Medellín, Colombia – What is our definition of “liberty”? What is the difference between individual liberty and collective liberty, and can we have both? How does our Constitution define liberty? What are the legal...
In May 1999, Mohammed Faruk was a young teenage migrant from Bangladesh. With no family or money, he had crossed the border into New Delhi, India looking for work. By August of that year,...
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the...
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff has visited five different juvenile detention facilities in and around Kuala Lumpur since the beginning of April 2011, as a member of a five person team appointed by...
The city of Medellín has a long and complicated history of conflict. Several of the problems that it still faces today are paramilitary control and militarization, the resulting armed political militias, territorial gang...
A woman in Colombia may seek a legal abortion only if she finds herself in one of three specific situations: (1) if she becomes pregnant as a result of violation, (2) if the pregnancy...
On March 3, 2011 IBJ’s India Fellow, Ajay Verma, hosted a delegation of justice officials representing Helmand PRT from Helmand, Afghanistan. The officials included Chief Justice of the Helmand Appeal Court, Syed Hossein Najibi;...
Medellín, Colombia – On International Workers’ Day on the first of May every year, people the world over gather in the streets to celebrate workers’ rights. Events on this day are often also attended...
Supriyatno, known as ‘Yatno’ to his friends, listens carefully as Indonesian JusticeMaker Ajeng Larasati speaks about her country’s Criminal Procedure Code. Occasionally, he raises his hand and asks a question on behalf of a...
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Bijaya Chanda has managed to give basic legal training to 1,919 pre-trial detainees (known in India as under-trial prisoners, or UTPs) since the beginning of January 2011. Bijaya’s project focuses on...
