Nani Jansen Reventlow Explained

Nani Jansen Reventlow
Birth Name:Yakaré-Oulé Jansen
Birth Date:29 July 1978
Nationality:Dutch
Education:Columbia University School of Law, LL.M.
University of Amsterdam School of Law, J.D.
Occupation:Human rights lawyer
Website:https://nanijansen.org

Yakaré-Oulé (Nani) Jansen Reventlow is a human rights lawyer who specialises in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology.[1] [2] [3] She is the founding director of Systemic Justice, which works to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice.[4] She previously founded and built Digital Freedom Fund, which advances digital rights in Europe through strategic litigation.[5]

She is an Associate Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford,[6] an "Associate Tenant" at Doughty Street Chambers,[7] and previously a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School.[8] She is the recipient of various awards and honours, including Harvard Law School's "Women Inspiring Change" in 2020, and Oxford Internet Institute's Internet and Society award in 2018.[9] [10]

Career

Throughout her career, Jansen Reventlow has been responsible for several notable freedom of expression cases across national and international jurisdictions, including the first freedom of expression judgment from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights and from the East African Court of Justice.[11]

From 2011 to 2016, she oversaw litigation practice at Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI), leading or advising in cases involving over 50 national jurisdictions and international forums such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Committee, and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

Her standard-setting work seeking to decolonise the digital rights field in Europe saw her listed on Politico’s 2021 list of visionary tech leaders in Europe.[12]

Awards and honours

Jansen Reventlow has received multiple awards and honours, including:

Nomination for UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

In June 2020 it was announced that Nani Jansen Reventlow was one of the four candidates for the position of UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. Other candidates were Irene Khan, Fatou Jagne Senghore and Agustina del Campo.[17] [18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panelists tell UN expert that artificial intelligence offers promise and peril for social programs. 2020-06-15. Princeton University. en. 2020-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610140153/https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/04/18/panelists-tell-un-expert-artificial-intelligence-offers-promise-and-peril-social. live.
  2. Web site: OII Oxford Internet Institute announces 2018 winners of OII Awards — Oxford Internet Institute. 2020-06-15. www.oii.ox.ac.uk. 2020-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930191100/https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/oxford-internet-institute-announces-2018-winners-of-oii-awards/. live.
  3. Web site: Al Jazeera. Q&A: Ethiopian journalists languish in prison. 2020-06-15. www.aljazeera.com. 2020-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615140847/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/ethiopian-journalists-languish-prison-20143267289794.html. live.
  4. Web site: Systemic Justice . 2023-07-16 . Systemic Justice . en-GB.
  5. Web site: ATLAS: Nani Jansen Reventlow. 2020-06-15. ATLAS. 3 February 2020 . en-US. 2020-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613180431/https://www.atlaswomen.org/profiles/2020/2/3/nani-jansen-reventlow. live.
  6. Web site: Nani Jansen Reventlow. 2020-06-15. www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. en. 2020-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143414/https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/nani-jansen-reventlow. live.
  7. Web site: Nani Jansen Reventlow Doughty Street Chambers. 2020-06-15. www.doughtystreet.co.uk. 2020-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143412/https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/nani-jansen-reventlow. live.
  8. Web site: Nani Jansen Reventlow . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143412/https://www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/nani-jansen-reventlow . 2020-06-15 . 2020-06-15 . www.law.columbia.edu . en.
  9. Web site: 2020-03-06. 2020 Honorees. 2020-06-22. Women Inspiring Change. en-US. 2020-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810160509/https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/womeninspiringchange/2020-honorees/. live.
  10. Web site: OII Oxford Internet Institute announces 2018 winners of OII Awards — Oxford Internet Institute. 2020-06-22. www.oii.ox.ac.uk. 2020-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930191100/https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/oxford-internet-institute-announces-2018-winners-of-oii-awards/. live.
  11. Web site: Konate judgement. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200113205620/http://en.african-court.org/images/Cases/Judgment/Konate%20Judgment%20Engl.pdf. 2020-01-13. African-court.org.
  12. Web site: 2021-07-15 . Nani Jansen Reventlow . 2023-07-16 . POLITICO . en.
  13. Web site: Prof. Stefan A. Riesenfeld . 2023-07-16 . Berkeley Law . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2021-12-12 . Nani Jansen Reventlow receives the Felipe Rodriguez Award 2021 . 2023-07-16 . Bits of Freedom . nl-NL.
  15. Web site: The Shortlist for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921121654/https://eclipselegal.co.uk/news/events/the-shortlist-for-the-law-society-excellence-awards-2015/. 2020-09-21. EclipseLegal.co.uk.
  16. Web site: Columbia Global Freedom of Expression 2015 Prize Winners. 2020-06-22. Global Freedom of Expression. en. 2020-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200605015030/https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/prizewinners2015/. live.
  17. Web site: Report of the Consultative Group to the President of the Human Rights Council, June 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210702201002/https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/CallApplications/HRC44/CG_REPORT_HRC44_FINAL_to_HRC_President_2020-06-03.pdf. 2021-07-02. OHCHR.org.
  18. Web site: OHCHR Special Procedures Appointments at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council (15 June to 3 July 2020). 2020-06-22. www.ohchr.org. 2020-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622212148/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/SP/Pages/HRC44.aspx. live.

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