An international human rights lawyer, ordained minister and former San Francisco public defender, Karen moved to Cambodia in 1994 to train the country’s first core group of public defenders and subsequently served as a United Nations Judicial Mentor. Karen formed IBJ in 2000 after witnessing hundreds of prisoners of all ages being held without trials, usually after being tortured into making 'confessions’. IBJ is creating the conditions for a “new normal in justice”; where people have access to justice, and torture is no longer used as an investigative tool. IBJ now has a presence in 53 countries and over 24 years, IBJ has supported more than 48,000 lawyers and defenders who have represented more than 500,000 detainees.
Karen was named by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. She has received awards from the Skoll Foundation, Ashoka and Echoing Green as a leading social entrepreneur.
Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa
