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,...
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...
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...
Criminal Justice, Cambodian Naming, and First Photo Impressions of Phnom Penh
Greetings! I’m happy to be reporting from the Kingdom of Cambodia for IBJ. I’ll be here for the next few weeks and I look forward to giving you an “eyes on the ground” look...
IBJ Launches Training Workshop in Bujumbura, Burundi
Well, it’s been a week since I arrived and met African Program leader Marlon Zakeyo and IBJ Deputy Director Jean Amabile and officially began my internship working photojournalist for IBJ. I may lack a...
Brushing up on the Cambodian Criminal Procedure Code
On April 29, IBJ’s Cambodia office sponsored a training workshop for young criminal defense lawyers. IBJ Fellow Ouk Vandeth invited His Excellency Choun Sun Leng, Vice President of the Appeals Court and Chief of...
Building Coalitions for Criminal Justice Transformation – New York Style
As part of her effort to engage the global criminal justice community, IBJ Founder and CEO Karen Tse participated last month in New York University’s Reynolds Speaker Series. According to NYU, the series: …presents...
Criminal law classes, terracotta warriors, and visions of the future in China
I have just returned from a week in China in my capacity as Deputy Director for International Bridges to Justice. IBJ has been working in China for the past five years training defenders and...
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....
JusticeMakers Arrives on June 26, 2008
We are pleased to announce that we have finalized the date we are launching the 2008 JusticeMakers competition – June 26, 2008. The launch coincides with the United Nations’ International Day in Support of...