On March 3, 2011 IBJ’s India Fellow, Ajay Verma, hosted a delegation of justice officials representing Helmand PRT from Helmand, Afghanistan. The officials included Chief Justice of the Helmand Appeal Court, Syed Hossein Najibi;...
Medellín, Colombia – On International Workers’ Day on the first of May every year, people the world over gather in the streets to celebrate workers’ rights. Events on this day are often also attended...
This March, IBJ China’s Xi’an office began co-sponsoring monthly Lawyers’ Salons with local law firms in the area, designed to build solidarity among criminal defense attorneys and help practitioners share advocacy strategies. On March...
Recently, China staff gathered in Beijing to share the sources of inspiration that led them to commit themselves to IBJ’s mission of ”working to guarantee all citizens the right to competent legal representation, the...
Supriyatno, known as ‘Yatno’ to his friends, listens carefully as Indonesian JusticeMaker Ajeng Larasati speaks about her country’s Criminal Procedure Code. Occasionally, he raises his hand and asks a question on behalf of a...
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Bijaya Chanda has managed to give basic legal training to 1,919 pre-trial detainees (known in India as under-trial prisoners, or UTPs) since the beginning of January 2011. Bijaya’s project focuses on...
Día 06 de Abril del año en curso se realizo un conversatorio amplia a un conjunto de Estudiantes y profesores de la Universidad de Antioquia con sede en la ciudad de Medellín donde se...
On April 6th, 2011 a meeting was held with students and professors of the Medellin-based University of Antioquia, where the project of JusticeMakers Fellow Adriana has been developing. The aim of the project...
On March 25th, Justine Mwanaisha Saidi, IBJ’s 2011 Justicemaker from the Republic of Congo (DRC), organized a training seminar for magistrates, judges, attorneys and court officials to enhance their knowledge of the requirements of...
Indonesian JusticeMaker 2010 Ajeng Larasati recently completed a five-day training session in Cipinang Detention Center, Jakarta. Between 8 – 13 March 2011, she educated five tamping (convicted prisoners who hold jobs in the...