Bridge to torture-free life for Rwanda’s children

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Bridge to torture-free life for Rwanda’s children

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. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,295 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

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).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.ibj.org)

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