China and the Rule of Law
The following article was originally published in the December 2008 issue of the Montana Lawyer magazine: In January of...
An Ode to the JusticeMakers
The 2008 JusticeMakers Competition may be over but…the global community is just coming to life. This nascent community has...
IBJ Awards Eight JusticeMakers Fellowships for 2008
5,000-dollar seed grants go to innovative projects committed to changing criminal justice systems in developing countries GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (November...
Meet one of our JusticeMakers: Henry Nwaka Dunkwu from Nigeria
In some parts of the world, police detain individuals awaiting trials for an unspecified amount of time in prison...
Karen Tse Speaks about Emerging Legal Aid Programs on World Radio Geneva
International Bridges to Justice Founder and CEO Karen Tse made an appearance yesterday on World Radio Geneva, where she...
Participant Portrait from the Northwest Region Team Training in Xi’an
Attorney Mu Hongying gave up a successful private practice in 2002 to dedicate herself fully to helping those who...
Faces of IBJ: ISLP Volunteer Leslie Rosenberg
This September, I took a leave from my job as an assistant state public defender in the Office of...
Criminal Defender Support + Community Engagement + Global Scale = JusticeMakers.net
In the fall of 2007, a few of us were sitting around the conference table at the International Bridges...
October Cambodia Training
The IBJ Fellow in Cambodia, Ouk Vandeth, recently conducted a training session for criminal defenders. The training was originally...
Criminal Legal Aid Advocacy Training in Xi’an
From September 19-21, 2008, IBJ sponsored a Criminal Legal Aid Advocacy training at the Northwest University of Political Science...
Women and Children Advocacy Training in Xi’an
IBJ and Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family co-hosted “Women and Children Advocacy Training” at Meiyuan Hotel in...
Five law schools in China join IBJ’s criminal clinical project
Five law schools in China have joined IBJ‘s Criminal Clinical Legal Education project by introducing clinical education designed to...
IBJ Intern Featured on Duke Law School’s Public Interest Website
Just wanted to give a shout out to IBJ Summer 2008 Intern Bettina Roberts for being the poster girl...
Meet one of our JusticeMakers: Ram Kumar Bhandari from Nepal
One of the main challenges of the JusticeMakers competition was to find an innovative way to ameliorate some of...
The challenge of JusticeMakers: Action and Innovation for a global community of human rights defenders
As we approach the term of the inaugural JusticeMakers Competition, I would like to reflect upon my experience with...
JusticeMakers: A community of innovative defenders
I spent several days reviewing the JusticeMakers applications and was struck by the dedication and courage of the applicants....
Seizing the “Arbitrage Opportunity” for Legal Rights
Innovations, Spring 2008 (A quarterly journal published by MIT Press) By Ken Cukier The idea of innovation used to...
From Fear to Hope: Upholding the Rule of Law via Public Defenders
Innovations, Spring 2008 (A quarterly journal published by MIT Press) By Karen Tse Every day in countries throughout the...
IBJ Founder and CEO Wins The American Bar Association’s 2008 International Human Rights Award
The recipient of the Section of Litigation’s 2008 International Human Rights Award is Karen I. Tse. The Award will...
Cambodia Country Photos
Thought I’d post one more slideshow of photos to give you an overall taste of life in Cambodia. If...