International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) first established its Zimbabwe Country Office with the Harare-based DRC, which has quickly become a crucial legal hub for the entire nation and has consequently led to increased cooperation with...
In an effort to show you just how meaningful the donations made during Burundi Week are, we are highlighting one of our many courageous advocates working for justice in Burundi. Gatavu Audace was selected to be an IBJ...
International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) has been providing early access to council in Burundi since 2006, with the establishment of a Defender Resource Center (DRC) that now covers 9 of the 17 provinces. Since...
IBJ has been providing early access to council in Cambodia since 2001 when Legal Aid of Cambodia (LAC), invited IBJ to join their efforts to rebuild the Cambodian legal system. Since the establishment of...
Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta 29 October 2014 On the 13th of August 2014, a team of IBJ India lawyers visited Tihar Jail #7. The jail is part of Asia’s largest prison complex, housing young offenders...
Fundraising Websites – Crowdrise Today marks the launch of the Skoll Foundation’s Social Entrepreneurs Challenge 2014! We will once again be participating to raise funds to continue our transformative work made possible by your generous and...
La semaine dernière Karen Tse, la fondatrice et directrice générale d’International Bridges to Justice, a été invitée à se joindre quelques-unes des femmes les plus influentes et inspirantes du monde lors de la Conférence...
Last week, Founder and CEO of International Bridges to Justice, joined some of the world’s most inspiring and influential women at the Global WINConference in Berlin, Germany. “More than 800 leaders from across the...
Un événement de sensibilisation auprès des détenus et des responsables pénitentiaires aux droits légaux a eu lieu à Preah Vihear, au Cambodge. Les femmes et les hommes prisonniers ont reçu un manuel à étudier ; ils...
A legal rights awareness event was held today in Preah Vihear, Cambodia in an effort to educate prisoners and prison officials. Informational posters were distributed to a group of male and female prisoners who were...
Jeanne Salomé septembre 2014 En juin 2013, dans la province de Kampong Thom, Kheng venait de quitter la maison de sa mère à moto lorsqu’il fut arrêté par la police. Ne comprenant pas...
Charlène Buisson le 17 septembre 2014 Le 17 septembre 2014, Theara, un ancien client d’IBJ récemment acquitté et libéré nous a reçu chez lui dans la province cambodgienne de Prey Veng. Maitre Prak Phin,...
Jeanne Salomé September 2014 In June 2013, while riding his moto home from his mother’s place, a man named Kheng was arrested by the police in Kampong Thom province. He did not understand what...
This week IBJ Cambodia conducted a legal awareness discussion on the rights of prisoners for the detainees and prison officers in Ratanakiri’s provincial prison. Two sessions were held, once in the morning and again...
John T. Burombo September 2014 IBJ Zimbabwe Fellows, Innocent Maja and John Burombo, hosted a roundtable discussion on 12th September 2014 to address the issue of corruption in the criminal justice system. The roundtable...
Gatavu Audace is a human rights defense attorney in Bujumbura, Burundi, who has witnessed the plight of people living with HIV/AIDS in Burundi’s criminal justice system. These experiences moved Audace to use his legal skills and...
Intern Solange Pittet sits with IBJ India Legal Fellow Gulika Reddy for International Bridges to Justice’s first official podcast! Visiting Geneva for the annual curators meeting of the Global Shapers Community, Gulika was...
After Harshi Perera received her law degree from the Open University of Sri Lanka in 2008 with a specialization in human rights, she began formally assisting Janasansadaya (JS) by responding to human rights violations...
Last Friday, IBJ Legal Fellow Kan Seng Houth met the man he helped free outside the gates of the Kompong Thom Provincial Prison in Cambodia. The young man expressed his deepest gratitude to Houth...
The Defender Resource Center in Cambodia often puts together Legal Rights Awareness events with posters and brochures, radio campaigns, and community education events. On August 8th, 2014 IBJ lawyers and investigators hosted a Legal...