Groundbreaking legal rights seminar for HIV/ AIDS community in Russia
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at June 14th, 2013
Last March, Russian JusticeMakers Fellow Tatyana Kochetkova organized a seminar in her country on legal questions related to people living with AIDS. The purpose of this seminar was to attract greater attention from decision-makers with regards to the aims of IBJ in Russia: assuring security and fair trials for those living with AIDS, and making [...]
JusticeMakers Outreach Programme Educates Locals on HIV/AIDS
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at March 20th, 2013
By Garima Tiwari Protecting and promoting the health rights as well as legal human rights of the high-risk and vulnerable community is a prerequisite for dealing with the problem of HIV/AIDS and helping to control its spread. With this in mind, JusticeMakers organized a community outreach drive and awareness camp in the Mandideep Area near [...]
Law Enforcers in Liberia Unite to Discuss Rights of the Accused Living with HIV/AIDS
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at March 14th, 2013
By Christian Zarweah, IBJ JusticeMaker Local law enforcement near Nimba County in Liberia gathered for a JusticeMakers workshop about the rights of the accused living with HIV/AIDS. From left to right: 1) Police Commander a. Cyrus Marwon 2) Cllr. Gideon Tozay 3) Clerk of Debt Court Arthur Queyaker 4) Cllr. Cooper Gweh, Associate Magistrate 5) [...]
2010 JusticeMakers Fellow Yasmeen elected to UN committee on child’s rights
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at December 20th, 2012
International Bridges to Justice is delighted to congratulate JusticeMakers Fellow Yasmeen Muhammad Shariff, as she becomes the first Malaysian to be elected to the United Nations’ Committee of the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Tuesday. Yasmeen, who has been involved in improving the juvenile justice system by introducing alternatives to custody, conducting legal aid [...]
2012 JusticeMakers Fellow Charles M. Mupenda
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at December 18th, 2012
Écrit par 2012 JusticeMakers Fellow Charles Mugaruka Mupenda. « Malgré l’extrême pauvreté, les conséquences des guerres à répétition, la grande discrimination et le défaut d’intérêt des acteurs, il est possible d’accorder une protection juridique effective aux personnes vivant avec le VIH au Sud-Kivu ; il suffit juste d’y croire et d’oser ». Touché par des problèmes que rencontrent [...]
