Hauwa Ibrahim

Hauwa Ibrahim - 2018

Hauwa Ibrahim (* 1968 in Nigeria ) is a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist .

Life

The daughter of an Islamic mullah was supposed to drop out of school at the age of twelve and get married. She defied her family's wishes and studied law. She then worked until 1996 in the Justice Department of the State of Bauchi in Northern Nigeria. The introduction of the Shari'a in the northern provinces of Nigeria in 1999 led her to work as a defender. She took on numerous pro bono mandates for people who were threatened with the hadd sentence , which earned her international fame. Among other things, she successfully defended Amina Lawal and Safiya Hussaini .

Awards

• 2004: Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association
• 2005: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2005: Sakharov Prize of the European Parliament
• 2006: Honorary Citizen of the City of Paris
• 2006/2007: Visiting professor at the Saint Louis University School of Law
• 2010: Honorary doctorate from the University of Oldenburg

Web links

• Publication of the European Parliament on the Sakharov Prize 2005 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
• Saint Louis Letter , fall 2006 (Journal of the Saint Louis University School of Law)
• Interview by Afrika Bildung eV with Hauwa Ibrahim, article from June 16, 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.abanet.org/women/margaretbrent/pasthonorees.html , accessed January 17, 2010.
2. ↑ http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/ex-presidenti/Ciampi/dinamico/comunicato.asp?id=26629 , accessed January 17, 2010.
3. ↑ http://www.paris.fr/portail/accueil/Portal.lut?page_id=6593&document_type_id=5&document_id=20675&portlet_id=14989 , accessed January 17, 2010.
4. ↑ Human rights activist Hauwa Ibrahim receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Oldenburg , press release, in: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft dated December 8, 2010.