TEDxZurich 2010: How to End Torture Worldwide by Karen Tse
Geschreven op 23-10-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in EEN-Armoede, Mensenrechten
A former public defender, Karen first developed her interest in the cross section of criminal law and human rights as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow in 1986, after observing Southeast Asian refugees detained in a local prison without trial.
In 1994, she moved to Cambodia to train the country’s first core group of public defenders and subsequently served as a United Nations Judicial Mentor. Under the auspices of the U.N., she trained judges and prosecutors, and established the first arraignment court in Cambodia.
After witnessing thousands of prisoners of all ages being held without trials, usually after being tortured into making ‘confessions’, Karen founded International Bridges to Justice in 2000 to promote systemic global change in the administration of criminal justice. In the initial stages, she negotiated groundbreaking measures in judicial reform with the Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambo dian governments. Under her leadership, IBJ has expanded its programming to sixteen countries, including Rwanda, Burundi and India.
