JusticeMakers Fellow from Nigeria gives legal aid training in Ghana
Moved by his father’s detainment by the police for six months without trial, Patrick Dunkwu has worked towards improving...
Is Kenya Justified to Retain the Death Penalty?
Kenya just like any other developing country is faced with the challenge of a rapidly growing population and a...
JusticeMakers Teams with Asia Partners to Bring Legal Rights Reform to Grassroots Level
Since the launch of the 2010 Asia JusticeMakers Competition, our partners have done an amazing job at promoting the...
JusticeMakers project proves the demand for lawyers in rural Uganda
Robert Kibaya used his JusticeMakers grant to establish a justice awareness project in his rural community of Kikwanda, Uganda....
JusticeMakers Fellow in Kenya helps women access fair trials.
JusticeMakers Fellow Evans Muswahili is working in Vihiga district, Kenya to reform traditional beliefs and practices in his community....
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...
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...
2010 JusticeMakers Fellowship Launches January 27th: Special Thanks to our Amazing Partner Organizations!
Today, January 27th, we are officially launching the 2nd Annual JusticeMakers Fellowship Competition. International Bridges to Justice wanted to...
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...
Pakistani JusticeMaker Teams Up with Influential Government Department to Widen Impact of Project
On 1 December 2010 Pakistani JusticeMaker 2010, Waqas Abid, had a meeting with the Head of Kasur District’s Social...
IBJ Photojournalist Ian MacLellan Wins PhotoPhilanthropy Award!
As the adage goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” While statistics and reports about human rights abuses...
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...
JusticeMakers Fellows celebrating International Human Rights Day
Thursday 10th December was International Human Rights Day. To celebrate, several of the JusticeMakers fellows held special events in...
JusticeMakers Fellow Ram Bhandari has an article published in the Nepali Times
Nepal’s JusticeMakers Fellow Ram Bhandari had an article published in the Nepali Times. Click to view his guest column...
Buhle Dube honors International Human Rights Day with a celebration in his community.
On December 10th, 2009 JusticeMaker Buhle Dube in Swaziland organized an event to honor the 61st anniversary of the...
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....
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....
Burundi and Rwanda Fellows lay the foundations for collaboration in the East Africa region during the 14th East Africa Law Society Annual General Meeting
On November 27th and 28th, IBJ Burundi Fellow – Astère Muyango – and IBJ Rwanda Fellow – John Bosco...
28 detainees released as a result of coordinated efforts of Burundian lawyers, magistrates and prison officials
The roundtable discussion held in Gitega on October 15th on the issue of pre-trial detention concluded with great promises....
Commemorations of the 61th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in IBJ’s country programs
The 10th of December is a day of remembrance, remembrance of the victims of human rights abuses. It is...