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Raising awareness

Home > Posts tagged Raising awareness

From Longterm Convict to Legal Resource

From the 04th to the 06th of October, IBJ India jointly conducted a three-day para-legal training in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The training was conducted in collaboration with CHRI (Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative), State Legal Service...

Read more 27 November, 2013 at 12:05 pm vildevinge

A pressing need – IBJ bring about rights awareness among prisoners in eastern Burundi

In the Burundian law it is stated: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment”. Unfortunately, complying with this is not reality in the prisons in the different...

Read more 16 December, 2011 at 8:39 am malsing

Sanjeewa Liyanage at Beijing Normal University: Can We End Torture in the 21st Century? Yes We Can!

November 9, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China – After attending the IBJ China staff retreat in Beijing, IBJ’s International Program Director Sanjeewa Liyanage took his final evening in China to give a lecture at...

Read more 15 November, 2011 at 9:37 am kkaufman

Rights of Accused and Conflict Management Focussed in Workshop for Prison Staff of District Jail, Alwar

A total of 50 warders and head warders from District Jail Alwar, Rajasthan participated. A retired IG, from Rajasthan Prison Shri R.K. Saxena stressed that all those who are in jail are also human...

Read more 29 August, 2011 at 3:54 pm Ajay Verma

Because vulnerable detainees are our primary concern

In addition to street law campaigns, IBJ Burundi, in partnership with APRODH, has begun running legal rights campaigns in Burundian prisons. In Bubanza prison, on 29 March 2010, IBJ Intern Celesta Duivenvoorde explaining women...

Read more 10 May, 2010 at 10:52 am carnaud

Cibitoke roundtable discussions bring lawyers, magistrates and prison officials together on a path of reforming the juvenile justice system in Burundi

On 9th December 2009, IBJ co-organised a fifth roundtable with APRODH in the province of Cibitoke. The aim was to gather members of the Burundi judicial system- whether lawyers, prison officials, police officers, prosecutors...

Read more 3 February, 2010 at 11:54 am carnaud

IBJ Burundi celebrates Human Rights Day with rural populations in Cibitoke

Each 10th December, the international community celebrates the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. International Bridges to Justice Burundi took part to this very special day, organizing a legal rights awareness campaign...

Read more 21 January, 2010 at 6:19 pm carnaud

IBJ and the Kigali Bar Association on tunes in Rwanda

Under the leadership of IBJ Rwanda fellow, John Bosco Bugingo, IBJ has conducted last Sunday 22nd November its third radio rights awareness program on Contact FM. The President of the Kigali Bar Association, Me...

Read more 24 November, 2009 at 6:01 pm fcachat

Radio programs to bring legal awareness in Rwanda

It is widely agreed that most Rwandan citizens are not aware of their legal rights and responsibilities. This is especially true for individuals in rural communities. Because radio is the lifeblood of many rural...

Read more 22 October, 2009 at 5:02 pm fcachat

For Nepali Activist, Fight for Justice leads home

Between 2001 and 2004 hundreds of Nepali villagers disappeared as a result of the armed conflict that occurred in Nepal during this time.  The whereabouts of many of these people are still unknown.  In...

Read more 28 June, 2009 at 3:47 am ewilson
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