Equality and Human Rights Commission

On 4 December 2009, Professor Geraldine Van Bueren was announced as a commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Professor Geraldine Van Bueren is Professor of International Human Rights Law at Queen Mary, University of London and is also a Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford.She is a barrister and an Associate Tenant at Doughty Street Chambers.

Professor Van Bueren works extensively with governments and intergovernmental organisations. She is working on a project for UNESCO on how the law can be used constructively to help combat poverty.

She is a member of the Attorney General’s International Pro Bono Coordinating Committee and her most recent book Child Rights in Europe is published by the Council of Europe.

Professor Van Bueren does not hold any other Ministerial appointments. She declared that she has not engaged in any political activity in the past five years when responding to the political activity questionnaire.