The World Jurists Association will award Fiji national, jurist and lawyer Imrana Jalal with the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Medal of Honor.
The award, named after a US Supreme Court judge, was first presented in 2021.
It is in recognition of inspiring women jurists who fight to defend and strengthen the rule of law, and consolidate society’s advances in gender equity.
Ms Jalal said she was “deeply, deeply honoured to be one of the recipients of this award”.
“Justice Bader Ginsburg was a hero of mine,” she said.
“One of my dreams was to meet her while I worked in the US at the World Bank but owing to Covid that did not happen.
“To receive this in her name is personally and deeply moving for me.”
Ms Jalal is the first woman from the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island region to receive the award.
She will receive the prestigious award in a ceremony in Madrid, Spain on May 8.
Jalal was selected for the award by an eminent Jury consisting of some members of the World Jurists Association, including the daughter of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Professor Jane Ginsburg of Columbia Law School, New York, who was president of the Jury.
The World Jurist Association was founded in 1963 in the USA.
