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Tuesday, 02 January 2007 14:10 |
| Mark Gibney
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Mark Gibney, UNC Asheville Belk Professor of Humanities, was recently named the 2006 winner of the International Human Rights Award by the Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina. The award was presented on Dec. 5 in Raleigh.
Gibney, an international human rights scholar, produces the annual Political Terror Scale, which ranks 175 countries according to their levels of human rights violations. The scale has received wide acclaim and is featured prominently in the new book "Human Security Report."
Gibney
is also the author of numerous journal articles and books, including
"Five Uneasy Pieces: American Ethics in a Globalized World."
Gibney holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan and has taught previously at Purdue University.
The HRCNC has
presented the International Human Rights Award since 1996 to North
Carolinians who have made a significant contribution to international
human rights.
The coalition is
comprised of human rights groups throughout the state. Gibney was
nominated by the Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union.
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