Medellín, Colombia – What is our definition of “liberty”? What is the difference between individual liberty and collective liberty, and can we have both? How does our Constitution define liberty? What are the legal...
International Bridges to Justice has released a practice note for criminal defense lawyers on China’s recent amendments to the Chinese Penal Code approved by the 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh...
In May 1999, Mohammed Faruk was a young teenage migrant from Bangladesh. With no family or money, he had crossed the border into New Delhi, India looking for work. By August of that year,...
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the...
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff has visited five different juvenile detention facilities in and around Kuala Lumpur since the beginning of April 2011, as a member of a five person team appointed by...
Since receiving the 2008 JusticeMakers fellowship, Joy Mdivo has taken on new projects that continue to promote human rights in East Africa
The city of Medellín has a long and complicated history of conflict. Several of the problems that it still faces today are paramilitary control and militarization, the resulting armed political militias, territorial gang...
A woman in Colombia may seek a legal abortion only if she finds herself in one of three specific situations: (1) if she becomes pregnant as a result of violation, (2) if the pregnancy...
IBJ is proud to announce we were recently nominated for an Innovating Justice Award for our work training Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers in China on modern investigative techniques. You can vote for our...
This week IBJ is again bringing its unique approach to criminal defense training to Zimbabwe, with a two-day advanced training conducted in Harare on Monday and Tuesday, followed by two days in Bulawayo. Led...