Gary Haugen

Gary A. Haugen (* 1963 or 1964) is the founder, former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of International Justice Mission , an international human rights organization that campaigns for the rights of victims of slavery , human trafficking , forced prostitution and other forms of violent repression worldwide begins.

Gary Haugen with Hillary Clinton at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Report Hero Award

Life

Haugen grew up in Sacramento as the youngest of six children . Even in elementary school he wanted to become a lawyer and, influenced by the biography of Martin Luther King , became interested in the American civil rights movement . In 1981 he began studying Social Studies at Harvard , from which he graduated with a BA . After a stay in South Africa , during which he worked as an intern with the National Initiative for Reconciliation , a network of Christians, Christian communities and organizations to end apartheid , he returned to the USA in 1986 to study law at the University of Chicago . There he obtained the Juris Doctor .

After various activities, including at the Ministry of Justice , the United Nations appointed him chief investigator for the genocide in Rwanda . Under the influence of his experiences in Rwanda, he founded the human rights organization International Justice Mission (IJM) in 1997 . In 2007 he received the Prison Fellowship's annual William Wilberforce Award for his work . In 2012, the United States Department of State presented him with the Trafficking In Persons Report Hero Award , the Department's highest honor for combating human trafficking.

Haugen is an evangelical Christian . He lives with his family near Washington, DC

Works

• Gary A. Haugen: Freedom for Linh . Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7655-1707-5 .
• Gary A. Haugen: Courage . Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7655-1453-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Samantha Power: Gary Haugen and the International Justice Mission. The Enforcer A Christian Lawyer's global crusade. In: The New Yorker. January 19, 2009, accessed November 24, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gary Haugen. (No longer available online.) International Justice Mission, archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; accessed on November 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.