Leonard Zeskind is an American human rights activist. He is president of the (IREHR). For thirteen years prior concentration on human rights, he worked in industry. Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate. He is known for his research into extreme right, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations in the United States. The Institute for Research and Education of Human Rights served as a resource about such groups and their members when information about them rose dramatically following the storming of the capitol of the United States on January 6, 2021.