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Mary Robinson

 
     
 
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and as President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997.

Before her election as President, Mrs. Robinson served as Senator, holding that office for 20 years. In 1969 she became Reid Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College, Dublin. She was called to the bar in 1967, becoming a Senior Counsel in 1980, and a member of the English Bar (Middle Temple) in 1973.

Educated at Trinity College, Mrs. Robinson also holds law degrees from the King's Inns in Dublin and from Harvard University.

Mary Robinson is currently President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative; Honorary Chair of Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights;  Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders; Vice President of the Club of Madrid; honorary President of Oxfam International; Member of the Vaccine Fund Board of Directors; and member of the Leadership Council the UN Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. She is a Professor of Practice at Columbia University and member of the Advisory Board of the Earth Institute, and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria.

 
 

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Last Updated: May 29, 2008


 
 

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