Lea Celik Sommerseth Shaw is a multidisciplinary force—an entrepreneur, creative director, legal reformist, environmental advocate, and global human rights voice—whose work spans continents, cultures, and causes. At the center of her journey lies a relentless commitment to truth, justice, and the reclamation of human dignity through creative, legal, and philanthropic channels.

Early Life and Education

Born into a culturally rich family with Turkish and Scandinavian heritage, Lea Celik Sommerseth Shaw grew up attuned to the interconnectedness of identity, language, and power. Her upbringing was shaped by intellectual curiosity, philosophical inquiry, and a deep reverence for indigenous and oppressed voices across the globe.

Lea pursued formal education in law, political science, and the arts, often transcending disciplinary boundaries. Her studies included comparative law, human rights jurisprudence, and indigenous legal systems—laying the groundwork for her later activism and policy work.

Creative Work and Entrepreneurial Vision

Lea’s early career blended legal reform with artistic innovation. She worked as a creative director on international campaigns, art exhibitions, and multimedia installations that explored the human cost of displacement, climate degradation, and authoritarian censorship. Her unique ability to fuse visual narrative with legal critique earned her global recognition.

As founder and curator of multiple international platforms—including the Universal Jurisdiction Channel, YS Trust, and Legal Ecology for Earth Rights—Lea positioned herself at the vanguard of interdisciplinary advocacy. These initiatives not only uplift survivors and whistleblowers, but also expose the complicity of institutional actors in global injustice.

YS Trust and Earth Rights Jurisprudence

One of Lea’s defining contributions is the YS Trust, an initiative grounded in planetary legal consciousness and indigenous sovereignty. It represents a legal-ethical framework where Earth is treated not as a resource but as a living system with rights. Under Lea’s leadership, YS Trust collaborated with tribal councils, legal scholars, and frontline defenders to draft and propose Earth-centered policy.

Lea’s work often draws inspiration from the traditions of natural law, matriarchal legal systems, and ancestral governance structures. Through the Legal Ecology platform, she challenged the Eurocentric paradigms of international law, advocating for a jurisprudence that includes ecosystems, children, refugees, and stateless persons as legal subjects—not just victims.

Universal Jurisdiction Channel

Lea’s Universal Jurisdiction Channel (UJC) is a bold endeavor to chronicle, document, and litigate crimes that transcend borders—war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The UJC has served as a platform for unfiltered testimonies, documentary investigations, and collaborative legal action, often confronting censorship from Western media, Big Tech, and state-aligned actors.

The Channel became a lifeline for many whose stories would otherwise be erased—Yazidi survivors of ISIS, persecuted journalists, whistleblowers from the financial underworld, and victims of environmental terrorism. In many ways, it is the digital arm of Lea’s overarching philosophy: that truth, once spoken, creates irreversible change.

Personal Struggles and Political Persecution

Lea’s work has not been without sacrifice. Her advocacy has made her the target of both Western and non-Western intelligence operations, financial sabotage, and character assassination. Her family, including her young child, has endured unjust detainments, harassment, and travel restrictions—particularly during politically sensitive moments in France and the UK.

Despite these setbacks, Lea has remained unyielding. She has publicly denounced the collusion between corporations, media, and state authorities that suppress dissenting voices under the guise of “security” or “misinformation.” She continues to fight legal battles not just for others, but for her own right to parent, create, and speak freely.

Philosophy and Legacy

At the heart of Lea Celik Sommerseth Shaw’s work is a spiritual and political belief: that the world cannot heal unless its systems of harm are fully dismantled. She often quotes indigenous elders, philosophers, and poets—not to romanticize tradition, but to remind the global elite that forgotten wisdom carries revolutionary potential.

Lea’s legacy is still unfolding, but one thing is clear: she is building a movement—not just a career. A movement rooted in Earth law, truth-telling, and the conviction that justice must be imaginative, multilingual, and borderless.