Aryeh neier born april 22, 1937, american human rights. Osi president aryeh neiers sixth book, taking liberties. You say in your book, defending my enemy is the only way to protect a free. Four decades in the struggle for rights paperback march 1, 2005. Instead of being a revealing personal memoir, taking liberties, as its subtitle suggests, reads more like an intellectual history of the rights movement in the united states and abroad, as told by a perhaps selfserving but no doubt highly. He was the president of the open society institute from 19932012 and a founder of human rights watch. Before joining the open society institute osi and the soros foundations network as president in september 1993, aryeh neier spent 12 years as executive director of human rights watch, of which he was a founder. In his memoir, taking liberties, aryeh neier emerges, almost despite himself, as a fascinating man.
Aryeh neier born april 22, 1937 is an american human rights activist who cofounded human rights watch, served as the president of george soross open society institute philanthropy network from 1993 to 2012, had been national director of the american civil liberties union from 1970 to 1978, and he was also involved with the creation of the group sds by being directly involved in the group. Previously, he was national director of the american civil liberties union. Ebook liberties lost as pdf download portable document format. Previously he was executive director of human rights watch and the american civil liberties union.
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Being history in the form of autobiography, it has gaps one would not expect to find in a thirdperson narrative. Neier founded human rights watch and served as its executive director for 12 years. Aryeh neier is an american human rights campaigner. Since joining the staff of the american civil liberties union in 1963 and becoming its youngest executive director, aryeh neier has been at the forefront of efforts to fight for civil liberties, human rights, and social justice. Taking liberties argues that libertarian paternalism fails to respect decisional autonomy exactly if individuals truly are as cognitively impaired as libertarian paternalists claim.
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We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Whether he was confronting police abuse, defending draft. Anyone looking to learn much more about aryeh neier himself will only be disappointed by this book. Four decades in the struggle for rights, was recently published by publicaffairs. Before that, he worked 15 years at the american civil liberties union. An effective human rights activist needs moral and physical courage, an unfailing sense of outrage, an unflagging urge to take. Four decades in the struggle for rights by aryeh neier and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. If this is the case, exploiting the citizens decisional deficiencies even for the own good poses difficult moral and political issues, which are largely ignored. Taking these cases, he said, was a routine matter for the aclu at the time. Contemporary authors, new revision series dictionary. Since joining the staff of the american civil liberties union in 1963 and. He was arrested in 1981 and released after international protests. Ebook taking liberties as pdf download portable document.
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He worked 15 years at the american civil liberties union, including eight years as. Four decades in the struggle for rights by aryeh neier public affairs. International human rights movement princeton university press. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. In the international human rights movement, aryeh neiera leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movementoffers a comprehensive and authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. In this weeks episode, we speak with neier about that time and about his seminal 1979 book, defending my enemy.
Four decades in the struggle for rights, 2003, etc. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the international human rights movement. Taking liberties is his highly personal account of the struggle. The author describes his life and career spent working for civil and human rights, heading such organizations as the american civil liberties. In that time, he directed the new york civil liberties union 19641970, the american civil liberties union 19701978, human rights watch 19781993, and the soros foundation and open society institute 1993present. Prior to that, he worked for the american civil liberties union for 15 years, including eight as national director. In addition to being a memoir of neiers human rights work since the 1960s, the book is a policy document that spells out the authors distinctive views on what human rights are and how governments, nongovernmental organizations ngos, and. Four decades in the struggle for rights, by aryeh neier. Kofi annan, former secretarygeneral of the united nations 1997. Taking liberties, aryeh neier shop online for books in. Four decades in the struggle for rights neier, aryeh on. American nazis, the skokie case, and the risks of freedom by aryeh neier book 9. Aryeh neier is the author of the international human rights movement 3.
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