Richard Schifter, a lawyer turned diplomat who served in three presidential administrations, including as the State Department’s point person on international human rights issues from 1985 to 1992, died Oct. 3 at a hospital in Bethesda, Md. He was 97.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Richard Schifter, Holocaust survivor and U.S. human rights official, dies at 97
By Louie Estrada
October 9, 2020 at 9:12 p.m. EDT