In Cambodia, IBJ continues to provide free access to legal counsel to the women, men and children who need it most and otherwise have no access to a lawyer. Through JustGiving, you can now...
June 2014 Kelly McCarthy IBJ China Seeks to Improve Defense Strategies for Accused Women & Girls Domestic violence is, unfortunately, not a new or uncommon problem in China, but the issue has gained unprecedented social...
IBJ’s Defender Engagement Series (DES) trainer Ms. Wu has always had great sympathy for the poor and, in her own words, “long dreamed of becoming a lawyer.” Her initial interest arose from a desire...
On a cold December afternoon in Sichuan Province, Lian Jun, whose name has been altered to respect confidentiality, was taking the train to Xi’an. Police boarded the train to conduct an inspection. They discovered...
Sok (not his real name), a boyish-looking nineteen-year-old man, acted courageously by agreeing to be interviewed in IBJ’s Battambang office because this office is located inside the court complex where, just two months ago,...
During the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s, China’s legal system was completely dismantled. There were no law firms, no lawyers, and no prosecution system. Since then, China has invested heavily in efforts...
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...
On September 17, IBJ’s Southeast Defender Resource Center coordinated a training with the Rizhao Legal Aid Center of Lanshan’s District Bureau of Justice in Shandong Province. The goal of this training workshop was to...
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. From the time of the initial legal needs assessment made...
Piliyandala, Sri Lanka – JusticeMakers Fellow Harshi Perera visits the home of Sarath Kumara Nidosh, where he has invited his family, friends and neighbors, for a discussion on human rights in Sri Lanka. Nidosh himself...
