One of my coworkers in Manila has a very interesting story. His experience illustrates not only the problems in the justice system in the Philippines, but also how the JusticeMakers are making a difference....
Last week, IBJ documentary journalist Danny Thiemann and I had the chance to visit two prisons in Divinopolis, Brazil, where IBJ Fellow Aziz Saliba is working on a legal justice awareness campaign. The first,...
The past few weeks, Legal Rights Form has advertised excitedly about their Juvenile Rights Training Forum, and the day finally came. The key speaker was Mr. Abdul Maroof, Public Prosecutor and former Assistant Inspector...
“If the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, then the price of justice is continued legal literacy.” Photo Ian MacLellan On Wednesday afternoons, Peter Onyango, a Justice Makers advocate and Rodney Oluoch , a CLEAR pro bono...
International Bridges to Justice’s second sucessful training session on the Burundian penal process was held last week, captivating the attention and imaginations of participants in envisaging an efficient and equitable judicial future. Above: During...
Above: Female prisoners work with donated library resources at the at Floramar Prison. (Photo by Michelle Ferng) Paul Aussaresses was born in Saint-Paul-Cap-de-Joux of Tarn. In the prison libraries of Floramar, Brazilian prisoners may...
The Nigerian justice system, like much of the country’s infrastructure, is in a state of serious disrepair. Many of the courthouses serve as appropriate metaphors in their varying states of neglect. Above: The degree of...
Legal Rights Forum arranged to visit a few police stations in Karachi today. Two car-fulls of attorneys and I pull up to the Artillery Maidan Police Station in one of the high security areas in...
On Friday 26th June, IBJ team headed to Mpimba, the country’s largest detention center, located right outside of Bujumbura. The Director, a woman in her middle age, sincerely concerned about the situation in her...
During a free hour in a hectic weekend of workshops Buhle Dube, JusticeMakers grant-winner and law professor at the University of Swaziland, leaned forward and described how he decided to become a lawyer.”Well I...
