While celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Universal Children’s Day (November 20th), IBJ organized a roundtable event around the theme “special procedures of juvenile justice enforcement...
The JusticeMakers team at International Bridges to Justice in Geneva wishes to congratulate each and every 2012 JusticeMakers Fellow. Reading the applications and meeting the applicants has inspired us all to be...
September 20th’2012 saw IBJ India make an attempt to not just understand the problems faced by Women Prisoners, but to agree upon a course of action that will alleviate the conditions of the Prisoners...
IBJ India together with Legal Bar Association of Neemrana and Behror Legal Association on 29th July’2012 organized a community outreach in Neemrana, Rajashthan. The Programme was held on NIIT University Campus Neemrana, Rajasthan and...
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...
