Aditya and the Confession
In India, one of the most basic Common Law principles is “better that ten guilty escape than that one innocent suffer.” While the Indian criminal justice system is based along these lines, trial courts...
Interactive Session with IBJ Volunteer Lawyers at Ward No.3 of Rohini District Jail, New Delhi, India
In pursuance of IBJ’s mission in India, the Duty Lawyers Project team conducted an interactive session with the inmates of Rohini District Jail in New Delhi on February 10, 2012. IBJ was represented by...
Inside the walls – Stories from a women’s prison in Bolivia
The rain is pouring down outside and it is cold inside the unheated concrete room. The room has stacked plastic chairs at one end, ancient-looking computers pushed against the wall and covered in protective...
A tale of two sisters
Two sisters are helped to obtain freedom after being detained for months without trial The younger sister, does most of the talking. We have traveled to the “barrios” (suburbs) of El Alto, just...
An everyday superhero (for justice)
Since arriving in La Paz, Bolivia, I have been following JusticeMaker Veronica Marisol Quiroga Pando (for the sake of brevity, I will call her Marisol) to document some of her work for International Bridges...
December 4th China Legal Publication Day: Shanxi Province On-Site Legal Advice
In conjunction with several other activities relating to National Legal Publication Day, China’s International Bridges to Justice program cooperated with the Shanxi University of Finance and Economics to develop an on-site legal advice forum...
Little Law Fighter – IBJ China’s December 4th Program in Jinan, Shandong Province
As part of International Bridges to Justice’s contribution to China’s December 4th National Legal Publication Day this year, IBJ partnered with the Legal Aid Association of Shandong University to organize a legal rights awareness...
IBJ fostering understanding of the legal guarantees of the accused
On the 26th of October, a number of key criminal justice stakeholders such as lawyers, judges and police officers participated in an IBJ roundtable arranged in Ruyigi, in the east of Burundi. Representatives of...
Sri Lanka – Freedom from Torture: Nidosh’s Story
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...
Sri Lanka – Working to End Violence Everywhere, Even in Schools
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka – Respect for elders and authority figures is deeply ingrained in the culture of Sri Lanka. Children are instructed to show deference towards their parents, grandparents, as well as towards teachers,...