I am incredibly saddened to learn of Nick’s passing. In addition to great expertise in human rights law, he had tremendous enthusiasm and warmth and very genuine belief in the power of human rights work and the possibility of change.
I am deeply grateful to him for having taken a chance on a young human rights lawyer when he hired me as a legal advisor at Amnesty International back in 1995. I still remember the warmth with which he welcomed me at the International Secretariat when I arrived.
I salute his achievements in the field of human rights and to that end the session of the Protection of Human Rights class I teach at the Rutgers Law School will be dedicated to his memory on April 20th, 2010. We will study Transnational Corporations and Human Rights that day and will read his Business, Human Rights and Accountability piece.
My warmest condolences to his family who meant so much to him, and to his colleagues.
Karima Bennoune
Professor of Law – Rutgers School of Law-Newark