Payam Akhavan

Payam Akhavan is Professor of International Law at McGill University, former UN prosecutor at The Hague, and Prosecutor of the Iran People’s Tribunal.

A prize for the future of Iran: the Mothers of Khavaran and the quest for a just society

After more than quarter of a century of struggle to raise awareness about the secret execution of their loved ones, Mothers of Khavaran, a grassroots network of thousands of survivors in Iran, receive the 2014 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.

By Payam Akhavan

/ 16 May 2014