Aryeh Neier

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Aryeh Neier has been a tireless advocate for improvements in human rights globally for over a half-century. Neier has conducted investigations of human rights abuses in more than forty countries. He has played a leading role in the establishment of the international criminal courts that have heralded a new era of international justice. Founder of Human Rights Watch, Neier was executive director during the first 12 years of that influential organization’s existence. Later this year, Neier will be stepping down as President of the Open Society Foundations, an organization that has expanded the human rights movement through its funding partnerships across the globe. On Febuary 28, 2012, at the University of Minnesota, Neier reflected upon the accomplishments and challenges of the human rights movement in which he has played such an integral part.