Aryeh Neier
Aryeh Neier | |
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Born | |
Nationality | naturalized U.S. citizen |
Alma mater | Cornell University, B.S., 1958. |
Occupation | Human rights activist |
Known for | Co-founder Human Rights Watch, President of George Soros’s Open Society Institute (1993 to 2012) |
Spouse | Yvette Celton (a merchandiser) |
Children | David |
Aryeh Neier (born April 22, 1937)
Early life and education
Neier was born into a German Jewish family in Berlin, then in Nazi Germany.[7] He was the son of Wolf (a teacher) and Gitla (Bendzinska) Neier, and he became a refugee as a child when his family fled in 1939 when he was two years old.[8] He graduated from Cornell University with highest honors in 1961.
Career
He served as an adjunct
Neier was hired by the ACLU in 1963 and became the organization's executive director in 1970. During his time as executive director, he helped grow the organization's membership from 140,000 to 200,000. Neier was criticized for his decision to have the ACLU support the
At a party in Washington, D.C., in early 1976, an attendee from New York indicated that he would not vote for
In 1978 he was among the founders of Helsinki Watch, which was renamed Human Rights Watch in 1988.[13] As a human rights activist, Neier has led investigations of human rights abuses around the world, including his role in the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has contributed articles and opinion pieces to newspapers, magazines and journals including The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review and Foreign Policy.[9]
He now teaches a course called "Promoting Human Rights: History, Law, Methods and Current Controversies" at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po, in Paris.
Books
- Dossier: The Secret Files They Keep on You (1974)
- Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution (1976)
- Defending My Enemy: American Nazis in Skokie, Illinois, and the Risks of Freedom (1979)[10]
- Only Judgment: The Limits of Litigation in Social Change (1982)
- War Crimes: Brutality, Terror, and the Struggle for Justice (1998)
- Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights (2003)[14]
- The International Human Rights Movement (2012)
References
- ^ Neier, Aryeh 1937- encyclopedia.com
- ^ "A Talk by Aryeh Neier, Co-Founder of Human Rights Watch, President of the Open Society Foundations". Harvard University. 16 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ "Aryeh Neier:President Emeritus". Open Society Foundations. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- The Huffington Post. May 19, 2014.
- ^ "The Charity Guy". The New Yorker. November 24, 2010.
- ISBN 1586482912.
As director of LID, I decided to try to invigorate its student division. One step in that direction was to rename it.
- ^ Peck, Abraham J. The German-Jewish Legacy in America, 1938-1988: From Bildung to the Bill of Rights. Wayne State UP, 1989 p.117
- ^ a b Goldstein, Tom. "Neier Is Quitting Post at A.C.L.U.; He Denies Link to Defense of Nazis; Scope of Work Widened", The New York Times, April 18, 1978. Accessed January 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Aryeh Neier". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ a b Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher. "Books of The Times; Questions Confronted", The New York Times, February 20, 1979. Accessed January 13, 2009.
- ^ Reed, Roy. "Charles Morgan Jr., 78, Dies; Leading Civil Rights Lawyer", The New York Times, January 9, 2009. Accessed January 12, 2009.
- ^ Illson, Murray. "Washington Chief of A.C.L.U. Resigns; Charles Morgan Jr. Charges Superiors Tried to Restrict His Public Statements", The New York Times, April 10, 1976. Accessed January 12, 2009.
- ^ "Aryeh Neier". Quellen zur Geschichte der Menschenrechte. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ Fidell, Eugene R. "The Rights Stuff ", The New York Times, May 11, 2003. Accessed January 13, 2009.
External links
- Biographical Interview with Aryeh Neier published at "Quellen zur Geschichte der Menschenrechte"
- Appearances on C-SPAN