Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. In 197579 she served as president of Tehrans city court, but was forced to resign after the 1979 revolution. In the 1980s, she founded the Association for Childrens Rights, and was briefly jailed for her exposure of plans to assassinate dissidents. Among her books are The Rights of the Child: a study of legal aspects of children's rights in Iran (1994), and The History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran (2000).
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Published in: 50.50The framework of democracy is human rights lawDemocracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must...
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Published in: 50.50چهار چوب دموکراسی حقوق بشر است
دموکراسی قبل از آنکه یک روش حکومتی و یا سیستم سیاسی باشد، یک فرهنگ و پروسه تاریخی است که باید سیر تکاملی خود را طی...
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Published in: 50.50The meaning of peace in the 21st century
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi writes at the opening of the first international conference of the Nobel Women's...
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Published in: 50.50Shirin Ebadi: who defines Islam?
"Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic...
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