Defend Burundian Women & Children from Legal Abuse

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Summary

If you were suspected of a crime, would you be treated fairly? In Burundi... the likely answer is no. This project gives 80 women and child detainees a trained defense lawyer and their day in court.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

62% of people detained in Burundi prisons are awaiting trial. Yet to be convicted, these individuals sit in legal purgatory indefinitely, without access to family, medical assistance, legal counsel, or expected dates to trial – while investigators use coercive methods of interrogation, including arbitrary detention and even torture. This project seeks to help women and children, whose the situation is particulary dire - imprisoned with men, and often the victims of rape and battery.

Activities

IBJ mines jail records to find vulnerable clients lost within the legal system. Our public defenders investigate each case, motion for bail, lobby judges to expedite clients’ trial dates, and provide high quality counsel throughout the trial.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $0
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $9,200
Total Funding Goal: $9,200

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Over the course of a year, this project will secure legal protections and fair trial for 80 women and children who are currently facing indefinate detention - lost within the Burundian criminal justice system.

Project Message

"IBJ's criminal defenders are helping Burundi overcome the destructive legacy of their decade-long civil war. We're strengthening rule of law and improving quality of life for ordinary people."
- Sanjeewa Liyanage, IBJ Program Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tim Scheu,
Innovation Officer
International Bridges to Justice
10 Rue de Berne
Geneva, 1201
Switzerland
41227312441
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

International Bridges to Justice
10 Rue de Berne
Geneva, Geneva 1201
Switzerland
(011-41-22) 731-2441
http://www.ibj.org

Learn more about International Bridges to Justice and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Burundi and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Burundi, read the Human Development Report on Burundi or the Wikipedia entry for Burundi.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 21, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 21, 2008.

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