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...
Criminal Defender Support + Community Engagement + Global Scale = JusticeMakers.net
In the fall of 2007, a few of us were sitting around the conference table at the International Bridges to Justice, discussing IBJ’s programs in China, Cambodia and a nascent initiative in Burundi. IBJ...
The challenge of JusticeMakers: Action and Innovation for a global community of human rights defenders
As we approach the term of the inaugural JusticeMakers Competition, I would like to reflect upon my experience with the JusticeMakers community members, the variety of challenges we both encountered and ways to streamline...
JusticeMakers: A community of innovative defenders
I spent several days reviewing the JusticeMakers applications and was struck by the dedication and courage of the applicants. As a public defender for 22 years, I understand how frustrating it is to stand...
Final Thoughts and Images from My Venture into Cambodian Criminal Justice
The last 8 weeks in Cambodia spent documenting the work of International Bridges to Justice and IBJ-Cambodia Fellow Ouk Vandeth have been an encouraging and rewarding experience. I’ve been able to observe and learn...
Life on the West Bengal Border
As a photographic intern for International Bridges to Justice, this is my first post on their blog. Last weekend I visited a small village near the Bangladesh border called Murshidibad. It is an isolated...
A Judge’s Perspective: Challenges Facing the Cambodian Justice System
International Bridges to Justice Intern and Law Student Sarah Brundage interviews a judge from Kampong Province about the challenges facing the judicial system and why many defendants don’t have a lawyer and why the...
Criminal Justice in Cambodia: Women in the Justice System
IBJ Cambodia intern and law student Sarah Brundage talks about her chat with a female Cambodian judge that was one of 3 judges in a felony case in Kampong.
JusticeMakers Profile: IBJ Cambodia Fellow Ouk Vandeth
Wanting to learn more about the inspiration for JusticeMakers and the man behind IBJ Cambodia, I met with Vandeth one Sunday in his home to ask him some questions about his life and how,...
The Khmer Rouge, Security Prison 21, and the Progress of Cambodian Criminal Justice
With the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia now starting the process of prosecuting the top planners and directors of the Khmer Rouge atrocities, I thought it of utmost importance to visit Tuol...