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Kenneth Roth · Civil Rights & Human Rights

What

Executive director of Human Rights Watch for nearly three decades, building it into the leading international human-rights investigative organization.

When

1955, USA

Where

New York City; international

Biography

Kenneth Roth is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Executive director of Human Rights Watch for nearly three decades, building it into the leading international human-rights investigative organization.

How & why

Kenneth Roth is a Jewish American lawyer who served as executive director of Human Rights Watch for nearly three decades. Under his leadership it became the leading international human-rights investigative organization, documenting abuses across the globe. The son of a refugee who fled Nazi Germany, he has cited that history as central to his human-rights commitment.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Roth

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Executive director of Human Rights Watch for nearly three decades, building it into the leading international human-rights investigative organization.

1955

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Roth