Lawyers come to the IBJ Harare Defender Resource Centre (DRC) on a regular basis to meet with IBJ Fellows, dissect the nuances of cases and access legal resources. We envision the DRC as a...
Beijing, China—During the weekend of October 16-17, 2010, IBJ and Shangquan Law Firm co-sponsored their fourth annual conference gathering around 160 lawyers from across the country to discuss how to improve the efficacy of...
From August 8th to August 17th, IBJ held the Country and JusticeMakers Fellows Summit and second annual fundraising gala in Singapore, in celebration of the opening of its Singapore-based Justice Training Center. Country Fellows...
IBJ-Zimbabwe recently held a roundtable discussion with its partner organizations, LRF, LSZ and ZACRO, and journalists and private lawyers to strategize on the conducting of a prison census in Zimbabwe. During the engaging discussion,...
I have been working for IBJ as Rwanda Office Coordinator since March, but it was not until August that I decided to visit a prison. When I arrived at the main gate the first...
On Friday, August 27th, twenty-two lawyers met at the Kigali Defender Resource Center to discuss ways in which they can create momentum in the legal aid community in Rwanda. This core group of volunteer...
There is sometimes a blurred line between being the author of a criminal act or a victim of unjust circumstances. It takes a perceptive and compassionate legal professional to distinguish between the two. For...
On July 18, 2010 forty participants in Kotputli,Rajasthan India came together to discuss “The Role of Lawyers for Effective Justice.” Kotputli is a town about 100 kilometers east of Jaipur. The Panelist were the...
Very often, lawyers feel isolated – and overwhelmed by their responsibility of people’s fundamental freedom. Bringing them together helps build the movement for legal rights in their country and around the world. The global...
For the week of July 5th, over 65 members of Burundi’s justice sector community gathered in Bujumbura to receive training in legal techniques. The training was conducted by IBJ Burundi Program in partnership with...