Karen Tse
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” in which citizens will have access to justice and ending the use of torture as an investigative tool. IBJ now has a presence in 48 countries and over 20 years, IBJ has supported more than 30,000 lawyers and defenders who have represented more than 400,000 detainees. Among others, Karen is a recipient of awards from the Skoll Foundation, the American Bar Association Human Rights Award, the Gleitsman International Award, Harvard Divinity School and named as one of America’s best leaders by the US News and World Report.
