Margaret Popkin
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Margaret Popkin was a longtime leader in human rights movements in the
United States and Central America. She died in 2005 at the age of
54. Popkin was the executive director of the Due Process of Law
Foundation (DPLF), a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., that promotes
reform in national justice systems throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Popkin's dedication to human rights included her service
during El Salvador's national crisis as deputy director of the Human Rights
Institute of the University of Central America in San Salvador from 1985 to
1992. She became a consultant to the United Nations and the Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights, and was a program director at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Center for Human Rights from 1995 to 1999. She is the author of Peace
Without Justice: Obstacles to Building the Rule of Law in El Salvador. For
more information, please visit the DPLF
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| Last Updated: Dec 12, 2006 |
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