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: A Tribute to Nelson Mandela then in jail - Prizewinning Ceremony 1985
“The award given by lawyers to a lawyer”
“L’hommage des avocats à un avocat”
“El homenaje de abogados a
un abogado”
“Il tributo degli avvocati ad un avvocato”
“Die Hommage von Anwälten zu einem Anwalt”
“L'omaggio degli avvocati ad un avvocato”
“De award gegeven door advocaten
aan een advocaat"
Depuis/Since/Dal/Seit/Sinds 1984
The 26th International Human Rights
"Ludovic-Trarieux" Prize 2021
awarded on 28th September 2021,
to
FRESHTA KARIMI
The XXVIth International Human Rights Prize "Ludovic-Trarieux" 2021 was awarded on September 28, 2021, at the Palace of Justice of PARIS, to Fresqhta Karimi, the founder and director of Da Qanoon Ghushtonky (DQG – “Seeker of Law” in Pashto), one of the largest legal aid service organizations in Afghanistan.
The Jury composed of 27 European Jury members, representing the Bars of Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cracow, Geneva, Luxembourg, Paris, Rome, Venice etc. said that over the past two decades Freshta Karimi worked to uphold the rights of women and children in Afghanistan and was under repeated threats from the Taliban.
Freshta Karimi (38) was born in 1983 in Kabul. After going to Zarghona Highschool, Kabul, she studied at Kardan Institute in Kabul. She received her Law degree in 2014 from Payam-e-Noor University in Kabul. She received her Law degree in 2011 from Payam-e-Noor University in Kabul.
Freshta Karimi has dedicated her career to improving access to justice and promoting women and children’s rights since 2002. She is also a member of several groups advocating policy changes and has traveled extensively internationally representing her organization and promoting various women’s rights issues and highlighting the concerns of Afghan women. As an activist from the ‘new generation’ of Afghan women, Ms. Karimi has already affected change within her own organization and is committed to building a more secure and safe country for vulnerable groups.
She is the Founder and Director of Da Qanoon Ghushtonky (DQG – “Seeker of Law” in Pashto), one of the largest legal aid service organizations in Afghanistan.
In addition to her commitment to combatting violence against women in Afghanistan, through her organization, Da Qanoon Ghushtonky (DQG), Ms. Karimi has worked to increase communities’ legal public awareness at the district and provincial levels, utilizing the publication of a variety of popular legal awareness materials.
DQG currently provides legal aid services for women, children and men in criminal and family cases in 16 provinces of Afghanistan. From DQG’s establishment in 2006 through September 2014, DQG lawyers have handled more than 21,000 criminal and family cases, of which 70% of clients have been released or in civil cases, resolved in the favor of clients. Moreover, DQG has worked consistently to build the capacity of defense lawyers, law and Sharia Law students, paralegals, judges, prosecutors and police over the past eight and half years through various training programmes.
Freshta Karimi’s commendable efforts to promote gender equality and to empower women were recognized when the Danish Government awarded her a Millennium Development Goal 3 (MDG 3) Champion Torch in 2010.
JURY MEMBERS 2021
