IBJ is proud to announce that three bar associations within Syria have officially adopted the IBJ Syria Defender Manual as a core legal education resource. The IBJ Syria Defender Manual, the first of its...
IBJ India continues to innovate new ways to deliver on its mission to protect human rights, including through its Legal Rights Awareness and Legal Aid Camp.
Earlier this year, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) and Cambodian Bridges to Justice (CBJ) conducted a roundtable discussion with members of the Ministry of Justice and the National Police addressing the need to increase...
“Today I brought with me this image….it’s a women with a man’s hand on her bottom. For me it represents harassment. It’s an image I’ve kept with me since 2007, and it reminds me...
On the closing day of the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Annual Meeting, International Bridges to Justice welcomed guests to a private dawn vigil at the beautiful “Gross-Stube” located within the Davos Town Hall for...
UNDEF Fund ensures the right to legal representation in Cambodia Geneva, Switzerland – 18 December 2018 – IBJ today announced the launch of a new project in Cambodia, funded by The United Nations Democracy...
Paving the way to access to justice for the accused with a focus on women in particular. December 18, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland. The IBJ Syria project team members, with the help of Hasan al Mousa,...
Standing Together for Equality, Justice and Human Dignity Every year on 10 December Human Rights Day is observed: The day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)....
“I am a public defender I am a guardian of the presumption of innocence, due process and fair trial. To me is entrusted the preservation of those sacred principles…” -James Doherty, 1967 This oath...
International Bridges to Justice is proud to join the United Nations on 20 November 2018 in celebrating Universal Children’s Day, established in 1954. November 20th was the date in 1959 when the UN General...
The 2018 JusticeMakers Access to Justice Competition in Asia For the flyer in PDF, click here. Geneva, Switzerland – 14th August 2018 Today, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is announcing the launch of its 2018 “Justice for All”...
From June 2 -11 2018, IBJ’s India Country Program Director, Ajay Verma, led legal aid awareness and legal aid camps in a number of jails in the Delhi area. Throughout the week, the IBJ...
The 2018 JusticeMakers Access to Justice Competition in Syria For the flyer in English, click here. .للبيان الصحافي والملصقات في اللغة العربية، إضغط هنا Geneva, Switzerland – 29th June 2018 – Today, International Bridges to...
A number of rights awareness campaigns have been conducted in Ouagadougou and surrounding areas in Burkina Faso since July 2017. The rights awareness program is part of IBJ’s project in Francophone Africa, supported by...
In celebration of IBJ’s 10th annual event at the World Economic Forum, IBJ is hosting a Dawn Vigil on Peace and Justice on Thursday 25th January 2018 at 7:30am at the Davos Town Hall.
Press release on the advance of our JusticesMakers fellows’ projects 26 June 2017 – On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, IBJ was thrilled to to announce the selection of 10...
On 10th November 2017 Burundi Bridges to Justice held the first Community Work, Dialogue, and Rights Awareness event in the commune of Kamenge, Bujumbura, involving a total of 127 individuals. With approximately 15% of...
On Wednesday 25th October 2017, Rwanda Bridges to Justice and its partner International Bridges to Justice welcomed a number of key justice and technology stakeholders at Kigali Marriott hotel for a High Level Justice Round-table...
On Friday 13th of October 2017, a dozen female lawyers gathered in Rwanda Bridges to Justice’s office for the first “Women Lawyers Network Coffee Meeting”. The need for such an event was initiated during...
On Monday 25th September 2017, International Bridges to Justice partnered with the Theatre of Transformation to host an innovative side event during the Human Rights Council. The event, entitled ’75 minute Brain Hack on Access...