Shirin Ebadi

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).

The framework of democracy is human rights law

Democracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must go through its evolution. No country can be a quasi democracy. It is in fact democratic people that make a society democratic, says Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 27 May 2013

چهار 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 کند. هیچ کشوری یک شبه دموکرات نمی شود. در حقیقت .انسان های دموکرات هستند که جامعه را دموکرات می

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 27 May 2013

The 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 Initiative: Women redefining peace in the Middle East and beyond.

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 20 May 2013

Shirin Ebadi: who defines Islam?

"Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic state has hijacked the Iranian revolution, changed the laws and reversed women’s gains. My advice to Egyptian women is “do not give way to a government that would force you to choose

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 21 Mar 2011

Obstacles to the progress of Human Rights in the World

Sixty years ago, in the hopes of creating a better world, world thinkers came together to devise international standards for how we should live and governments committed to uphold and

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 14 May 2009

The meaning of peace in the 21st century

One of the important tasks of the 21st century is redefining social concepts. I would like to start redefining the word "peace". The main question here is whether

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 4 Jun 2007

America and human rights

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, Please accept my regards and respects. You worked hard to bring about a better world. You survived the second world war. I dont know if you

By Shirin Ebadi and Eleanor Roosevelt

/ 5 Sep 2004