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Wolfgang Kaleck on the State of the Human Rights Movement

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January 29, 2019
Wolfgang Kaleck
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Wolfgang Kaleck is a leading German lawyer and human rights activist who has spent more than two decades involved in the global struggle to hold powerful people and governments accountable for abuses. He is the founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin, an organization partly funded by the Open Society Foundations that has prepared numerous important legal actions against politicians, military leaders, and corporations for crimes against humanity.

At a recent event, Kaleck shared insights into the state of the global human rights movement, drawing from his new book, Law Versus Power: Our Global Fight for Human Rights.

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