Cambodia ratified the UN Convention Against Torture over 18 years ago. Torture, however, remains the simplest and cheapest mechanism to extract a confession. Mr V is evidence that this practice is very much prevalent...
The civil war which occurred in Burundi in 1993 left a negative impact on different aspects of the social sector, including the judiciary. Minors accused of crime have been particularly affected by this. Even though...
As part of the first public event held in IBJ’s new Beijing office, the National Defender Resource Center ran a survey last week to evaluate and improve IBJ’s eLearning modules. As part of the...
On September 17, IBJ’s Southeast Defender Resource Center coordinated a training with the Rizhao Legal Aid Center of Lanshan’s District Bureau of Justice in Shandong Province. The goal of this training workshop was to...
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. From the time of the initial legal needs assessment made...
A total of 50 warders and head warders from District Jail Alwar, Rajasthan participated. A retired IG, from Rajasthan Prison Shri R.K. Saxena stressed that all those who are in jail are also human...
On 13 August, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) brought together their Cambodian staff for a retreat. Twenty-five Khmer staff, our Cambodian Program Officer, and two Legal Interns joined Mr. Sanjeewa Liyanage, the International Program...
Drawing 45 Burundian lawyers, IBJ’s four-day training event in Bujumbura, Burundi, opened on July 12th with a speech by the Batonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats du Burundi, or the Burundia Bar Association. The first...
It was quite hot in Kigali on July 20th 2011. Despite the heat, 30 defense lawyers gathered at IBJ’s Rwanda office for a skills building training workshop to strengthen their ability to advocate for the...
This June, IBJ China’s Xi’an Defender Resource Centre held a celebratory dinner with lawyers and law professors from Northwest University of Political Science and Law who had supported recent IBJ trainings of public defenders. Founder and CEO...
