Jean-Pierre Dubois (born May 15, 1952) is a French lawyer and leftist activist. He was president of the
Human Rights League (France) (LDH) (June 2005 – June 2011). He has been Honorary President of the league since June 2011.
Career
He has been professor of public law at the
University of Paris XI since September 1999.
He joined the
Saint-Denis office of LDH in 1986, where he still continues.
In 2005, he began his 4th term in the central committee of the LDH and his 8th term as a member of the national office where he was previously vice president. Since March 2001, he has been deputy secretary general of the
International Federation for Human Rights
The International Federation for Human Rights (french: Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme; FIDH) is a non-governmental federation for human rights organizations. Founded in 1922, FIDH is the third oldest international h ...
(FIDH). In June, he was elected president of the LDH.
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His subjects of interest are
secularism and
globalization. He was, on various occasions, assigned to these subjects by the LDH or FIDH and participated in several global and
European social forums, in particular in
Nicosia
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.
He married
Marie-Christine Vergiat
Marie-Christine Vergiat (born 1956 in Roanne, Loire) is a community organizations' activist and a French politician. As of June 2009, she is a Member of the European Parliament, representing the Left Front. She is the companion of Jean-Pierre ...
. They have a daughter, named Fraise.
See also
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Human Rights League (France)
References
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French human rights activists
French pacifists
1952 births
Living people