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Place of Birth: Altenberge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Theresia Degener
- Theresia Degener (born 10 April 1961 in Altenberge, West Germany) is a jurist and professor of law at the Protestant University for Applied Sciences of the Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe. Degener is well known for being an outspoken victim of the Contergan Skandal, also known as the thalidomide disaster/tragedy, which makes reference to the drug thalidomide first marketed in 1957 in West Germany under the trade-name Contergan.
- The drug, first described as a mild sleeping aid, caused thousands of babies worldwide to be born with malformed limbs.She is also a lead activist of the rights of Persons With Disabilities, and is the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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