Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian human rights lawyer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in <a href="http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/2003/index.html "target=_blank>2003</a>. In 197579 she served

The framework of democracy is human rights law

Democracy is more of a culture than a way of governing or a political system. It is a historical process that must go through its evolution. No country can be a quasi democracy. It is in fact democratic people that make a society democratic, says Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 27 May 2013

چهار چوب دموکراسی حقوق بشر است

دموکراسی قبل از آنکه یک روش حکومتی و یا سیستم سیاسی باشد، یک فرهنگ و پروسه تاریخی است که باید سیر تکاملی خود را طی کند. هیچ کشوری یک شبه دموکرات نمی شود. در حقیقت .انسان های دموکرات هستند که جامعه را دموکرات می

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 27 May 2013

The meaning of peace in the 21st century

Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi writes at the opening of the first international conference of the Nobel Women's Initiative: Women redefining peace in the Middle East and beyond.

By Shirin Ebadi

/ 20 May 2013