Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Prize for Peace

in 2003

The testament of Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize is an award of global significance, given annually to individuals who have distinguished themselves in various fields of knowledge. The award was established following the last will of Alfred Nobel. The award ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize takes place in Oslo. The winner of the prize is chosen by a Committee for the Norwegian Nobel.

OsloDecember 10, 2003

‘’ MOTIVATION ’’ The Nobel Committee is

pleased to award "a woman who is part of the Muslim world," reads the citation of the award underlining how “Ebadi does not see conflict between Islam and fundamental human rights "." It is important to her that the dialogue between different cultures and religions of the world can start from shared values "," its main arena is the struggle for fundamental human rights, and no societies deserve to be called civilized, if the rights of women and children are not respected “

Iran's first female and first Muslim to receive the Nobel

Shirin Ebadi has been concentrated in the struggle for the rights of women and children.

Lawyer and Pacifist

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and pacifist was born in Hamadan, 21 June 1947. her father was a teacher of commercial law. Shirin Ebadi studied law at the University of Teheran and after graduation she made the exams to become a magistrate As a lawyer she deals with cases of liberals and dissidents come into conflict with the Iranian Judicial System which is one of the bastions of the more conservative wing of the government.

After the Islamic revolution of 1979 she was forced, like all women judges, to abandon the judiciary and after widespread protests she was given the opportunity to collaborate in the court in the role of expert in law.

‘’ EXILE ’’ In November 2009, the Tehran police

raided her apartment beating her husband and seized the Nobel Prize for peace. At the relevant time Ebadi had been in London since June in a sort of self-imposed exile to escape a warrant for her arrest for an alleged tax evasion, which could reach on her return at home. On receiving the news, the woman said, "Nothing scares me any more ,even if they threaten to arrest me for tax evasion on my return. They claim that I owe the government $ 410,000 in back taxes for the Nobel Prize: a canard since the Iranian tax law provides that awards are exempt. If they do this to a high profile person like me, I wonder how they behave in secret with a student or ordinary citizen. "

PEACE MUST BE PROTECTED