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:Scott Horton is a partner with the law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP in New York. Scott completed his legal studies at the Universities of Munich and Mainz in Germany and took his J.D. degree from the University of Texas in Austin in 1981. He has been active with human rights matters throughout his career, having represented Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner in proceedings contesting the regime of internal exile which was imposed upon them by Soviet authorities, as well as several other Russian, Czech, Armenian and Azerbaijani dissidents. He has worked with the [[Lawyers Committee for Human Rights]], [[Human Rights Watch]] and the [[International League for Human Rights]] (of which he is now president). Scott is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] and chairs the Committee on the CIS of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is the author of over one hundred publications, largely on issues of legal reform and development in nations of the former Soviet Union.[http://www.eurasianet.org/about/horton.shtml]
<center>[[Image:ScottHorton.jpg]]<br>Photo by Stacey Adams</center>
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