Malaysian JusticeMaker Visits Juvenile Facilities, Interviews Detainees
Posted by Yasmeen at May
IBJ JusticeMaker 2010 Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff has visited five different juvenile detention facilities in and around Kuala Lumpur since the beginning of April 2011, as a member of a five person team appointed by the Malaysian Department for Social Welfare. The objective of these visits is to determine the extent to which these facilities are […]
Malaysian JusticeMakers Fellow Secures Pivotal Endorsement
Posted by liam at Jan
Dec 9, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — JusticeMakers Fellow Dato’ Yasmeen Shariff met with the Director General (DG) of the Social Welfare Department of Malaysia (JKM), Dato’ Meme Zainal Rashid, to determine a policy plan for Malaysia’s adoption of diversionary procedures in its children’s court. This meeting signaled JKM’s awareness that internal reform is necessary […]
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, […]
Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Center Champions JusticeMakers Project
Posted by liam at Dec
November 25, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On November 25, I sat down with Stephanie Bastian, the Executive Director of the Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Center, to discuss how a criminal justice system, in which 80% of criminal defendants go unrepresented, handles child offenders. She echoed fundamental concerns similarly plaguing other agencies involved in children’s issues: […]
JusticeMakers Inspire Each Other via Skype
Posted by thalusa at Dec
Following the success of the inaugural JusticeMaker conference call with partners from South Asia and the Caucasus, Thomas Halusa (Singapore) and Wouter Krujis (Geneva) organized a second call in order to give another group of JusticeMakers the opportunity to be inspired by the progress of their colleagues’ projects. The conference call took place on 26 […]
