Gerald Nagler
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Gerald Nagler is an Austria
n-Swedish
businessman. He also advocated for human rights
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. After earning his degree Gerald Nagler worked at his father's company, which he eventually left in 1982. He became deeply involved with the support of Soviet dissidents and Jewish refuseniks working together with Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner.
Nagler is co-founder of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
, and was leading this organization between 1982 and 1992 in Vienna. From 1992 to 2004 he was leading the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and he has been its honorary president up to now. The organisation has changed its name to Civil Rights Defenders.
Since 2009 Nagler is member of the International Council at the Austrian Service Abroad
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Gerald Nagler is board member of Media Development Loan Found (MDLF).
Gerald Nagler, Honorary Chair of the Board of Civil Rights Defenders and founder of the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, was presented the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art by the Republic of Austria on October 18 2011.
At the prize ceremony Gerald Nagler’s commitment to human rights and his support of human rights activists in the former Eastern bloc countries was highly praised. By doing this he significantly contributed to the fall of the iron curtain.
Between 1984 and 1992 Gerald Nagler was the Secretary General of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) in Vienna and Chairman of the Swedish Helsinki Committee (1992-2004). During his career he has built a network of people and organisations to raise awareness about human rights violations and engaged many fellow fighters for the cause of human rights in many countries.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
businessman. He also advocated for human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
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Life
In 1931 Gerald Nagler and his family moved from Vienna to StockholmStockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. After earning his degree Gerald Nagler worked at his father's company, which he eventually left in 1982. He became deeply involved with the support of Soviet dissidents and Jewish refuseniks working together with Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner.
Nagler is co-founder of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights
The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights was a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America and Central Asia...
, and was leading this organization between 1982 and 1992 in Vienna. From 1992 to 2004 he was leading the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights and he has been its honorary president up to now. The organisation has changed its name to Civil Rights Defenders.
Since 2009 Nagler is member of the International Council at the Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad
Austrian Service Abroad is a non-profit initiative and was founded in 1998 by Andreas Maislinger and Andreas Hörtnagl. Since 2001 Michael Prochazka is part of the managing committee.-General Information:...
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Gerald Nagler is board member of Media Development Loan Found (MDLF).
Gerald Nagler, Honorary Chair of the Board of Civil Rights Defenders and founder of the Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, was presented the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art by the Republic of Austria on October 18 2011.
At the prize ceremony Gerald Nagler’s commitment to human rights and his support of human rights activists in the former Eastern bloc countries was highly praised. By doing this he significantly contributed to the fall of the iron curtain.
Between 1984 and 1992 Gerald Nagler was the Secretary General of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) in Vienna and Chairman of the Swedish Helsinki Committee (1992-2004). During his career he has built a network of people and organisations to raise awareness about human rights violations and engaged many fellow fighters for the cause of human rights in many countries.
External links
- International Helsinki-Federation for Human Rights
- Swedish Helsinki Committee for Human Rights
- http://www.civilrightsdefenders.org/
- http://www.mdlf.org/