The Chief Justice of India gave a ray of hope to nearly .17 Million under trials languishing in jails for years despite being booked for petty offences. Hon’ble Prime Minister, Law Minister and Chief Justice of India unanimously expressed...
“I don’t fear another man killing me here.” -Wellington (Photo by Michelle Ferng) Wellington is a ‘recuperando,’ an inmate in a progressive Brazilian prison known as APAC (Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados)....
On 31 July 2009, IBJ-Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, collaborated with the Legal Resources Foundation (LRF) to bring 16 magistrates together to discuss the role magistrates can play in decongesting Zimbabwe’s prisons....
Seven months into their program to combat police torture and fight for human rights in the traditional courts Buhle Dube and his team of JusticeMakers have started to look to the future. After receiving...
Above: Two security guards escort a prisoner to his trial at Forum, the civil and criminal courthouse in Divinopolis, Brazil. He is accompanied by Alessandro Garcia Silva (last photo, second left), a criminal prosecutor...
I needed money. A drug dealer wanted me to teach his dog how to bite. He paid me in cash. And so I did it. But the dog didn’t want to learn, it was...
I’ve been working for the past few weeks on eLearning Cambodia, part of the JusticeMakers project. It’s been an interesting and informative project — I have had to read the entire Code of Criminal...
IBJ is excited to announce its first ever Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Training which will be held in Harare, on August 28th, 29th and 30th 2009. This three-day skills-building training will be lead by an...
This July, members of all sectors of Burundi’s criminal justice system will get the chance to have an open discussion about the problem of pre-trial detention. Professionals with experience in all spheres (6 lawyers,...
Above: Judge Dalton Soares, respected for his efficiency and service record, discusses the merits and distortions of Brazil’s legal system. Soares works in Divinopolis at Forum, a civil and criminal courthouse. 2008 JusticeMaker Aziz...
