Article 22 of the Constitution: (1) “No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as may ne, of the grounds for such arrest nor shall he be...
On the 22nd of April, IBJ Burundi held, in partnership with APRODH, a roundtable on the issue of the presumption of innocence. This roundtable gathered thirty stakeholders of the criminal justice system of Ngozi,...
Great news for Burundian detainees: on the 24th of March, the President, Pierre Nkurunziza, circulated a decree which stipulates the immediate release of hundreds of prisoners. The decree targets several categories of detainees, among...
In Zimbabwe, the court is required, in certain instances, to hand down a death sentence. Under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act of Zimbabwe, this mandatory death sentence is imposed upon all persons convicted...
A 14 year-old girl is kidnapped by three males as a means of revenge against her family because her father refused her hand in marriage to one of her 30 year-old male captures. For...
The month of May will be rich of colorful events in Zimbabwe. From May 14th-16th, a legal defense training will be conducted in Harare, with the aim to build on last year’s training conference...
Like every month, IBJ Burundi, in cooperation with our precious partner APRODH conducted on the 30th of March an awareness raising campaign to educate people about their legal rights. This month, the IBJ staff...
IBJ-Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, recently held an interview with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation‘s SFM on the importance of the implementation of IBJ’s rights awareness campaign in Zimbabwe. The 30-minute interview, with SFM’s...
IBJ-Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, recently held a roundtable discussion with its partner organizations, LRF and ZACRO, journalists and private lawyers to strategize on how to implement IBJ’s rights awareness campaign in...
After the prison we headed to the Provincial Court and met with the Chief Prosecutor,...
