14 January 2011
Hogan Lovells International pro bono manager, Yasmin Waljee, was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List
Hogan Lovells International pro bono manager, Yasmin Waljee, was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to the Muslim community, in recognition of her contribution to pro bono legal services, in particular her work with the Mosaic initiative which was set up to challenge the growing concern around the issues facing young Muslims living in deprived areas of Britain.
Yasmin is an international human rights lawyer, and has represented prisoners facing the death penalty at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the constitutional court of the Caribbean, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
