Staff Reporter :
Seven persons including five judges of Bangladesh, India and Kenya have been selected for the ‘international mediation award 2021’ for their role in peacekeeping in social life, judiciary and state through mediation.
The awardees are— judges of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Justice Md Ashraful Kamal and Justice Ahmed Sohel, former chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Gita Mittal, Dr Kevin Berry Brown, former judge of the Indian Supreme Court
Justice Kurian Joseph, former judge of the Kenyan High Court Joyce Aluoch and Senior Reporter of online news portal dhakapost.com Mahidi Hsana Dalim.
Bangladesh Interna-tional Mediation Society (BIMS) chairman advocate S N Goswami announced the names of the awardees in a program organized at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka on October 23. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain was present in the program as the chief guest.
The awards will be handed over to the awardees on November 4, the Constitution Day of Bangladesh, said BIMS chairman.
Later the Chief Justice handed over certificates among 280 judges who successfully completed a mediation related training course.
Organized by Bangladesh International Mediation Society, the ceremony was presided over by Justice Muhammad Imman Ali, an Appellate Division judge of the Supreme Court.
Senior District and Sessions Judges Sheikh Mofijur Rahman, Fazle Khoda Mohammad Nazir and Jayasri Samaddar and Bangladesh India Mediators Forum chairman George Jishu Fida Viktor, addressed the function, among others.
