Yasmin Sooka Explained

Yasmin Sooka
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Alma Mater:University of the Witwatersrand
Occupation:Human rights Lawyer
Profession:Lawyer

Yasmin Louise Sooka is a leading human rights lawyer, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa and a trustee of the Desmond Tutu Peace Centre. She was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and got a law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is an expert on transitional justice, gender and international war crimes.

She was member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a member of the United Nations Report of the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, and currently serves as the Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Sooka is the Executive Director of The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), an independent non-profit organisation based in London working since 2013 to protect and promote justice and accountability in Sri Lanka.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: President of Human Rights Council appoints members of monitoring mission on South Sudan . . 18 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Yasmin Louise Sooka . 18 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Yasmin Sooka . . 18 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Justice to Tamils impossible under 'Sri Lanka', but ITJP seeks 'reforms . Tamilnet . 7 January 2016 . 18 November 2017.
  5. Book: Charles Villa-Vicencio. Fanie Du Toit. Truth & Reconciliation in South Africa: 10 Years on. 18 November 2017. 2006. New Africa Books. 978-1-86928-603-3. 17–.
  6. Book: K. Ainley. R. Friedman. C. Mahony. Evaluating Transitional Justice: Accountability and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone. 18 November 2017. 16 February 2016. Springer. 978-1-137-46822-2. 51–.
  7. Web site: Sri Lanka's Jagath Jayasuriya wanted for war crimes . . 29 August 2017 . 18 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Secretary-General's Panel of Experts on Sri Lanka . . 18 November 2017.
  9. Web site: UN probe sought on torture by Sri Lankan security forces . . 14 November 2016 . 18 November 2017.
  10. Web site: Yasmin Louise Sooka . School of Public Policy . 19 November 2017.
  11. Web site: ITJP About . /itjpsl.com . ITJP . 27 September 2023.

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