 In 2006 she was awarded the Inge Genefke International Award for her work as an international lawyer  and in 2007 she became the youngest lawyer to be awarded the Gruber Justice Prize, for her contributions advancing the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system; an honour she received at a ceremony chaired by US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington DC.Among the members of the selection panel awarding the Justice Prize that year was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from the US Supreme Court.Past awardees of the Gruber Justice Prize include Thomas Buergenthal (former ICJ judge), Arthur Chaskalson (former President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa), Michael Kirby (former Justice of the High Court of Australia), and Justice Rosalie Abella (from the Supreme Court of Canada).