After eight weeks of endless fundraising, the Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge is finally over and we couldn’t be more excited about the results. With everyone’s support and donations, IBJ raised $126,218, coming in 6th place...
by Charlène Buisson In 2010, a thief came into Mr. P’s house to rob him of 6,500,000 riels (about 1,625 USD) and beat him. The victim immediately went to the police post to file a...
IBJ’s National Defender Resource Center in Beijing is in the process of expanding library access for China defenders and IBJ trainers, through a law book donation drive and a bilingual library system for ready...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
Drawing 45 Burundian lawyers, IBJ’s four-day training event in Bujumbura, Burundi, opened on July 12th with a speech by the Batonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats du Burundi, or the Burundia Bar Association. The first...
It was quite hot in Kigali on July 20th 2011. Despite the heat, 30 defense lawyers gathered at IBJ’s Rwanda office for a skills building training workshop to strengthen their ability to advocate for the...
On 29 January 2011, International Bridges to Justice brought together thought leaders from around the globe for an interactive gathering and discussion at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. For the...
