The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald
T.D., today welcomed Professor Siobhán Mullally’s re-election to the
Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings (GRETA) for a second term. Professor Mullally has been selected to
serve for a further two years, to the end of 2018.
Congratulating Professor Mullally on her election the Tánaiste said "
Professor Siobhán Mullally will continue to make a significant contribution
to the important work of GRETA given her wide range of expertise and
experience in the area of human trafficking at national and international
level".
Professor Mullally was first elected to GRETA in 2012. In March 2015 she
was elected to the Bureau of GRETA as the 1st Vice-President of the Group.
Professor Mullally is currently Professor of Law (Chair) at University
College Cork and has published extensively in the field of migration,
gender and human rights law.
During her career Professor Mullally has acted as a consultant and adviser
on gender and human rights law for UN bodies (UNIFEM, UNDP and UNIMSET),
international NGOs and professional bodies including the International Bar
Association, International Crisis Group, Open Society, Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan and Irish Aid. She also has extensive experience of
operating at an international level with a diverse range of organisations
and is currently a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The
Hague.
She is a former Chair of the Irish Refugee Council and also currently
serves on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Standing NGO
Committee on Human Rights. She is Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and
Equality Commission Chair, Policy and Legislation Committee; Member of the
Joint Committee of the Northern Irish Human Rights Commission and the Irish
Human Rights and Equality Commission
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Note to Editors:
Ireland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings in July 2010 and it entered into force on the 1
November 2010.
GRETA is the monitoring mechanism set up under the Council of Europe
Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings to oversee and
review the implementation of the Convention by State Parties. GRETA is
composed of 15 independent and impartial experts from a variety of
backgrounds. They have been elected by the Committee of the Parties for a
term of office of either two or four years, renewable once, and selected
from among national candidates put forward by State Parties to the
Convention.
Further details of the functions of GRETA, and the qualifications required
for membership of it, are available on the web site of the Department of
Justice and Equality (www.justice.ie) and are also available on the Council
of Europe website http://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/home