inform his lawyers and family about his arrest, this is rarely the case. Police often make arrests and secretly charge suspects without...
Hundreds of thousands of people identified as drug users in China and across Southeast Asia are held without due process in centers where they may be subjected to torture, and physical and sexual violence...
Mrs. Kolpone, a 36 year-old woman and mother of a ten year-old girl, was arrested in July 2009 by the Paltan police station in Bangladesh, alleging that she had stolen two gold bangles along...
Here you have it: the map with all the applications submitted to date for the 2012 JusticeMakers HIV/AIDS Global Competition 2012!. We have received almost 20 applications coming from Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, Cameroon, Liberia...
The ignition of another JusticeMakers competition naturally sparks excitement. Yet, what is today, rests on foundations that were laid down before. The JusticeMakers 2012 HIV/AIDS Global Competition was built on ideas, intentions, and purposes...
It is the smell of a flavorful brew. It is an infectious work ethic, that spreads across the turned-into-a-kitchen office of International Bridges to Justice. Beyond doubt, it is the mélange of cultures brought...
JusticeMakers Bangladesh – Advocate Shahanur Islam, Founding Secretary General Representing his newly established organization, JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Advocate Shahanur Islam discussed the organization’s target groups: ethnic, religious, social and sexual minorities, and victims of torture and extra‐judicial killings....
