Ms. Jilani has served as an Advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 1992. She is the founder of Pakistan’s first all-women law firm, Pakistan’s first legal aid center and the Women’s Action Forum – an organization focused on campaigning for women’s rights and addressing Pakistan’s discriminatory laws. As a well-renowned lawyer in her own right, she has conducted several landmark cases that set new standards for human rights in Pakistan, with particular concern to the more vulnerable populations, including women, minorities, children and prisoners.
 

"Everybody who contributes to humanity is making contribution. Aurora Prize inspires others to cross that threshold from just an interest in doing human rights work into commitment to work for these causes, to make sure that they are contributing to a better humanity, to better human society," mentions Hina Jilani.