Nani Jansen Reventlow

Yakaré-Oulé (Nani) Jansen Reventlow is a human rights lawyer who specialises in freedom of expression and strategic litigation.[1][2][3] She is the founding director of Digital Freedom Fund, which advances digital rights in Europe through strategic litigation.[4] She is a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School,[5] adjunct faculty at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford,[6] and an "Associate Tenant" at Doughty Street Chambers.[7] 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.[8][9]

Nani Jansen Reventlow by Tetsuro Miyazaki

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.[10] 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.[8]

Awards and honours

Jansen Reventlow has received multiple awards and honours, including:

  • Harvard Law School’s “Women Inspiring Change” honouree (2020)[8]
  • Oxford Internet Institute Internet & Society Award (2018)[2]
  • Law Society’s Excellence Award for Human Rights Lawyer of the Year (shortlist 2015)[11]
  • Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression Prize for Excellence in Legal Services (2015)[12]

Nomination for UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

In June 2020 it was announced that Nani Jansen Reventlow is 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 are Irene Khan, Fatou Jagne Senghore and Agustina del Campo.[13][14]

References
  1. "Panelists tell UN expert that artificial intelligence offers promise and peril for social programs". Princeton University. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. "OII | Oxford Internet Institute announces 2018 winners of OII Awards — Oxford Internet Institute". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. "Q&A: Ethiopian journalists languish in prison". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. "ATLAS: Nani Jansen Reventlow". ATLAS. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. "Nani Jansen Reventlow". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. "Nani Jansen Reventlow". www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. "Nani Jansen Reventlow | Doughty Street Chambers". www.doughtystreet.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  8. "2020 Honorees". Women Inspiring Change. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  9. "OII | Oxford Internet Institute announces 2018 winners of OII Awards — Oxford Internet Institute". www.oii.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  10. "Konate judgement" (PDF). African-court.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "The Shortlist for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015". EclipseLegal.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Columbia Global Freedom of Expression 2015 Prize Winners". Global Freedom of Expression. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  13. "Report of the Consultative Group to the President of the Human Rights Council, June 2020" (PDF). OHCHR.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "OHCHR | Special Procedures Appointments at the 44th session of the Human Rights Council (15 June to 3 July 2020)". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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