![Judge Thomas Buergenthal, member of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980. [LCID: buerg28]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7c88c510-ea5b-4a62-98b5-2b38f43411e6.jpg "Judge Thomas Buergenthal, member of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980. [LCID: buerg28]")
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, member of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980.
Item View![Judge Thomas Buergenthal (front row, right) with other members of the Inter-American Court of Justice in San Jose, Costa Rica. [LCID: buerg7]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7296f2ca-dbff-40ab-a36a-3ab57e27df64.jpg "Judge Thomas Buergenthal (front row, right) with other members of the Inter-American Court of Justice in San Jose, Costa Rica. [LCID: buerg7]")
Judge Thomas Buergenthal (front row, right) with other members of the Inter-American Court of Justice in San Jose, Costa Rica. Thomas served from 1979–91 and was president from 1985-1987. San Jose, Costa Rica, 1980.
Item View![From left to right: former US President Jimmy Carter, Judge Thomas Buergenthal, former UN ambassador Andrew Young. [LCID: buerg3]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2687ded0-80a1-4237-81e3-294823305684.jpg "From left to right: former US President Jimmy Carter, Judge Thomas Buergenthal, former UN ambassador Andrew Young. [LCID: buerg3]")
From left to right: former US President Jimmy Carter, Judge Thomas Buergenthal, former UN ambassador Andrew Young. Judge Buergenthal was the director of the human rights program for the Carter Center from 1986–89.
Item View![Judge Thomas Buergenthal (top row, fifth from left) and other members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. [LCID: buerg6]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a6473ad7-c2aa-4e3f-a906-cc82393ace14.jpg "Judge Thomas Buergenthal (top row, fifth from left) and other members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. [LCID: buerg6]")
Judge Thomas Buergenthal (top row, fifth from left) and other members of the United Nations Human Rights Committee. 1995.
Item View![Judge Thomas Buergenthal, formal portrait for the International Court of Justice in the Hague. [LCID: buerg1]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d89d5f5d-c167-482d-93e9-d52f1b8bf08d.jpg "Judge Thomas Buergenthal, formal portrait for the International Court of Justice in the Hague. [LCID: buerg1]")
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, formal portrait for the International Court of Justice in the Hague. ca. 2003.
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