Mrs Mary Robinson

Mrs Mary Robinson is the Executive Director of the Realizing Rights: Ethical Globalisation Initiative and former President of Ireland

Mary Robinson is the Executive Director of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. She served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and as President of Ireland from 1990-1997. She is a founder member and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and Vice President of the Club of Madrid. She chairs the International Board of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and is Patron of the International Community of Women Living with AIDS (ICW). She is Honorary President of Oxfam International. Before her election as President, Mrs. Robinson served as a Senator for 20 years. In 1969 she became Reid Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College, Dublin and now serves as Chancellor of Dublin University. 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.