Miklós Haraszti
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Miklós Haraszti | |
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 Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev | |
| OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media | |
| In office 10 March 2004 – 10 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Freimut Duve |
| Succeeded by | Dunja Mijatovic |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1945 Jerusalem |
| Political party | SZDSZ |
| Spouse | Antónia Szenthe |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | writer, journalist, human rights advocate, university professor |
Miklós Haraszti (born 2 January 1945, Jerusalem) is a Hungarian politician, writer, journalist, human rights advocate and university professor. He served the maximum of two terms as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media from 2004 to 2010.[1] Currently he is adjunct professor at the School of International & Public Affairs of Columbia Law School, New York[2] and visiting professor at the Central European University (CEU), Department of Public Policy.[3]
Biography
[edit]Haraszti studied philosophy and literature at Budapest University. During the late 1960s he belonged to an underground left-wing student organization that opposed the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party and was in contact with the Chinese embassy in Budapest.[4] In 1976 he co-founded the Hungarian Democratic Opposition Movement and in 1980 he became editor of the samizdat periodical Beszélő.
In 1989, Haraszti participated in the "roundtable" negotiations on transition to free elections. A member of the Hungarian Parliament from 1990 to 1994, he then moved on to lecture on democratization and media politics at numerous universities.
Haraszti's books include A Worker in a Worker's State and The Velvet Prison, both of which have been translated into several languages.
In 2012, Haraszti was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus.[5] He served until October 2018 when he was succeeded by Anaïs Marin.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He is married. His wife is Antónia Szenthe. They have two daughters.[7]
Selected publications
[edit]Essays
[edit]- "The Hungarian Independent Peace Movement". Telos 61 (Fall 1984). New York: Telos Press
Books
[edit]- A Worker in a Worker's State; Piece-Rates in Hungary. Penguin Books, 1977. ISBN 978-0140219883
- The Velvet Prison; Artists Under State Socialism. Basic Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0465098002
References
[edit]- ^ "Monitoring crucial for press freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative in final report".
- ^ "Columbia Law School : Adjunct Faculty : Miklos Haraszti". Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ^ "Haraszti Named U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus | Central European University". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- ^ Smith, Andrew (2019). Which East Is Red? (PDF) (1st ed.). Foreign Languages Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-2-491182-00-7.
- ^ "Ohchr |".
- ^ "SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS".
- ^ [Biography - Source: Ki kicsoda 2004. Hermann Péter szerk., Budapest, 2003.]
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Hungarian Jews
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- United Nations special rapporteurs
- Alliance of Free Democrats politicians
- Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994)
- Human rights in Belarus
- International Writing Program alumni
- Hungarian officials of the United Nations