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The Common Ground award 2021

to Raja Abi Nader Promo 98

earch for Common Ground celebrates 39 years
Sof working with local communities and national
leaders to find common ground. They build safe,
healthy, and just societies worldwide. They’ve tested
their methods across 50 countries in Africa, the
Middle East, Asia, Europe, and in the United States,
empowering deeply divided people to build trust,
collaborate, and uncover breakthroughs.

Each year, Search for Common Ground honors
outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution
and peacebuilding by bestowing the Common
Ground Awards.
Recipients have made significant contributions
toward building bridges across the conflicts that
divide us. Notable Awardees include Her Majesty
Queen Noor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President
Jimmy Carter, Her Excellency Roza Otunbayeva,
Muhammed Ali, and many others. Not all Awardees
are famous, but all have provided inspiring examples
of weaving differences together for a common good.

This year, the Common Ground award 2021 was He is a member of Parliamentary subcommittees on
awarded to our fellow Alumni Raja Abi Nader Criminal Law reform, governmental committees on
(promo 98) for preventing Violent Extremism and counter terrorism, overcrowding and detention, a
political Violence for his leadership and courage in trainer on management of Violent Extremist Prisoners,
reintegrating former inmates into Lebanese society. PVE and CVE in detention, a lecturer in Human
Rights and detention, and is currently heading the
After heading the Judicial Commission for Early Lebanese National Response Committee on Prison
Release for almost five years, Judge Raja Abi Nader Overcrowding. He is also a founding member of
is currently, and since 2012, in charge of the Prison’s « Nouveaux Droits de l’Homme » - ALEF “Act for
Directorate within the Lebanese Ministry of Justice, Human Rights” Non-Governmental Organization
focusing on prison reform in Lebanon. in Lebanon since the year 2000 and a “John Smith
Holder of a Masters in Criminal Law, Raja is highly Memorial Trust” fellow since 2011.
experienced in Criminal Justice, Prisons inspection
and monitoring, Detention Management, and All the best Raja for the future and may you continue
Alternatives to detention, International Human to achieve further successes in your life.
Rights, Counter Terrorism, and Justice and Security
Reform.