Sichuan Farmer Can Go Home to Be a Father
On a cold December afternoon in Sichuan Province, Lian Jun, whose name has been altered to respect confidentiality, was...
From Longterm Convict to Legal Resource
From the 04th to the 06th of October, IBJ India jointly conducted a three-day para-legal training in Jodhpur, Rajasthan....
The Results Are in For the Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge and We Raised…
After eight weeks of endless fundraising, the Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge is finally over and we couldn’t be more...
“Appearances Can be Deceiving”: The Lack of Investigation Before Trial
by Charlène Buisson In 2010, a thief came into Mr. P’s house to rob him of 6,500,000 riels (about 1,625...
China’s major plan for reform includes increasing rights protections and reducing torture
On Friday, November 15, China released its decision on the future of nationwide reform, stemming from the Third Plenum...
Tried Twice
By Daniel Ginetty At 6 p.m. on November 10, 2007, seventeen-year-old Sopaea finally lost his patience and stepped outside...
IBJ Cambodia Workshop on Community Legal Awareness
By Vinicius Haesbaert IBJ-Cambodia held a two-day event in Phnom Penh on September 25 and 26 with all staff,...
IBJ celebrates 170th awareness-raising campaign in Cambodia
Contributed by Vinicius Haesbaert This is a special occasion for IBJ-Cambodia. On September 5th, we commemorated our 170th edition...
You Don’t Want to Miss This: Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge
This week, IBJ is embarking on an amazing journey. The Skoll Foundation and the Huffington Post has launched a...
IBJ India: 400 Inmates Attend Legal Awareness Event
On Saturday 31st August, IBJ India conducted yet another successful legal awareness event in New Delhi’s Central Jail No.4...
The Bhopal Disaster: No Accountability for An American Corporation (an IBJ JusticeMakers story)
Contributed by Raven Rakia IBJ JusticeMakers Fellow, Garima Tiwari and Documentary Journalist Fellow, Raven Rakia, visit the survivors, lawyers,...
Murder in a Cornfield
Sok (not his real name), a boyish-looking nineteen-year-old man, acted courageously by agreeing to be interviewed in IBJ’s Battambang...
Rights of the Accused
A handful of prisoners in blue jumpsuits are playing a lazy game of volleyball in the hot sun in...
The First Step
Awareness of legal rights in China, especially in the context of criminal justice, is largely uncharted. Thus any progress,...
Cambodian IBJ Lawyer Defends Falsely Accused 19-year Old
Around 9 PM on November 24, 2012, Kosal, a nineteen-year-old motordup driver, was happy to receive a call on...
Karen Talks at the World Justice Forum’s Security and Law Enforcement Panel
Last week, Karen Tse, CEO and founder of International Bridges to Justice, made an important contribution to the discussion...
IBJ China Protect Juvenile From the Criminal Influence of Adults
An IBJ partner attorney in China recently defended a 17 year old boy arrested on charges of attempted rape....
Mitigating Circumstances- an inspiring IBJ success story from Cambodia
Two years ago, Sophal (not his real name) and six of his friends became statistics in the Cambodian government’s...
Fighting prejudices against the accused living with AIDS in Indian jails
Indian JusticeMakers Fellow Garima Tiwari managed to bring lawyers and security staff together last month to discuss the existing...
Sharing Time and Successful Trial Advocacy Training for IBJ Cambodia Lawyers and Investigators
On Friday, 7th of June 2013, all twenty-two of the IBJ lawyers and investigators in Cambodia gathered in Phnom...