Question:-Recently which organization has appointed American human rights activist and lawyer Vanita Gupta as its new President and Chief Executive Officer?
(a) Amnesty International
(b) ‘The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’
(c) The Human Rights Organization
(d) None of the above.
Ans: (b)
Related facts:-
- On March 23, 2017, American human rights activist Vanitha Gupta was appointed as the new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. .
- She will be the first woman president of this organization fighting for human rights.
- Along with this, she will also lead its subsidiary organization ‘The Leadership Conference Education Fund’.
- She will take charge on June 1, 2017.
- At this post, she will replace Wade Henderson.
- It is notable that Vanita Gupta has presided over the Human Rights Division in the Obama Administration’s Justice Department.
Related Links:-
http://www.civilrights.org/press/2017/vanita-gupta-to-be-new-president-and-ceo.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.in/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-civil-rights-head-to-run-leadership-conference-on-civil-and-human-rights/2017/03/23/d6928ca2-0f56-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html?utm_term=.0e78f3452e1e
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vanita-gupta-appointed-president-of-leadership-conference/1/914384.html