Asma Jehangir
| Asma Jahangir | |
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Jahangir in 2010
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| United Nations Special Rapporteur-designate for Human Rights in Iran | |
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Taking office November 2016 |
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| Succeeding | Ahmed Shaheed |
| President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan | |
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In office 27 October 2010 – 31 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Qazi Anwar |
| Head of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan | |
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In office 1987–2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Asma Jilani January 27, 1952 Lahore, Punjab province, West-Pakistan (now-Pakistan) |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (external) Punjab University (LL.B.) Kinnaird College (BA) University of St. Gallen (JSD) |
| Profession | Lawyer, Human Rights Activist |
| Religion | Islam |
| Awards |
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (2010) Martin Ennals Award (1995) Ramon Magsaysay Award Leo Eitinger Award (2002) Four Freedoms Award (2010) alternative nobel |
Asma Jilani Jahangir (Urdu: عاصمہ جہانگیر, translit. ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr; born 27 January 1952 in Lahore) is a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She is widely known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and serves as the trustee at the International Crisis Group.
Born and raised in Lahore, Jahangir studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary before receiving her B.A from Kinnaird and LLB from the Punjab University in 1978. In 1980, Jahangir was called to the Lahore High Court and to the Supreme Court in 1982. In the 1980s, Jahangir became an democracy activist and was imprisoned in 1983 for participating in the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy against the military regime of Zia-ul-Haq. In 1986, she moved to Geneva, and became the vice-chair of the Defence for Children International and remained until 1988 when she moved back to Pakistan.
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