Question: Asma Jahangir was posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize, she belongs to which of the following country?
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) Afghanistan
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 18th December 2018, Pakistan’s prominent human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir was posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize. She was one of the four winners of the award which was announced by the United Nations.
- Asma Jahangir was former UN Special Reporter on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- She was the first woman to serve as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association in Pakistan. She was the founder of a home-grown human rights movement in Pakistan and co-founded and served as Chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
- Jahangir won numerous international awards in recognition of her human rights work including the Martin Ennals Award in 1995, the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of Culture of Human rights and honoured as an Officier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneurby France.
UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights:-
- The UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights is an honorary award given to individuals and organizations in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights.
- This is the tenth award of the prize, coinciding this year with the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Every five years, prize winners are chosen by a special committee mandated by the UN General Assembly.
Links:
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/HumanRightsPrize2018.aspx
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1870229/3-asma-jahangir-awarded-un-human-rights-prize/