Background
Mignone was born in Argentina.
Mignone was born in Argentina.
He was educated as a lawyer, and worked as a University rector.
In 1976, Mignone was a practising lawyer in Argentina. He served as CELS president from 1979 until his death in 1998. In 1981, Mignone appeared before the Working Group on Disappearances which had been set up by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
At about this time, he was arrested and detained for seven days by the Argentinian government.
Mignone was the author of several books His most notable one was Witness to the Truth: The complicity of the Church and Dictatorship in Argentina.
This book was in the news in 2013, when Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named as Pope Francis, because one of the church officials named in the book is Bergoglio. Though he testified during later investigations, the future Pope was not charged with any crime.
The Emilio Mignone International Human Rights Prize has been created in his name.
