Global Jurist of the Year
2024 GLOBAL JURIST OF THE YEAR
Judge Belkis Izquierdo Torres - Aty Seikuinduwa
On March 19, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) awarded its tenth Global Jurist of the Year Award to Judge Belkis Izquierdo Torres - Aty Seikuinduwa from Colombia for her visionary jurisprudence, recognizing the rights of indigenous communities, as well as the natural environment. Judge Izquierdo Torres - Aty Seikuinduwa serves as president of the Truth Recognition Chamber within Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace. She is the first indigenous woman to become an auxiliary judge of Colombia’s Superior Council of Judicature. Read more...
The Global Jurist of the Year Award is co-sponsored by the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.
Previous award recipients include:
2023 - Polish national Judge Igor Tuleya
2022 - Guatemalan Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez
2021 - Women Judges in Afghanistan
2020 - Justice Mumbi Ngugi, High Court of Kenya | Recordings: Session 1 ⋅ Session 2
2016 - Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada
2015 - Judge Gloria Patricia Porras Escobar, President of the Guatemalan Constitutional Court
2014 - Justice Shireen Avis Fisher, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
2013 - Acting Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke of South Africa’s Constitutional Court
