Hina Jilani
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Hina Jilani (born 1953 in Lahore) is a well-known lawyer and human-rights activist in Pakistan. She co-founded, with her sister Asma Jahangir, Pakistan's first all-female legal practice in 1980. She is also one of the founders of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
She is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders. In 2006, she was appointed to the UN International Fact-Finding Commission on Darfur.
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- Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)
- UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders
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