Nigel Rodley

Sir Nigel Simon Rodley (1 December 1941 – 25 January 2017) was a British human rights activist, lawyer and professor. He was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He was also a commissioner for the International Commission of Jurists. He held academic positions at the University of Essex and the London School of Economics.

Rodley in December 2010

He was of Jewish descent.^[1]

Rodley died after a short illness on 25 January 2017 in Colchester, at the age of 75.^[2]