Thomas Buergenthal

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Holocaust survivor author human human rights lawyer international lawyer judge lawyer university professor

Thomas Buergenthal was a renowned international human rights lawyer, Holocaust survivor, and former judge of the International Court of Justice known for his work in advancing international humanitarian and human rights law.

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instanceOf Holocaust survivor ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
human rights lawyer ⓘ
international lawyer ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Gruber Justice Prize ⓘ
countryOfBirth Czechoslovakia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-05-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-05-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
employer Emory University ⓘ
George Washington University Law School ⓘ
surface form: The George Washington University Law School

University of Texas School of Law ⓘ
endTime 2010 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Thomas Buergenthal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Buergenthal
fieldOfWork human rights law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
international law ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
memberOf Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
International Court of Justice ⓘ
notableFor advancing international human rights law ⓘ
contributions to international humanitarian law ⓘ
notableWork A Lucky Child ⓘ
International Human Rights in a Nutshell ⓘ
Law-Making in the International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ľubochňa ⓘ
placeOfDeath Miami ⓘ
positionHeld judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
judge of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 2000 ⓘ
survived AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ

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UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → member → Thomas Buergenthal ⓘ
Thomas Buergenthal → familyName → Thomas Buergenthal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buergenthal