prof. dr. Shirin Ebadi
Biography of prof. dr. Shirin Ebadi
Received the Nobel Peace Price for her significant efforts for democracy and human rights
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Children's Rights Support Association in Iran. In 2003 Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She is the first Iranian to receive the prize.
Shirin Ebadi was born in the city of Hamedan [northwestern Iran] in 1947. Her family were academics and practicing Muslims. At the time of her birth, her father was the head of Hamedan's Registry Office. Her father, Mohammad Ali Ebadi, one of the first lecturers in commercial law, had written several books. He passed away in 1993.
She spent childhood in a family filled with kindness and affection. She has two sisters and a brother all of whom are highly educated. Her mother dedicated all her time and devotion to their upbringing.
She came to Tehran with her family when she was a one year old and has since then been a resident in the capital. She began her education at the Firuzkuhi primary school and went on to Anoshiravn Dadgar and Reza Shah Kabir secondary schools for her higher education. She sat at the Tehran University entrance exams and gained a place at the Faculty of Law in 1965. She received her law degree in three-and-a-half years, and immediately sat the entrance exams for the Department of Justice. After a six-month apprenticeship in adjudication, she began to serve officially as a judge in March 1969. While serving as a judge, she continued her education and obtained a doctorate with honors in private law from Tehran University in 1971.
She held a variety of positions in the Justice Department. In 1975, she became the President of Bench 24 of the [Tehran] City Court. She is the first woman in the history of Iranian justice to have served as a judge. Following her victory of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979, since the belief was that Islam forbids women to serve as judges, she and other female judges were dismissed from their posts and given clerical duties. They made her a clerk in the very court she once presided over. They all protested. As a result, they promoted all former female judges, including herself, to the position of "experts" in the Justice Department. She could not tolerate the situation any longer so put in a request for early retirement. Her request was accepted. Since the Bar Association had remained closed for some time since the revolution and was being managed by the Judiciary, her application for practicing law was turned down. She was, in effect, housebound for many years. Finally, in 1992 she succeeded in obtaining a lawyer's license and set up her own practice.
She used her time of unemployment to write several books and had many articles published in Iranian journals. After receiving her lawyer's license, she accepted to defend many cases. Some were national cases. Among them, she represented the families of the serial murders victims (the family of Dariush and Parvaneh Foruhar) and Ezzat Ebrahiminejad, who were killed during the attack on the university dormitory. She also participated in some press-related cases. She took on a large number of social cases, too, including child abuse. Recently she agreed to represent the mother of Mrs. Zahra Kazemi, a photojournalist killed in Iran.
She also teaches at a university. Each year, a number of students from outside Iran join her human rights training courses.
In 2002, I co-established the 'Centre of Human Rights Defenders' in Iran with some of her lawyer friends and colleagues. The Centre’s aim is to support political prisoners and their families.
In 2003, she was awarded with the Nobel peace prize. In the same year, she established the 'Centre for Cooperation for Mine Clearance', a non-profitable and non-governmental organization. In November 2006, she received the Legion d’honneur degree from French president Jacques Chirac. She has received more than 20 honorary doctorate degrees from different countries in USA, Canada, Turkey and Australia.
In 2005, she published her memoir, 'Iran awakening' which is translated in to 21 languages.
Topics
- Motivation speech of her own story
- Human Rights
- Children's Rights
- Refugee rights
- The women position in Iran
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Books of prof. dr. Shirin Ebadi
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Title:Iran AwakeningSubtitle:One Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Life and CountryAuthor:Shirin Ebadi & Azadeh MoaveniPublisher:Random House TradeBook:Paperback, 236 pagesISBN:978-08-129-7528-4 -
Title:Iran AwakeningSubtitle:A Memoir Of Revolution And HopeAuthor:Shirin EbadiPublisher:Ebury PressBook:Paperback, 256 pagesISBN:978-18-460-4014-6In this remarkable book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells her extraordinary story. Dr Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of Islamic law in harmony with vital human rights such as democracy, equality before the law, religious freedom and freedom of speech. She is known for defending dissident figures, and for the establishment of a number of non-profit grassroots organisations dedicated to human rights. In 2003, she became the first Muslim woman, and the first Iranian, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She chronicles her childhood and upbringing before the Revolution, her education and student years at the University of Tehran, her marriage and its challenges, her religious faith, and her life as a mother and as an advocate for the oppressed. As a human rights campaigner, in particular for women, children and political prisoners in Iran, her book is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the life story and beliefs of a courageous and unusual woman, as well as those interested in current events (especially those of the Middle East), and those who want to know the truth about the position of women in a Muslim society.
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Title:Refugee Rights in IranAuthor:Shirin EbadiPublisher:Saqi BooksBook:Paperback, 254 pagesISBN:978-08-635-6678-3In this seminal piece of writing Nobel Peace Laureate, lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi brings to light the legal aspects of life as a refugee in Iran. Controversial issues such as the right to education, property and inheritance are addressed in detail through a comparative study of Iranian and international refugee law. Ebadi argues that there is nothing inherent in the legal structure of Islamic states that prevents them from upholding basic human rights for refugees, and she reveals how these rights are protected in a country like Iran, where the Islamic legal system is predominant. Refugee Rights in Iran will be of great interest to anyone who helps states and international organizations formulate laws that can accommodate the needs of refugees in an increasingly complex world. It will also serve as an essential reference for policy-makers promoting refugee rights in Islamic states for years to come.
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