IBJ Lanka trains over 100 lawyers at the second Criminal Defender Training Session to be held in Sri Lanka

Kandy, Sri Lanka, September 13 – 15, 2019. The second Defender Training Session held for Sri Lankan lawyers took place in the historical city of Kandy, home of The Temple of the Tooth Relic,...

Read more 24 September, 2019 at 12:28 pm ibj

IBJ India and the Gem and Jewellery Skill Council of India’s (GJSCI) Project Rupaantar Puts a Spotlight on Rehabilitation and Education inside Delhi Prisons

Project Rupaantar Throughout the past few years, IBJ India has expanded the scope of its operations by working with local partners to improve conditions and resources within prisons. Since 2017, IBJ India has coordinated...

Read more 8 August, 2019 at 12:08 pm Adhitya Venkatraman

IBJ India’s Awareness Campaigns Break Barriers in Prison

IBJ India continues to innovate new ways to deliver on its mission to protect human rights, including through its Legal Rights Awareness and Legal Aid Camp.

Read more 6 July, 2019 at 10:32 am Adhitya Venkatraman

IBJ Training in Rwanda, Nov. 2018: 80 defense lawyers, prosecutors and police officers

“I am a public defender I am a guardian of the presumption of innocence, due process and fair trial. To me is entrusted the preservation of those sacred principles…” -James Doherty, 1967 This oath...

Read more 3 December, 2018 at 4:24 pm Barbara du Preez-Ulmi

Strengthening Access to Justice and the Rule of Law in Rwanda

In collaboration with Global Affairs Canada and ROLE UK, IBJ held a two-day legal training session on Strengthening Access to Justice and the Rule of Law in Rwanda on 21st and 22nd August 2017....

Read more 15 September, 2017 at 10:41 am ibj

Press release: International Bridges to Justice to host training sessions in Bujumbura on access to justice and rule of law

International Bridges to Justice to host further training sessions with the goal of strengthening access to justice in Burundi Bujumbura, Burundi – 18 August 2017 – International Bridges to Justice together with its local...

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Press release: IBJ to hold high level training conference for legal professionals in Kigali

International Bridges to Justice to bring together 40 legal professionals in Kigali with the goal of strengthening access to justice in Rwanda Kigali, Rwanda – 18 August 2017 – International Bridges to Justice together...

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IBJ China Seeks to Improve Defense Strategies for Accused Women & Girls

June 2014 Kelly McCarthy IBJ China Seeks to Improve Defense Strategies for Accused Women & Girls Domestic violence is, unfortunately, not a new or uncommon problem in China, but the issue has gained unprecedented social...

Read more 23 March, 2015 at 9:31 am ibj

IBJ India Trains Paralegal Volunteers from Central Jail Ajmer, Rajasthan

Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta and  Katyayini October 2014 IBJ India organized a two-day paralegal training for the convicts at the Central Jail, Ajmer on the 4th and 5th of October 2014. The workshop aimed at building capacity...

Read more 20 February, 2015 at 1:20 pm ibj

IBJ India Conducts Prevention of Custodial Violence Workshop in West Bengal

Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta September 2014 On the 1st of June 2014, IBJ India organised a one day workshop dealing with the contentious issue of ‘Custodial Violence – its Prevention and Remedies‘ in the state...

Read more 3 December, 2014 at 3:14 pm Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta