Thomas Buergenthal
Thomas Buergenthal · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Auschwitz survivor who became a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
1934, Lubochna, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) — 2023, Miami, Florida, USA
Washington, D.C.; The Hague
Thomas Buergenthal is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Auschwitz survivor who became a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Thomas Buergenthal was a Jewish jurist who survived Auschwitz as a child and went on to become a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He was a leading scholar and defender of international human-rights law. His survival of the Holocaust deeply shaped his lifelong dedication to human dignity and justice.
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Auschwitz survivor who became a judge on the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Buergenthal
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