Heng Lay Him, 20, comes from a humble farming family in Prey Veng Province. On 11 November 2011, he was charged with murder. At the age of seventeen, Lay Him left school in grade seven...
During Karen’s recent trip to Cambodia we spent an afternoon in Kandal prison with the purpose of meeting all the female and juvenile prisoners. It was a privilege to visit Kandal prison with both...
and Nastasia Bach Karen Tse, IBJ’s founder and CEO, and Daniel R. Fung, Chair of the Board of Directors, travelled to Cambodia to meet with the IBJ staff to collaborate and improve skills. On...
IBJ’s National Defender Resource Center in Beijing is in the process of expanding library access for China defenders and IBJ trainers, through a law book donation drive and a bilingual library system for ready...
This past weekend, approximately 55 defense attorneys from Changsha, Hunan Province gathered on the premises of Hunan University’s School of Law to participate in an interactive training with both Chinese experts and IBJ foreign...
For the past two weeks I have had the fortunate experience of working alongside the International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) team in Rattanakiri, a remote province in far north-eastern Cambodia. I have seen a...
and Nastasia Bach On 20 and 21 March 2012, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) held two legal rights awareness events on Cambodia’s Criminal Procedure and Penal Code in Takeo Province. The two events brought...
This past Thursday, March 29, 2012, International Bridges to Justice organized a roundtable event to discuss the impact and significance of China’s new Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). The event was attended by top Chinese...
This January, as China celebrated the Spring Festival and another new beginning in the Year of the Dragon, Attorney Zhu Changjiang received a phone call early one morning from a familiar voice. Pengpeng, Attorney...
and Nastasia Bach On 12 March 2012, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) held its first roundtable discussion for the year in Banlung, Rattanakiri Province. The event was attended by 18 justice stakeholders including the...