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Boris Ottokar Dittrich ((:ˈboːrɪz ˈditrix);〔''Boris'' in isolation: (:ˈboːrɪs).〕 born 21 July 1955 in Utrecht) is a human rights activist and a former Dutch politician and writer.〔(Boris Dittrich writes thriller ) NOS news, 13-APR-2011, visited 29 January 2012〕 Dittrich's father came to the Netherlands as a political asylum seeker from Czechoslovakia in 1948, he became a professor in Eastern-European history at the University of Utrecht. Boris Dittrich grew up in Utrecht and went to law school at Leiden University. He worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam from 1981 till 1989 and later as a judge in the district court of Alkmaar from 1989 till 1994. Dittrich is married to the Dutch / Israeli sculptor Jehoshua Rozenman. ==Parliamentary career== In 1994 Dittrich became a member of parliament representing the social-liberal party D66. Boris Dittrich rose to become party leader of D66 in 2003 after Thom de Graaf stepped down because of disappointing results in the 2003 general elections. Dittrich negotiated the participation of D66 in the Dutch coalition government Balkenende II with the Christian-democratic CDA and the other liberal party VVD. Dittrich decided not to become a minister but to stay party leader in parliament in order to monitor whether the new government would execute the coalition contract. The new government introduced major reforms to which the staggering Dutch economy responded positively. Dittrich was strongly against Dutch military participation in the Afghan province of Uruzgan and he tried to persuade the Dutch government and parliament not to get involved in the war. However, when the Dutch cabinet (including his own D66-ministers) decided to follow the American lead under President Bush, backed by 75% of the Dutch parliament, he decided to take political responsibility and stepped down as leader of D66 on 3 February 2006. A few months later D66 withdrew its support from the government after 3 years because of a dispute with the Dutch minister Rita Verdonk (minister of foreigners' affairs and integration) about the way she handled the issue of the Dutch passport of Ayaan Hirsi Ali. D66 and the minister had had many clashes before because of her harsh policy towards asylum seekers and immigrants. This withdrawal caused the fall of the government and new elections were announced for November 2006. Dittrich has been one of the most productive Dutch parliamentarians since the founding in 1838. He is the first member ever to have drafted four different Private Bills that have successfully become law. Dittrich took the initiative for laws against stalking, for rights of victims to speak during the criminal trial, for abolishing the timelimits on prosecution of crimes like murder and manslaughter, and finally he wrote the law to fix book prices in order to protect smaller bookshops, authors and customers. During his career Dittrich became a national figure for his initiatives on issues like same-sex marriage, euthanasia, legalization of specific forms of sex work and decriminalizing the use of soft drugs. Issues that have made the Netherlands 'leading' when it comes to this kind of legislation in the world. Dittrich was the first openly gay member of parliament who focused on LGBT rights. In 1994 he proposed to introduce marriage equality to the dismay of the Dutch LGBT organization COC. Dittrich embarked on a long campaign which ended in 2001 with the introduction of same sex marriage. By that time COC had already changed its position and supported equal marriage rights. The Netherlands became the first country in the world to introduce marriage equality. The argument often used against Dittrich: ‘the Netherlands will become a legal island in the world’ proved to be wrong. Based on nationwide laws per 2013 same sex couples can marry in the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Uruguay, Iceland, France and the United Kingdom. Also in Brazil, in about 10 states of the USA and in parts of Mexico same sex couples can marry. Per 2013 about 10% of the world’s population lives in countries with marriage equality. He is a strong advocate for human rights and represented the Dutch parliament on numerous occasions at meetings in the United Nations. Dittrich was member of the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and was also vice president of Liberal International until October 2007. After 12½ years in Parliament Dittrich decided to work outside national politics. He continued as a member of parliament until the elections of November 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boris Dittrich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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