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Reflecting on 10 years at Human Rights House Foundation

In September 2018, Florian Irminger, former Head of Advocacy at Human Rights House Foundation, left the organisation to pursue a new role as the Executive Director of Penal Reform International. In this video, Florian reflects on his time at HRHF, and discusses what both organisations have in common.

Published: October 2, 2018 Author: Human Rights House Foundation

Human Rights House Foundation sincerely thanks Florian for a decade of valuable and inspirational work. He has been instrumental in the development of our advocacy work towards international organisations and institutions as well as HRHF as a whole. We are immensely proud of him, and look forward to future collaborations as well as wishing him the absolute best of luck in his position as Executive Director of Penal Reform International.

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