Because vulnerable detainees are our primary concern
In addition to street law campaigns, IBJ Burundi, in partnership with APRODH, has begun running legal rights campaigns in...
Midway through the People’s Choice Award!
Eight of the $5,000 cash awards for the 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition will be selected by a panel of...
“Urgent need to Team up Lawyers to Make People aware about their Basic Legal Rights”
Article 22 of the Constitution: (1) “No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed,...
Theme: “the principle of the presumption of innocence and its application in Court”
On the 22nd of April, IBJ Burundi held, in partnership with APRODH, a roundtable on the issue of the...
Historical mass release of detainees in Burundi
Great news for Burundian detainees: on the 24th of March, the President, Pierre Nkurunziza, circulated a decree which stipulates...
Death Penalty Case in Zimbabwe Gains Recognition
In Zimbabwe, the court is required, in certain instances, to hand down a death sentence. Under the Criminal Procedure...
Juvenile Injustice in Afghanistan
A 14 year-old girl is kidnapped by three males as a means of revenge against her family because her...
Zimbabwe: a series of legal defense trainings and awareness-raising activities to be conducted in May
The month of May will be rich of colorful events in Zimbabwe. From May 14th-16th, a legal defense training...
IBJ conducts an awareness campaign in the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Bujumbura
Like every month, IBJ Burundi, in cooperation with our precious partner APRODH conducted on the 30th of March an...
IBJ Fellows Innocent Maja and John Burombo speak on the fundamental rights of the accused in Zimbabwe
IBJ-Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, recently held an interview with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation‘s SFM on the importance...
Zimbabwe: creation of an e-group to follow-up on the action plan of a roundtable discussion on rights awareness strategies
IBJ-Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, recently held a roundtable discussion with its partner organizations, LRF and ZACRO,...
JusticeMakers Fellow challenges community to lead criminal justice reform during roadshow in Western Kenya.
Mercy Cheredi has recently begun working for Evans as a communications intern. She’s 25 years old and has a...
Rekindling childhood memories
When...
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...
Poverty and Judicial Corruption behind Torture in Indonesia
Today, there is no doubt that torture and ill treatments are related in many ways to poverty disrespect of...
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...
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...