Information Technology Act, 2000. Offices He was the chairman of Transparency International and Convenor of the Minority Rights Group. He served as Special Rapporteur to Nigeria for the United Nations Human Rights Commission in 1997, and as a member of the United Nations Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities from 1998 onwards. Sorabjee served as member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague from 2000 to 2006. Soli J. Sorabjee was vice-president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and a member of the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law of the International Law Association. Personal life Sorabjee was a close friend and colleague of Nanabhoy Palkhivala. Sorabjee's daughter, Zia Mody, is also a lawyer and partner at AZB & Partners. Zia Mody is the author of the book 10 Judgements that Changed India. Sorabjee is also survived by three sons—Jehangir, a doctor, Hormazd Sorabjee, editor of the Autocar India magazine and Jamshed.—and seven grandchildren named Niki, Ardeshir, Raian, Maya, Anjali, Aarti, and Aditi. Sorabjee was the first president of the Jazz India Association. He played the clarinet; his favourite artists included Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie. He died of COVID-19, on 30 April 2021 in a private hospital in Delhi where he was undergoing treatment. Publications Books Essays and monographs Articles He also wrote columns for the Indian Express. Awards Kinloch Forbes Gold Medal in Roman Law and Jurisprudence, 1952 Padma Vibhushan, March 2002 Justice K. S. Hegde Foundation Award, April 2006 References External links Articles written by Sorabjee for The Indian Express Sorabjee on human Rights Sorabjee on racism Sorabjee on independent journalism 1930 births 2021 deaths Attorneys General of India Solicitors General of India Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in public affairs Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India Honorary Members of the Order of Australia Indian judges of international courts and tribunals Indian officials of the United Nations Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Members of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Parsi people from Mumbai Scholars from Mumbai Senior Advocates in India St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni 20th-century Indian lawyers