JusticeMakers Arrives on June 26, 2008
We are pleased to announce that we have finalized the date we are launching the 2008 JusticeMakers competition – June 26, 2008. The launch coincides with the United Nations’ International Day in Support of...
Skoll World Forum: Hope, Urgency and a Plan for Scale
Last week, I had an incredible opportunity to tag along with some of my IBJ colleagues and attend the Skoll World Forum at Oxford. In many ways, I felt like a groupie… celebrating the...
Robert E. Precht to launch IBJ’s Criminal Clinical Legal Education Project in China
IBJ is pleased to welcome Robert E. Precht to International Bridges to Justice as Project Director of the Criminal Clinical Legal Education Project, a new programming initiative of IBJ’s China Defender Program. The Criminal...
From New York to Phnom Penh: Criminal Defense in Cambodia
As an IBJ volunteer, I have been accompanying IBJ Fellow Ouk Vandeth (see image below) as he travels to the provinces to advocate for his clients. These trips have really opened my eyes to...
JusticeMakers: Prizing Just Ideas for Criminal Defense
I just wanted to provide a preview of an upcoming competition called JusticeMakers… which IBJ will be launching in the coming months. Stay tuned for more! JusticeMakers is a global competition that sources and...
IBJ Board Member Mia Yamamoto wins ABA Spirit of Excellence Award
IBJ would like to salute board member Mia Yamamoto for winning the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award. The Spirit of Excellence Award, “celebrates the achievements of diverse lawyers and others who contribute...
Si te arrestan en China, mejor si conoces tus derechos
Si te arrestan en China, mejor si conoces tus derechos Diario Publico By ANDREA RODES En las comisarías de policía chinas, donde antes podía leerse: “Confesar: trato suave; resistir: trato más duro”, ahora dice:...
IBJ Holds Region-wide Juvenile Defense Training in SW China
From January 14-16, 2008, IBJ held its first region-wide training seminar in Southwest China. Held in Chongqing in cooperation with the China Society of Juvenile Delinquency Research, an influential government agency responsible for researching...
Help IBJ Promote Human Rights at Davos
Help IBJ Promote Human Rights at Davos. Here’s how. 1. Follow this link www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion 2. Click on the “View/Vote” tab in the video frame. 3. In the “Search for a Video” box, type in...
UU World: “Spirited Defender”
Karen Tse’s human rights ministry is helping to eradicate torture. By Michelle Bates Deakin | Winter 2007 The fetid conditions of Cambodian prisons were nothing new to Karen Tse in 1995. She had walked...