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Sabah Al-Alwani
Sabah Ahmed Saleh al-Alwani () is a Yemeni judge, who, in 2022 was the List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia#Yemen, first woman to be appointed as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Yemen. This is the highest judicial authority in the country and comprises a president and eight council members. Her appointment to the role was supported by women's rights activists such as Rasha Jarhum. Al Arabiya reported that the decision to appoint her is the most important decision made in the judiciary since the appointment of Samia Mahdi to the Supreme Court in 2006. Al-Alwani's career has included: her election as Head of the Executive Office of the Southern Judges Club in 2013 and appointment by the President of Yemen to the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations of Human Rights. Based in the Aden region, al-Alwani has worked in Prosecutor, public prosecution since 1991, through a range of promotions to Senior Advocate General. She also led an investigative c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of First Women Lawyers And Judges In Asia
This is a list of the first women lawyers and judges in Geography of Asia#Geopolitical map of Asia, Asia. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree. Afghanistan * Hakime Mustemendi and Enise Imam: First female prosecutors in Afghanistan (c. 1960s) * Jameela Farooq Rooshna: First female judge in Afghanistan (1969) * Kimberley Motley (2008): First foreign female lawyer in Afghanistan * Maria Bashir (1994): First female Prosecutor General in Afghanistan (2009) * Rehana Popal (2013): First Afghan-born female to practice as a barrister in England and Wales *Anisa Rasooli: First female to sit on the Supreme Court of Afghanistan (2018) *Ghizaal Haress: First female to serve as the Ombudsman of Afghanistan (2019) Armenia * Alvina Gyulumyan (b. 1956): First female appointed as a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beir Ahmed
Beir Ahmed is a prison in Aden, Yemen. In June 2018, The Associated Press reported sexual abuse and torture occurring in the prison. Operation The staff of Beir Ahmed are primarily Yemeni, however according to The Associated Press, military officers in the prison are from the United Arab Emirates as well as American personnel in uniforms. Security is provided by the Security Belt, a UAE supported Yemeni paramilitary force of the Southern Movement. On July 3, 2018 forty-six detainees were released from the prison. Abuse According to reporting by The Associated Press, detainees at Beir Ahmed have been subjected to torture and sexual abuse. The Associated Press also reported that detainees have been raped, had their genitals electrocuted, and had rocks hung from their testicles and were held without being charged. In July 2018, Yemeni Interior Minister Ahmed al-Maysari demanded that the UAE close or surrender control of the prison after The Associated Press released a report of tort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Judges
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers (also called barristers, advocates, solicitors, attorneys or legal counselors), paralegals, prosecutors (also called District Attorneys or Crown Prosecutors), judges, legal scholars (including feminist legal theorists), law professors and law school deans. United States representation The ABA reported that in 2014, women made up 34% of the legal profession and men made up 66%. In private practice law firms, women make up 20.2% of partners, 17% of equity partners and 4% of managing partners in the 200 biggest law firms. At the junior level of the profession, women make up 44.8% of associates and 45.3% of summer associates. In 2014 in Fortune 500 corporations, 21% of the general counsels were women and 79% were men. Of these 21% of women general counsels, 81.9% were Caucasian, 10.5% were African-American, 5.7% were Hispanic, 1.9% were Asian-American/Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemeni Jurists
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the south-eastern part of the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 455,503 square kilometres (175,871 square miles), with a coastline of approximately , Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Owing to its geographic location, Yemen has been at the crossroads of many civilisations for over 7,000 years. In 1200 BCE, the Sabaeans formed a thriving commercial kingdom that colonized parts of modern Ethiopia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
