The Landless and the Law
Ten years ago, the tenants of Hacienda Villa Reyes in Quezon Province, Philippines lived a poor and destitute life. They spent their days riding buffaloes, harvesting coconuts and cultivating maize fields. Yet despite the...
Meet JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze
In between working for five different Georgian legal justice NGOs, spearheading international grant projects and translating various legal documents, it’s a wonder that JusticeMaker Nana Chapidze has any time for herself. Chapidze discusses project...
Between David and Goliath, Stands a JusticeMaker
Above: Rosselynn Jae Garcia de la Cruz (Jae), 2010 JusticeMaker fellow and agrarian reform lawyer It was about 3 in the afternoon when JusticeMakers Fellow and agrarian reform lawyer, Rosselynn Jae Garcia de la...
Trainings and Awareness-Raising Activities Echo Anti-Torture Day in Burundi
As last Saturday Burundi was, like the rest of the world, paying a tribute to the victims of torture worldwide, IBJ is embarking on a series of activities whose objective is to systematically promote...
Kigali DRC Finds a Place to Call Its Own
On Thursday, June 24th, the IBJ-Rwanda Defense Resource Center (DRC) settled into its new headquarters in Remera – a bustling corner of eastern Kigali. This opening arrives a week ahead of the 48th anniversary of Rwanda’s...
Legal Defense Training and Community Roundtable Discussion to Improve Access to Justice in Rwanda
IBJ is pleased to announce that a legal defense training and judicial community roundtable discussion will be conducted in early July 2010 in Kigali with the support of the Kigali Bar Association. On July...
High Time for Changing the Adult Time for Adult Crime Mentality
“When you teach someone to swim, you don’t just throw them in the deep end and hope they do great” – Abby Anderson Executive director, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, the USA The European Court...
Addicted to Justice: JusticeMaker’s Fellow Evans Muswahili Continues Working for Reform in Kenya
For some, pursuing justice seems to be an addiction. Following the successes of his JusticeMaker project for IBJ over the past year, Evans Muswahili continues to work for justice in Kenya by undertaking a...
JusticeMaker Fellow attends Review of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and entered into force in June 2002. Article 5.1 of the treaty lists the crime of...
IBJ Hosts Successful Advanced Legal Training in Harare
On Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, the IBJ Zimbabwe Team hosted a successful advanced defender skills training in Harare, Zimbabwe. Approximately fifty Harare-based lawyers attended the continuation of last years training, including...