YASMIN QURESHI
Yasmin Qureshi, lawyer, London

A lawyer, labour party member and the human rights advisor to the Mayor of London (working with all racial and religious communities living in London on issues of gender inequality, racism and homophobia.)

Yasmin was called to Bar in 1985 and currently works in criminal law, both in prosecution and defence exclusively in the Crown Court. Previously she had worked as a special case lawyer for the Crown Prosecution Service where she reviewed and advised on all types of criminal cases ranging from murder to fraud. Yasmin has also worked on extradition cases and for past 20 years has done voluntary legal work.

After the NATO bombings of Kosovo in 1999 Yasmin was asked in 2001 to lead and put together a department of judicial administration to build the criminal justice system and judicial administration for the country. Since this time much work has been done and systems put in place by Yasmin and her staff. An exit strategy was made for her team so the people of Kosovo could be recruited to run the systems that have been put in place.

At the age of 16 Yasmin joined the Labour Party and is an active member. In 2005 General Election she was the Parliamentary candidate for Brent East and has held all main constituency posts. She is a member of the Fabian Society and was chair of Watford and District arm of the society. Yasmin is also a governor for two schools and lives with her disabled mother.

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