Salil Shetty
Salil Shetty (born February 3, 1961 in Bangalore , India ) is an Indian human rights activist and one of the former general secretaries of Amnesty International .
biography
Shetty is the son of an Indian lawyer active in the women's rights movement and her husband, who campaigns for the rights of the Dalit , the "untouchables". Salil Shetty grew up in Mumbai and studied management and social policy in Ahmedabad and London.
Until 2009 he headed the United Nations Millennium Program for six years . Before that he was a board member of the global non-governmental organization ActionAid .
On December 21, 2009, Shetty was introduced as the next general secretary of the human rights organization Amnesty International . He took office in July 2010 as the successor to Irene Khan . In August 2018 he was replaced by Kumi Naidoo .
Web links
- "Salil Shetty to be Amnesty's new Secretary General"
- Biography
- Interview with Amnesty Switzerland
- "Amnistie internationale: 'le Canada nous inquiète'" (French) - Interview about his criticism of the Canadian government Harper
- Riz Khan - Making human rights universal - Interview by Salil Shetty on Al Jazeera English
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.schattenblick.net/infopool/buerger/amnesty/bame0013.html
- ^ "Salil Shetty: Amnesty International's new voice in the fight against injustice - Salil Shetty wants to make Amnesty International, the world's largest human rights organization, truly international"
- ↑ Change of leadership at Amnesty International
Peter Benenson (1961–1966) | Eric Baker (1966-1968) | Martin Ennals (1968–1980) | Thomas Hammarberg (1980–1986) | Ian Martin (1986-1992) | Pierre Sané (1992-2001) | Irene Khan (2001-2010) | Salil Shetty (2010-2018) | Kumi Naidoo (since 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shetty, Salil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangalore |