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Peter Nobel is a Swedish human rights lawyer and a member of the Nobel family, who served as Sweden"s first Ombudsman for discrimination, Secretary General of the Swedish Red Cross, and an expert for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Background

Nobel, Peter was born on December 8, 1931 in Stockholm. Son of Leif Jurij Nobel and Anna Elisabeth (Mellen) Molander.

Education

Juris Kandidat, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1963, Juris Doctor (honorary), 1985.

Career

Associate Advokatfirman, Chrysander, Uppsala, 1963-1968, partner, 1968-1986. Notary public, 1966—1986. Assigned expert Swedish Government Committee for Reform of Law on Arrest and Custody in Criminal Proceedings, 1974-1980, 83-85, on Law of Asylum, 1985, on Racism and Xenophobia, 1988, on International law and disarmement, 1991-1995, on Special Crisis Support, 1997-1998.

Delaware Swedish Government on Children and Youth, 1991-1995. Lecturer Law School, Uppsala, 1964-1969. Appointed ombudsman against ethnic discrimination Government of Sweden, 1986-1991.

Secretary general Swedish Red Cross, 1991-1994. Commissioner for counseling survivors and relatives of victims after the shipwreck of Estonia, 1994-1996. Member council foreign affairs peace and security promoting, 1995-1997.

Consultant in field; member committee Ethics of the Press, 1995-2001. Member advisory board Right Livelihood Found, 2007.

Achievements

  • Peter Nobel has been listed as a reputable lawyer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board director Uppsala-Gavle Municipal Theatre, 1986-1980. Member Social Welfare Committee, 1976. Honorary treasurer, trustee European Human Rights Foundation, Amsterdam/London/Brussels, 1981-2001.

Vice-chairman Swedish non-governmental organization Fund for Human Rights, 1991-1993. Trustee International Alert, London, 1998-2001. President Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, 1994-1997.

Member committee elimination racial discrimination United Nations, 1998-2001. Member Swedish Bar Association (deputy board directors 1970-1978), International Institute Humanitarian Law, San Remo (honorary. Council member 1988-1997).

Connections

Married Agnes Waldenstrom, October 7, 1961 (divorced December 1993). Married Weini Kahsai, March 18, 1994. Children: Leif Jakob, Andreas, Jonas.

Father:
Leif Jurij Nobel Molander

Mother:
Anna Elisabeth (Mellen) Molander

Spouse:
Weini Kahsai

Spouse:
Agnes Waldenstrom.

child:
Jonas Nobel

child:
Andreas Nobel

child:
Leif Jakob Nobel