Amin Mekki Medani | |
|---|---|
د. ٱمين مكي مدني | |
| Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Administrative Development, Peace | |
| In office 1985–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1939 Wad Madani, Al Jazirah state, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Died | 31 August 2018 (aged 79) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Amin Mekki Medani (2 February 1939[1] – 31 August 2018) (Arabic: د. ٱمين مكي مدني) was a Sudanese lawyer, diplomat, human rights and political activist. He was the president of the Confederation of Sudanese Civil Society, Vice President of Civil Society Initiative, and President of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor (SHRM).[2] He served as head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) office in the West Bank and Gaza, Chief of Mission of the OHCHR in Zagreb, Croatia, legal advisor to the Special Representative of the U.N Secretary-General in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, and a Regional Representative for the OHCHR in Beirut, Lebanon.[3] He was the 1991 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Award for Human Rights Monitoring and 1991 Recipient of the American Bar Association Human Rights Award, as well as the 2013 recipient for the European Union Human Rights award.[4]
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