Effectuating positive changes
Visiting IBJ offices in provinces was something I eagerly awaited. My first visit was to...
The difference between life and death
Ed. Note: Part 1 of reflections on IBJ International Program Director Sanjeewa Liyanage’s Visit to Cambodia in 2010 I always look forward to visiting Cambodia. In early February this year I arrived in Phnom...
IBJ to kick-start a pilot legal aid project in Rwanda
Rwanda. It was at the centre of IBJ’s preoccupations since 2006. And yet, the lack of resources impeded IBJ to move from successful rights awareness campaigns and legal defense training to a more systematic...
IBJ concludes a three-day major event in Bururi province
From 23 to 25 February, IBJ staff went to Rumonge, a city in the south of the country, to conduct two activities. For the first time indeed, both a street law campaign and a...
Cibitoke roundtable discussions bring lawyers, magistrates and prison officials together on a path of reforming the juvenile justice system in Burundi
On 9th December 2009, IBJ co-organised a fifth roundtable with APRODH in the province of Cibitoke. The aim was to gather members of the Burundi judicial system- whether lawyers, prison officials, police officers, prosecutors...
Curious Burundian soldiers join civilian rural populations to gain awareness of their legal rights in Kabezi
On 26th and 27th January, IBJ Burundi organised a street law campaign in Kabezi, a commune located in the province of Bujumbura rural, 20 kilometres southwards of the capital. This campaign was already well-rehearsed,...
IBJ Burundi celebrates Human Rights Day with rural populations in Cibitoke
Each 10th December, the international community celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. International Bridges to Justice Burundi took part to this very special day, organizing a legal rights awareness campaign...
IBJ lawyers’ perseverance help reunite a Zimbabwean family
His name is Prince Mavaro. At the time of arrest, he was 23 year-old and married with a child aged 1. As his wife was unemployed, he was the sole breadwinner of the family....
Accomplished President of the Burundi Bar Association joins IBJ’s Burundi Country Advisory Council
IBJ is extremely delighted to announce that the Bâtonnier Isidore Rufyikiri has just joined its Burundi Country Advosiry Council. A dedicated lawyer for over 9 years, Isidore has defended hundreds of accused persons –...
21-year-old Zimbabwean reunited with his grandmother and young brother
Mukarati Farayi is 21-years old. He got arrested in February 2009 on two counts of unlawful entry and theft. He was not able to engage the services of a lawyer. By the time IBJ...