Asma Jahangir

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Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (1952-2018)

LawyersLived 1952 to 2018 · aged 66

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Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell.

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Photos 5

Picture of Asma Jahanghir with picture of Ijaz Hussain Batalvi in shadow of Supreme Court of Pakistan and Lahore High Court.

Jahangir with Pranab Mukherjee, then India's Minister of External Affairs

Funeral

Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt of United Kingdom.

Awards 16

2018United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

2018Grand Cross of the Order of Excellence

2016Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Worship

2014Right Livelihood Award

2014Officer of the Legion of Honour

2014Stefanus Prize

2012North-South Prize

2010Hilal-i-Imtiaz

2010UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights

2002Geuzenpenning

2002University of Oslo’s Human Rights Award

2001Millennium Peace Prize for Women

1999Human Rights Award

1998King Baudouin International Development Prize

1995Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

1995Ramon Magsaysay Award

Connected to Asma 6

Flora BrovinaAlso won Millennium Peace Prize for Women

Ilham TohtiAlso won Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Joaquim ChissanoAlso won North-South Prize

Sima SamarAlso won Geuzenpenning

Abel MuzorewaAlso won United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

Abida ParveenAlso won Hilal-i-Imtiaz

About this person

Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell. Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group.