Global InformationTheresia Degener information
Theresia Degener (born 10 April 1961 in Altenberge, West Germany) is a jurist and professor of law at the Protestant University for Applied Sciences of the Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe.
Degener is well known for being an outspoken victim of the Contergan Skandal, also known as the thalidomide disaster/tragedy,[1] which makes reference to the drug thalidomide first marketed in 1957 in West Germany under the trade-name Contergan. The drug, first described as a mild sleeping aid, caused thousands of babies worldwide to be born with malformed limbs.[1]
She is also a lead activist of the rights of Persons With Disabilities, and is the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.[2]
She is also a member of the Human Rights Initiative Advisory Board of the Open Society Foundation.[3]
- ^ a b "Thalidomide". www.sciencemuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Membership of the Committee". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Human Rights Initiative Advisory Board". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 23 September 2020.