Monthly Archives: December 2010
Human Rights Achievements Garner Deserved Accolades
Posted by thalusa at Dec
A lawyer who doesn’t like to go to court, Sri Lanka JusticeMaker Harshi Chithrangi Perera is a human rights activist who spends her time helping torture victims. Despite the seriousness of her profession, Harshi comes across to those who meet her as a chatty, bubbly person, dedicated to her work. The treasurer of Janasansadaya (or “People’s […]
Critical Meeting Adds New Dimension to Malaysian JusticeMakers Project
Posted by liam at Dec
November 22, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – JusticeMakers Fellow Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff met with the Minister of Information, Communications and Culture Dato’ Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim at his Federal office in Kuala Lumpur on November 22, forging a critical partnership to help revamp Malaysia’s juvenile justice system. This meeting lasted only a half an hour, […]
Waqas Meets Kasur District Bar President
Posted by waqasabid at Dec
On 1 December 2010, Waqas Abid, JusticeMaker 2010, had a meeting with Ch. Abdul Rehman, the President of Kasur District Bar Association. Issues discussed included the gap in the enforcement capabilities of the criminal justice system and human rights violations in Kasur. The meeting took place to assess possible collaborations between the Bar Association’s aims […]
JusticeMaker Oanh Completes Juvenile Justice Survey
Posted by hoangoanh at Dec
IBJ JusticeMaker Fellow 2010 Oanh Hoang NGO has authored an extensive survey on the state of Vietnam’s juvenile justice system. Basing her research on the most recently published government statistics (from 2009), and using her vantage point as an instructor with the Judicial Academy of Vietnam (the national body established to provide education for judges, […]
Meet the 2011 JusticeMakers Fellows
Posted by jyoder at Dec
On December 10, 2010, International Human Rights Day, IBJ awarded $5,000 in seed funding to eleven JusticeMakers Fellows from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
