Bridge to torture-free life for Rwanda’s children
End torture Africa
Summary
The most proven way to end torture is to provide citizens with attorneys at the time of arrest. This project will train 250 African defenders, promote their services, and link them to those in need.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
This project will serve those who have a stake in a fair and equitable criminal justice system in Rwanda, Burundi and Zimbabwe - the tens of thousands of citizens awaiting trial, the public defenders pursuing due process, and future generations yearning for a torture-free society. Moreover, it will help establish rule of law - the backbone upon which a nation can stimulate foreign direct investment and further economic progress.
Activities
This project conducts legal aid training in partnership with Bar Associations in Rwanda, Burundi and Zimbabwe. It boosts legal rights awarness through the production and distribution of posters in prisons, police stations, and public spaces.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,295
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,295 . The original project funding goal was $90,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will train 250 defenders, enabling them to collectively represent millions over the lives of their careers. In turn, this will spawn a generation who values – and fights for – the presumption of innocence and the abolition of torture.
Project Message
For the first time in history, we have a roadmap for the systematic prevention and abolition of torture. Please join us and help make this dream a reality.
- Karen I. Tse, Founder and CEO, International Bridges to Justice
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Karen Tse
Founder and CEO
International Bridges to Justice
10 Rue de Berne
Geneva, n/a 1201
Switzerland
(00-41-22) 7312441
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
International Bridges to Justice
10 Rue de Berne
Geneva,
Geneva
1201
Switzerland
(011-41-22) 731-2441
http://www.ibj.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Rwanda
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 24, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Promotion and Protection of Legal Rights in Africa Report (January - July 2007)
By Marlon Zakeyo - IBJ Africa Program Fellow, August 07, 2007 06:49 PM
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