IBJ Releases 2008 Annual Report
Looking for stories of the people IBJ is helping every day? Want a wrap-up of IBJ’s activities over the past year? Click here to download our 2008 Annual Report.
India’s new Law Minister targets backlog of court cases with key judicial reforms
IBJ is delighted to announce that Moodbidri Veerappa Moily, India’s new Minister of Law and Justice, has made clear that his top priority is to bring about judicial reforms to ensure the speedy delivery of justice...
Zimbabwean fellows successfully fight for bail release of prisoners
Innocent and John’s hard work and successful efforts in petitioning for bail in Norton Court ( 40 kilometers away from Harare) brought fifteen prisoners to freedom last month, previously held in Remand prison in...
IBJ Gathers in Geneva Fellows from Burundi, Cambodia, India, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in June 2009
The idea of gathering IBJ Fellows, the backbone of the organization’s programs, had been forming for quite some time…it is now reality! From June 8th until June 11th, Abhijit Datta (Fellow from West Bengal,...
Nigerian JusticeMakers fellow reports release of key defendants
The hearing of Patrick’s first criminal defendant was held on the 15th of May. The defendant, who was been accused of stealing a mobile phone handset, had previously been released on bail. At the...
JusticeMakers gather in Bujumbura
The 2008 edition of the JusticeMakers competition was an undisputable success in Burundi. The large number of projects from Burundi is a testimonial of the vitality of human rights community in the country. As...
Legal Rights Forum begins poster campaign in Pakistan
To increase membership in the JusticeMakers online community, Tahir and the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) have started advertising by distributing JusticeMakers cards at the Karachi Bar Association and other district bar associations. They have...
A Robust Roundtable in Kampong Chhnang
In preparing for the inauguration of IBJ’s Regional Center in Pursat, our team in Cambodia hosted a criminal justice roundtable event. On April 20th, a total of seventy two participants gathered at the Kampong...
Legal Rights Forum hosts conference on juvenile delinquency, prominent Pakistani organizations attend
On the 29th March of this year, the Legal Rights Forum (LRF) hosted a conference on issues concerning juvenile delinquency. A number of important NGOs and civil society organizations attended, including the NGO Resource...
IBJ and MASUM Initiate Criminal Defence Training in West Bengal
GENEVA. Over 30 criminal defence lawyers will undertake a training programme in West Bengal, near Kolkata. The training will be co-hosted by International Bridges to Justice (Geneva, Switzerland) and MASUM, a community organizing and...