IBJ Legal Aid Helps Falsely Accused
March 2014 Megan Williams IBJ was recently successful in helping a client named Mr. Hung Jaya from Banteay Meanchey province. Mr. Jaya was originally charged with theft of a motorbike and cell phone. Mr....
Three Sisters Get Justice Thanks to IBJ
January 2014 Da-Eun Seok On a beautiful morning, two young girls entered the IBJ office in Battambang, located behind the Provincial Court. They put their hands together and rose them up to their nose,...
A Day In the Life of a Duty Lawyer: Mr. Ashwani Kumar Bali (2/2)
April 4, 2014 When I arrived at Karkardooma Courthouse, Mr. Bali was speaking with a man intently, smiling and holding up a finger to me, indicating that I was to wait just a second...
A Day in the Life of Duty Lawyer, Shiv Kumar Dwivedi Part 1/2
By: Courtney Marie Skiles April 4, 2014 I rode next to IBJ India Duty Lawyer Shiv Kumar Dwivedi on the Delhi Bar Association bus that travels between the city’s courthouses. Shiv, who was lost in...
TweetChat
On Friday, 28 March, 2014, International Bridges of Justice hosted its first Tweet Chat, “Talk to the Experts.” With the launch date of the JusticeMakers’ competition approaching, we invited previous JusticeMakers winners to join...
IBJ Lawyers Scrutinize Cambodia Criminal Codes and Put Them into Practice
By M. Williams and J. Salomé On 24th and 25th March 2014 International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) partnered with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to host an inaugural Defense Lawyers...
IBJ Youth Scholars
We are pleased to announce that we have revamped the Youth Scholars page. Check it out!
Davos 2014 Interfaith Peace Vigil
Rev. Karen Tse and Hilde Schwab brought together religious leaders from around the world in Davos during the World Economic Forum. Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, Anglican, Jewish and many more faith groups were represented and spoke of the high need to end torture, now. ...
A Criminal Case Hiding a Land Dispute
Back in 2006, eleven farmers in Takeo province were confronted by the head of the district who declared that he owns the land where they were farming and that it, in fact, belonged to...
Opening Peoples’ Eyes To The Rights
By Vinicius Haesbaert Besides working to provide free legal aid and access to justice to every citizen, IBJ aims at raising awareness of legal issues in the community level. We envision a world where...