In an unprecedented move, on March 5, 2021, the President of Burundi, HE. Evariste Ndayishimiye signed a decree pardoning 5,255 Burundi detainees and ordering their immediate release. In fact, Burundi Bridges to Justice (BBJ)...
On January 15, 2021, Burundi Bridges to Justice (BBJ) conducted rights awareness events in Mpimba and Rumonge prisons in Burundi. A total of 350 pre-trial detainees attended the events, including 49 women. The pressing need for...
In Burundi, the number of children in pre-trial detention is steadily decreasing. However, it is necessary to maintain this momentum and continue the fight against illegal juvenile detention. The story of Celeus exemplifies the...
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...
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...
Lawyer and JusticeMaker Fellow Gatavu Audace, from Burundi, has been negotiating a partnership with the Network of People living with HIV/aids in his area in order to identify who the beneficiaries of the help...
The court of Cibitoke is located in the North-West of Burundi, about 50 kilometers from the capital city Bujumbura. No prison is located in Cibitoke, so prisoners from this area are detained in the...
One IBJ client was barely 15 years old when he was arrested on 6 July 2007. He was accused of burglary and put in pre-trial detention. The only existing documentation of his detention is...
During one of his regular prison visits to the prison of Bururi, IBJ lawyer Janvier Ncamatwi identified five family members who were imprisoned and awaiting their trial, accused of willful destruction of property. After...
While celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Universal Children’s Day (November 20th), IBJ organized a roundtable event around the theme “special procedures of juvenile justice enforcement...
