Awakening in Burundi, Part V
That night we met with our partner Pierre. He was nervous about the training. He had seen our training plan and didn’t think it would work. He told us that Burundians are shy, reserved...
Awakening in Burundi, Part IV
The training was to begin on Tuesday, May 20th and we went to court on Monday to get a glimpse of the legal system to prepare for the session. The courthouse had seen better...
Awakening in Burundi and Rwanda, Part III
After Marlon vigorously searched through IBJ’s resumes, we found a French criminal defender who was interested in IBJ’s work. We called him and within a week we were meeting our trainer. Mehdi Benbouzid, a...
Awakening in Burundi and Rwanda, Part II
IBJ began planning the Burundi training program in earnest in February of 2008. It was my responsibility to adapt our work in China and Vietnam to this training. I was being assisted by a...
Awakening in Burundi and Rwanda, Part I
I arrived at International Bridges to Justice in November of 2007 to fill the role of Deputy Director. Prior to working at IBJ, I was a public defender in San Francisco for twenty-two years....
Should I Really Apply to JusticeMakers?
In an effort to enhance the credibility and quality of the JusticeMakers competition, the JM team posed several questions at our last weekly meeting, with issues of applicant motivation, analytical statistics and sustainability highlighting...
Karen Tse Speaks about Rule of Law, Human Rights in China
International Bridges to Justice Founder and CEO Karen Tse speaks at the 2008 Committee of 100 Conference. The Committee of 100 is a national non-partisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent. Each...
Reflections on the Rwandan Genocide: 14 Years Later
As an intern at IBJ, I was lucky enough to be able to accompany the IBJ staff to the Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide on April 7th, 2008 at the United Nations in Geneva....