Mariam Kizilbash

Mariam Kizilbash has a Masters in Public International law from UCL and has worked as a human rights junior attorney and researcher with legal charities in the UK, Pakistan and Kashmir, on issues including capital punishment, drone strikes, and grand scale corporate corruption. She is presently completing a Masters in Understanding & Securing Human Rights in London and is an advocate for the rights of the differently abled.

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Pakistan’s Inspirational Transgender Persons’ Law- Some Years Later

Pakistan’s Inspirational Transgender Persons’ Law- Some Years Later

The Parliament of Pakistan had passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in May 2018 and it might be worth revisiting and appraising this Act.  This is because it was a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at securing ...
Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Until the summer of this year, Pakistan did not have any adequate state legislation or any other mechanism in place that enforced the rights of persons with disabilities (“PWDs”). It had ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of ...