THE HAGUE – Former chief justice of Pakistan, Tassaduq Hussain Jillani wasawarded the International Justice Excellence Award at The Hague on Thursday.
While receiving the award, Jillani said he was honoured and humbled addingthat the award does not belong solely to him.
“This award is symbolic of the values and principles that define a judge’sodyssey for dispersion of justice. It is an acknowledgement and a reminderthat the values that make justice excellence possible are shared across theglobe,” the former top judge said.
Jillani opined that the award was also a testimony to some of thechallenges faced by judges in the pursuit of their holy mission.
The former chief justice expressed that judges have two major functions toperform in a democracy with first to keep the three articles of the statewithin their bounds and second to enforce the rule of law and fundamentalrights in socio-economic culture.
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The International Institute for Justice Excellence said in a press releasethat Justice Jillani has received the award for his outstandingcontribution to the global elevation of principles of justice in Pakistanand the international community.
Justice (retd) Jillani served as the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan from2013 to 2014. He is currently serving as an ad hoc judge at theInternational Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
Justice Jillani was amongst the judges who refused to take oath afterformer president Musharraf declared an emergency in 2007.
