BAHRAIN / PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES
Sheikha Haya Rashid Al Khalifa Principal and founding partner
Haya Rashed Al Khalifa Manama
Tel: +973 17 537771 Email:
h.alkhalifa@
hraklf.com Web:
www.hraklf.com
Biography: Sheikha Haya is the principal and founding partner of Haya Rashed Al Khalifa law firm.
Sheikha Haya was one of the first two women in Bahrain to practice law when she was admitted as a lawyer in Bahrain in 1979. Prior to setting up her practice, she was the vice chairwoman of the International Bar Association from 1997 to 1999. She was the former counsel at the Bahrain Ministry of State for Legal Affairs as well as a senior attorney at another major Bahraini law firm. She has been admitted to the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court of Bahrain and is a member of the Bahrain Bar Association.
Sheikha Haya obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Kuwait in 1974. She has also obtained a Diploma in Civil Rights Private Law from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, in 1986 and a Diploma in Comparative Law from the University of Ain Shams, Egypt, in 1988.
Shehas had an illustriousdiplomatic career. From 2000 to 2004 she wasBahrain’s ambassador to Franceand itsnon-resident ambassador to Belgium,Switzerland and Spain, becomingthe first Bahraini woman
ambassador.She is also Bahrain’s permanentdelegatetoUNESCO,the UNEducational, Scientificand Cultural Organisation. Shehas been the President of the 61st Session of the United NationsGeneral Assemblywhich closed in September2007. Sheisthe third woman to hold the
position.She is the recipient of severalnotable awards, the most recent of which includethe United NationsMillennium Development Goals SpecialAward, 2007, in recognition of her workin promoting the setofglobalanti-poverty targets, the Path to Peace Award2007, from the Path to Peace Foundation, in recognition of acts of individual leadershipinthe international community, and the Social CreativityAward, representing appreciation forArab women, at the Sixth Conference of the Arab Thought Foundation.
Sheikha Haya is currently a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Arbitration Committee and a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration. She is also a member of the Bahrain Supreme Council of Culture, Arts & Literature and the former Vice-President of the Bahrain Bar Association. She has been appointed in 2008 to chair the Consumer Advisory Group of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain.
Languages: Arabic, French and English Bar admissions: Bahrain
Academic qualifications: LLB, University of Kuwait,1974 Diploma in Civil Rights Private Law, University of Alexandria, Egypt, 1986 Diploma in ComparativeLaw,University of AinShams, Egypt, 1988
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