Peter Bouckaert is a human rights activist who served as emergency director for Human Rights Watch from 1997 until 2017.
11 Facts About Peter Bouckaert
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Peter Bouckaert has investigated Human Rights abuses in Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and the Central African Republic.
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Peter Bouckaert's is the subject of the 2014 documentary E-Team, a documentary about the atrocities in Syria and Libya.
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Peter Bouckaert has been based in Madagascar since 2019, where he manages a farming project in Andasibe, Moramanga.
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Peter Bouckaert spent part of his youth in the United States.
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Peter Bouckaert graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1993, and from Stanford University Law School in 1997.
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Peter Bouckaert began work for Human Rights Watch immediately after law school.
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Peter Bouckaert was involved in early efforts to investigate and publicize atrocities carried out by the Serbian government in the Kosovo region in the late 1990s.
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Peter Bouckaert helped to create the emergency program for Human Rights Watch to increase the ability of the organization to respond rapidly to major human rights crises.
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Peter Bouckaert serves on the board of directors for The New Humanitarian and is employed by Blue Ventures conservation organisation.
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Peter Bouckaert was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Leuven in 2016.