International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) in Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract
This summer I will conduct research for the nonprofit International Bridges to Justice in Geneva, Switzerland from May 31, 2010 to August 11, 2010. International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is a nonprofit organization that strives to uphold human rights globally, but specifically in developing countries. IBJ's programs aim to protect the right to competent legal representation, the right to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a fair trial. Its innovative approaches to meeting these goals include Public Defender capacity building, criminal justice reform, and generating more awareness of human rights among the population. To foster the sharing of ideas about criminal justice and cooperation among Public Defenders of the world, the IBJ has created the online JusticeMakers program. This program essentially provides an online support structure that facilitates networking among criminal justice stakeholders around the world. Additionally, each year the IBJ hosts a JusticeMaker competition to provide funding and support to someone in a developing country to improve that country's criminal justice system. Winning proposals (from professionals including public defenders, human rights officers, and police officials) offer the greatest innovation, efficacy and sustainability, and fellows are rewarded with funding, additional training, and a documentary photojournalist to record their efforts. The 2010 JusticeMakers Fellows is focused on Asian rule of law, and some winners will be trained at the Singapore Criminal Justice Training Center, with many others heading to locations all over Asia to implement their projects.
Document Type
Blog
Repository Citation
Murray, Mariel, "International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) in Geneva, Switzerland" (2010). Voices from the Field. 14.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/postconflictjustice_voices/14