About me
Ms. Hina Jilani is an international human rights lawyer, specializing in the rights of women, children, minority groups and prisoners. She is the co-founder of the first all-woman law firm in Pakistan, helped establish the first legal aid centre in her country and the Dastak Charitable Trust women’s shelter and has litigated numerous landmark cases. Ms. Jilani has also served as an UN independent expert, including on the Global Civil Society Advisory Group to UN Women (2012-2015) and as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders (2000-2008). She has received numerous honours in recognition of her career and has been a visiting professor at Columbia, Georgetown and Oxford universities. In 2013, she was appointed a member of The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela. Ms. Jilani has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery since 2020.
