Leah Levin

Levin was born Sarah Leah Kacev on 1 April 1926 in Lithuania and grew up as Leah Katzeff in Piketberg, South Africa.^[1]

Levin attended University of Cape Town and the University of Zimbabwe. Levin was director of the Justice organisation from 1982 to 1992.^[2] Under her tenure the organisation helped to free the Birmingham Six.^[3]

She was an honorary graduate at the University of Essex.^[4] She was the author of UNESCO's Human Rights: Questions and Answers, which is one of the world's most widely disseminated books on human rights.^[5][6][7]

Her sons Jeremy Levin and David Levin are businessmen.