Iran Ebadi plans legal centre for human rights violations
Deepika global
20th October, 2003.
Teheran, Oct 20 (DPA) Iran's Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi plans to create a legal centre in Iran for following up human rights violations, the Teheran press reported.
The daily Yass-e No reported that Ebadi's main aim is to allow the people to voice their protests directly to an office affiliated to Iran's Lawyer Association.
According to the plan, the problems would first be evaluated inside the country without first being referred to international organizations such as United Nations' offices in Teheran.
Ebadi was quoted by the daily as saying that while international organizations should be respected, it would still be wiser to refer first to an internal centre and try to solve the relevant problems nationally.
Observers believe that with the Nobel Peace Prize in her professional record, Ebadi hopes to have more acknowledgement by the Islamic establishment in her fight for children, women and especially human rights.
Ebadi said after her return earlier this week from Paris that she would respect the country's laws and not engage herself directly in politics. But already many intellectuals and human rights activists have called for her nomination at the 2005 presidential elections.
Ebadi had told the students' news agency ISNA Saturday that all political groups, with whatever stance they have, should move hand- in-hand towards building up Iran.
The 56-year-old secular dissident also called for the immediate release of all political prisoners, suitable venues for runaway children and social security for women who have no income of their own.
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