From Women Farmers to Legal Warriors
If JusticeMaker Rosselynn Jae Garcia de la Cruz had to name other agrarian reform lawyers in the Philippines, she would be...
In Nilantagan, Justice Remains Elusive
As the sun slowly makes its way towards the horizon, all is quiet in the village of Nilantagan. The...
Justice: A Treacherous Labyrinth
Victory seemed so near that day. After three visits to the Philippine National Police, two arrests and a trip...
JusticeMaker Ajeng Larasati Spreads Rights Awareness in Indonesian Detention Centers
While studying law at the University of Indonesia, Ajeng Larasati attended an advocacy training session led by lawyers...
IBJ Rwanda Hosts Second Legal Defense Training Event
On July 2nd and 3rd, more than sixty Rwandese defense attorneys gathered in Kigali to attend an IBJ training...
Introducing the Georgian JusticeMakers DreamTeam
On Thursday, July 1, JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze hosted a working meeting of the lawyers, consultants and legal studies interns...
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association: Chronicling Its Struggle for Democracy
The Georgian Young Lawyers Association, Kutaisi Branch is not one to lose momentum. On the face of it, the budding young...
From Guerrilla Fighter to Human Rights Activist
Each year in the Philippines, many human rights activists receive death threats, and some get killed. To continue working...
Filipino Farmers Face Criminal Charges for Harvesting Coconuts
In the Bondoc peninsula, where the municipalities of San Andres and San Narciso meet, it is easy to lose oneself...
The Landless and the Law
Ten years ago, the tenants of Hacienda Villa Reyes in Quezon Province, Philippines lived a poor and destitute life....
Meet JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze
In between working for five different Georgian legal justice NGOs, spearheading international grant projects and translating various legal documents,...
Between David and Goliath, Stands a JusticeMaker
Above: Rosselynn Jae Garcia de la Cruz (Jae), 2010 JusticeMaker fellow and agrarian reform lawyer It was about...
Trainings and Awareness-Raising Activities Echo Anti-Torture Day in Burundi
As last Saturday Burundi was, like the rest of the world, paying a tribute to the victims of torture...
Kigali DRC Finds a Place to Call Its Own
On Thursday, June 24th, the IBJ-Rwanda Defense Resource Center (DRC) settled into its new headquarters in Remera – a bustling...
Legal Defense Training and Community Roundtable Discussion to Improve Access to Justice in Rwanda
IBJ is pleased to announce that a legal defense training and judicial community roundtable discussion will be conducted in...
High Time for Changing the Adult Time for Adult Crime Mentality
“When you teach someone to swim, you don’t just throw them in the deep end and hope they do...
Addicted to Justice: JusticeMaker’s Fellow Evans Muswahili Continues Working for Reform in Kenya
For some, pursuing justice seems to be an addiction. Following the successes of his JusticeMaker project for IBJ over...
JusticeMaker Fellow attends Review of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and...
IBJ Hosts Successful Advanced Legal Training in Harare
On Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, the IBJ Zimbabwe Team hosted a successful advanced defender skills training...
Winners of 2010 JusticeMakers Competition Announced!
Grassroots criminal justice implementation efforts will be given a kick-start across Asia over the next year as the eleven...