Torkel Opsahl

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Torkel Opsahl

Political Science

#1667

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#1975

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Human Rights

#54

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#69

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Torkel Opsahl

Law

#2545

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#3169

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International Law

#1243

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#1491

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• Political Science
• Law

Why Is Torkel Opsahl Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Torkel Opsahl was a Norwegian human rights scholar, professor of the University of Oslo since 1965 and head of the board of its Human Rights Institute since 1987. From 1970 to 1984, he was a member of the European Commission of Human Rights. Between 1977 and 1986, he was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee. In 1992-1993 he chaired an independent commission exploring ways forward for Northern Ireland, out of which came the influential book 'A Citizens' Inquiry: the Opsahl Report on Northern Ireland'. Opsahl died from a heart attack at his office in Geneva on 16 September 1993. At the time of his death, he was chairing the UN commission on war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

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Torkel Opsahl is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oslo