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Press Release:
Garth Meintjes Joins The International Legal Foundation (ILF) as its Chief Operating Officer.
BROOKLYN, New York – August 4, 2009
On August 1, 2009, Garth Meintjes joined the ILF as its chief operating officer. A South African lawyer, he received his B.A. from the University of Stellenbosch and an LL.B. from the University of Cape Town. As a conscientious objector to compulsory service in the South African Defence Force, he was effectively barred from legal practice and taught constitutional law and criminal law at the University of the Western Cape. There, he received a scholarship to study international human rights at the University of Notre Dame, where he received his LL.M. and J.S.D. degrees, summa cum laude. He became the associate director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the Notre Dame Law School. He wrote and taught international law and human rights, particularly accountability for gross violations of human rights. Before joining the ILF, Garth was a senior program manager at the JEHT Foundation, where he managed the international justice program.
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