Innovative Lawyers Awards
About the Innovative Lawyers Awards
REDRESS’s Innovative Lawyers Awards, granted under the umbrella of the United Against Torture Consortium, encourage and empower a new generation of lawyers in the anti-torture movement to challenge the use of torture in their communities.
The aim of the awards is to recognise the vital work of new and emerging anti-torture champions, expose them to a broader peer support network, offer them some financial support to pursue public interest litigation, and to inspire other lawyers and practitioners.
The United Against Torture Consortium is working to challenge torture used to silence those who dissent and to further oppress marginalised and excluded minorities by using strategic litigation. We work with national civil society partners to hold governments to account and to protect those who may feel powerless to respond to such abuses.
Nina has been connected to the anti-torture field since her Bachelor of Law. She is currently studying for a MA degree in law and is a member of the Rio de Janeiro State Front for Decarceration. She is also part of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro’s student research group on the Inter-American Human Rights System and a fellow researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research where she investigates the impacts of mass incarceration.