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elleng

(130,126 posts)
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 01:00 PM Sep 2017

DePauls M. Cherif Bassiouni, global champion of justice, dead at 79

'M. Cherif Bassiouni was a champion of human rights who fought torture, war crimes and genocide around the globe.

A longtime DePaul University law professor, Mr. Bassiouni died Monday at his Streeterville home. He was 79 and had multiple myeloma.

Over the years, he held 22 United Nations appointments, and he assisted on the Camp David peace accords, according to Daniel Swift, a lawyer who worked with him.

Benjamin Ferencz, who at 98 is the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg war crimes trials, said Monday that Mr. Bassiouni “was a real contributor to international criminal law and the rule of law to protect human rights.”'>>>

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/depauls-m-cherif-bassiouni-global-human-right-activist-dead-at-79/

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elleng

(130,126 posts)
1. M. Cherif Bassiouni, human rights champion, dies at 79 (Ch. Trib.)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:30 PM
Sep 2017

'The son of an Egyptian ambassador and the grandson of the first president of the Egyptian Senate who helped draft that country's first constitution, M. Cherif Bassiouni had unyielding principles and a pedigree and personality that opened doors.

But it was seven months under house arrest in Cairo for protesting human rights abuses that sealed his commitment to fighting for accountability and rule of law around the world. He eventually became a chief architect of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.'>>>

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-cherif-bassiouni-dies-met-20170926-story.html

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