BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250512T021404EDT-00331RfhMR@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250512T061404Z DESCRIPTION:Born in 1952 in Lahore\, Pakistan\, lawyer Asma Jilani\nJahangi r is well known for her indefatigable defense of\nhuman rights and religio us freedom in her country. Since 2004\, she\nhas taken her fight to a glob al level: she has been Special\nRapporteur on freedom of religion or belie f of the United Nations\nCommission on Human Rights since 2004. Ms. Jahang ir founded\nPakistan’s first female law firm in 1980 and has\, at her own \npersonal risk\, fought human rights violations in the courts and in\nthe media for almost 30 years.\nMs. Jahangir’s talk will be followed by a pan el discussion on\nthe challenges facing human rights activists\, and will include the\nparticipation of The Hon. Irwin Cotler\, M.P. and Bassem Eid\ , a past\nLitvack recipient and director of the Palestinian Human Rights\n Monitoring Group in East Jerusalem. A reception will follow.\n \nAbout the Litvack Award & Lecture\nThe Award was created in 1987 to recognize the m emory of Mr.\nRobert S. Litvack\, a tireless defender of Aboriginal rights . It is\nawarded to 'a person who has made a distinguished contribution to \nthe defense of the rule of law and the protection of the individual\naga inst arbitrary power'.\n DTSTART:20090324T210000Z DTEND:20090324T223000Z LOCATION:Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Litvack annual award and lecture - Asma Jahangir: Celebrating Two D ecades of Audacity in the Defence of Human Rights URL:/channels/event/litvack-annual-award-and-lecture-a sma-jahangir-celebrating-two-decades-audacity-defence-human-rights-104284 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR