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As pandemic-induced lockdowns slowly took over the world, IBJ’s teams stayed on the frontline of access to justice, creating new solutions to …
Project Rupaantar Throughout the past few years, IBJ India has expanded the scope of its operations by working with local partners to …
International Bridges to Justice’s India Country Program (IBJ India) strives to create a just society empowered to protect human rights. To this …
From June 2 -11 2018, IBJ’s India Country Program Director, Ajay Verma, led legal aid awareness and legal aid camps in a …
Beginning in January 2017, IBJ India partnered with Department of Psychology of Indraprastha College for Women in New Delhi to offer legal …
IBJ Lawyer Katyani Raghuvanshi gives legal advice to women in Tihar Prison On March 7, on the eve of International Women’s Day, …
In Delhi, the need for affordable legal assistance is great. 2 out of 3 prisoners in India are in pre-trial detention. As …
Over 200 Inmates Attend IBJ India’s Legal Rights Awareness Event at Tihar Jail As a part of a joint initiative between IBJ India and …
Pankhuri A. Mehndiratta and Katyayini, IBJ India IBJ India in collaboration with Delhi Prisons organized a two-day capacity building workshop for warders …
-KatyayiniOctober 2014 IBJ India organized a two-day paralegal training for the convicts at the Central Jail, Ajmer on the 4th and 5th of …
Ajay Verma Advocate speaking on Bail On December 4, 2014 the IBJ India team visited Central Tihar Jail No. 6 in New …
Ms. Bijoya Chnada, advocate for IBJ Justicemakers, introducing the workshop to participants On the 1st of June 2014, IBJ India organised a …
IBJ’s program in India kicked off in 2008 with an International Criminal Defense Training in New Delhi. Four Supreme Court justices including …
IBJ India Team at the Awareness Camp On the 13th of August 2014, a team of IBJ India lawyers visited Tihar Jail #7. …
Intern Solange Pittet sits with IBJ India Legal Fellow Gulika Reddy for International Bridges to Justice’s first official podcast! Visiting Geneva for …
Karkardooma Court When I arrived at Karkardooma Courthouse, Mr. Bali was speaking with a man intently, smiling and holding up a finger …
On 07th December, IBJ India conducted a whole-day roundtable for welfare officers in Tihar Jail. Titled ”Role of Welfare Officers in Ensuring Access …
BJ India’s monthly prison legal awareness event was held on Saturday, November 30th. More than 300 inmates attended the session, which lasted …
From 08th to 10th November, IBJ India was in Jodhpur to participate in the conduction of Legal Refresher Course on Pre-Trial Justice. The training …
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 …
On Saturday 31st August, IBJ India conducted yet another successful legal awareness event in New Delhi’s Central Jail No.4 at Tihar Jail housing …
Contributed by Sumit Sonkar In yet another endeavor to facilitate, the empowerless IBJ India has reached out to the inmates of Tihar …
Under Indian law, it is illegal to make claims for diseases that contemporary medicine deems incurable (such as cancer and HIV/AIDS) unless …
Prithu* is a 50-year-old street hawker who earns his living by selling eggs in a quiet neighborhood of north Delhi. He says …
Baru*, a resident of a small village in West Bengal, travelled to Delhi in 2005 with the hope of earning enough money …
In India, one of the most basic Common Law principles is “better that ten guilty escape than that one innocent suffer.” While …
On 8th March 2013, International Bridges to Justice (India) endeavored to inform convicted inmates in Tihar Jail (New Delhi) about their rights, focusing …
Contributed By: Auriane Mouret On 16th February 2013, International Bridges to Justice was invited to the 36th All India Criminology Conference at the National …
IBJ India together with Legal Bar Association of Neemrana and Behror Legal Association on 29th July’2012 organized a community outreach in Neemrana, Rajashthan. …
September 20th’2012 saw IBJ India make an attempt to not just understand the problems faced by Women Prisoners, but to agree upon …
There were around 150 inmates present for legal rights awareness at Ward no.2 of Rohini Jail on 7thJuly2012. The basic intention of …
On 20 June 2012, IBJ India’s Duty Lawyer team conducted an interactive session with the inmates of Tihar, of Jail no.4 in …
In pursuance of IBJ’s mission in India, the Duty Lawyers Project team conducted an interactive session with the inmates of Rohini District …
International Bridges to Justice (India) in collaboration with Delhi State Legal Service Authority conducted a three day training workshop on 2nd – 4th June …
On Christmas Eve, IBJ India with complete support from Delhi Prisons visited Jail No. 7 of Tihar, which houses prisoners between the …
The morning of Saturday, the 5th of November, 2011, was when the above-mentioned booklet was launched in Jail Number 4 of the …
A unique training was organized by IBJ with CHRI on 7th-9th October’2011, to train convicts as paralegals, with a special focus on pre-trial …
International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) in collaboration with Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) organized a two day workshop on August 20-21’2011 at …
A day-long workshop with a focus on Rights of the Accused and Effective Representation was organized in Alwar, Rajasthan by International Bridges …
A total of 50 warders and head warders from District Jail Alwar, Rajasthan participated. A retired IG, from Rajasthan Prison Shri R.K. …
A Workshop on Cross Examination of Witnesses improved Defence Skills of Young Lawyers from Rajasthan
International Bridges to Justice India (IBJ India) in association with Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) conducted a day long workshop for Trial …
In May 1999, Mohammed Faruk was a young teenage migrant from Bangladesh. With no family or money, he had crossed the border …
On March 3, 2011 IBJ’s India Fellow, Ajay Verma, hosted a delegation of justice officials representing Helmand PRT from Helmand, Afghanistan. The …
On February 5th and 6th, IBJ India and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) jointly conducted a training workshop on the rights of the accused …
In the last four months of 2010, IBJ Fellow Ajay Verma was honored on two separate occasions for his vital work in …
On November 18, 2010, IBJ INDIA, in conjunction with the Delhi Legal Services Authority (the Indian equivalent of the public defender system), …
IBJ India conducts Panel Discussion on “Role of Lawyer for Effective Justice” at Kotputli, Rajasthan
On July 18, 2010 forty participants in Kotputli,Rajasthan India came together to discuss “The Role of Lawyers for Effective Justice.” Kotputli is …
On June 12th, 2010 about thirty Criminal Defence attorneys gathered in Coimbatore, India to learn about “The Role of Lawyers for Effective …
Article 22 of the Constitution: (1) “No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed, as soon as …
IBJ-India and Delhi High Court legal service committee (DHCLSC) organized a Panel discussion on 25.9.2009. The topic of the discussion was “Access …
The Chief Justice of India gave a ray of hope to nearly .17 Million under trials languishing in jails for years despite being booked …
The third session of IBJ’s training programme in Pondicherry India was designed to encourage communication and discussion. The participants were divided into …
On Friday 19th June, IBJ India Fellow Ajay Verma and San Francisco Public defender Manohar Raju, along with the Union Territory of Pondicherry …
On Friday, June 19, IBJ India Fellow Ajay Verma and San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju teamed up with the Union Territory …
IBJ is delighted to announce that Moodbidri Veerappa Moily, India’s new Minister of Law and Justice, has made clear that his top priority is …
GENEVA. Over 30 criminal defence lawyers will undertake a training programme in West Bengal, near Kolkata. The training will be co-hosted by …
Over 130 criminal legal aid lawyers from 26 Indian States underwent an intensive 3-day training programme, co-hosted by International Bridges to Justice …