The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter, T.D., today
welcomed Professor Siobhan Mullally’s election to the Council of Europe’s
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).
Congratulating Professor Mullally on her election Minister Shatter said “I
am confident that Professor Siobhan Mullally will 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 nominated by the Irish Government for election to
GRETA following an open and transparent selection process. 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.
21 November 2012
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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 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/t/dghl/monitoring/trafficking/Docs/Convntn/FSConv_en.asp#TopOfPage