La Marcha de Los Derechos Humanos en Colombia
Medellín, Colombia – En el Día Internacional de Trabajadores cada año en el primero de mayo, la gente de todo el mundo se reúnen en las calles para celebrar los derechos de los trabajadores. ...
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.
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...
Ajeng Larasati Pilots Trainings at Cipinang Detention Center
In May 2011, Indonesian JusticeMaker 2010 Ajeng Larasati met participants of the recent training session she directed at Cipinang Detention Center in Jakarta. The training sessions were conducted in March 2011 for the tamping...
2010 JM Oanh Hoanh Ngo Receives PILnet Fellowship
2010 Asia JusticeMakers Oanh Hoang Ngo (Vietnam) and Nana Chapidze (Georgia) speaking at August 2010 training in Singapore Vietnamese Justicemaker 2010 Oanh Hoang Ngo recently received a prestigious fellowship to continue the work that...
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...
You Are Not an X: Rights Awareness in Colombia
Medellín, Colombia – What is our definition of “liberty”? What is the difference between individual liberty and collective liberty, and can we have both? How does our Constitution define liberty? What are the legal...
2010 JusticeMaker Shahanur Islam publishes flyer
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the...
Malaysian JusticeMaker Visits Juvenile Facilities, Interviews Detainees
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff has visited five different juvenile detention facilities in and around Kuala Lumpur since the beginning of April 2011, as a member of a five person team appointed by...
Joy Mdivo, 2008 JusticeMaker, in East Africa
Since receiving the 2008 JusticeMakers fellowship, Joy Mdivo has taken on new projects that continue to promote human rights in East Africa