Francisco Ricardo Soberón Garrido is a human rights

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 activist in Peru

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. In 1983 he founded APRODEH

APRODEH

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, the non-governmental organization

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 of which he is currently a director. He previously led the National Human Rights Coordinator's Office and was a member of the steering committee of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

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. He was Vice President for South America of the International Federation of Human Rights

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 from 1997 to 2001. He was awarded the National Order of Merit

Ordre National du Mérite

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 by the French government

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 and the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award

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 by the Institute for Policy Studies

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