8. The all powerful Fianna Fail’s Brian Lenihan was regarded as a shoo-in for the job upon the resignation of Patrick Hillary the sitting President. She was the first woman ever to hold that job. One ancestor was a leading activist in the Irish National Land League in Mayo and the Irish Republican Brotherhood; an uncle, Sir Paget John Bourke, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II after a career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a Roman Catholicnun. In 2007, Nelson Mandela started The Elders, an organization of public figures working towards world peace. Many of her extended family members were involved with politics. In 1969, she was elected to the Irish Senate as an independent senator. Her father, Aubrey, and her mother, Tessa, were doctors. She also became the Reid Professor of Law at Trinity College. Personal Website. Before she was elected President of Ireland in 1990, Mrs. Robinson served as Senator for 20 years. In 2018, she became the Chairman of The Elders. She campaigned for issues such as contraception and women’s rights. Born Mary Therese Winifred Bourke in Ballina, County Mayo in 1944, Mary Robinson was the daughter of two medical doctors. Guilford College. Ms. Michelle Bachelet Jeria, Chile, 2018-, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Jordan, 2014-2018, Ms. Navanethem Pillay, South Africa, 2008-2014, Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan (Acting High Commissioner), Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Brazil, 2002-2003, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, South Korea, 2006-2013, Ms. Mehr Khan Williams, Pakistan, 2004-2006, Mr. Ibrahima Fall*, Senegal, 1992-1997*Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and Director of the Centre for Human Rights in Geneva, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, United Kingdom, 2016-2019, General Inquiries:Telephone: +41 22 917 9220E-mail: Barbizon Modeling and Entertainment. April 23, 2002. May 21, In September 1998, she visited China--the first High Commissioner to do so--and signed an agreement with the Government for OHCHR to undertake a wide-ranging technical-cooperation programme to improve human rights in that country. From 1979 to 1983, she was a member of the Dublin City Council. Mrs. Robinson also strengthened human rights monitoring in such conflict areas as Kosovo, in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At 25, Mary Robinson became Ireland's youngest professor of law when she was appointed Reid Professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law at Trinity College. Just a few weeks after resigning, Robinson became the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Robinson was president from 1990 to 1997. Educated at Trinity College, Mrs. Robinson holds law degrees from the King's Inns in Dublin and from Harvard University. She resigned shortly before her term was due to expire to become UN High Commissioner for Human … She was the Chairman of the Asia Regional Preparatory Meeting in Tehran, Iran. Long before the same-sex marriage referendum was passed in Ireland in May 2015, Robinson worked as a legal advisor in the campaign for reform of homosexuality laws. Mary Robinson resigned from her position in 2002. During her first year as High Commissioner, Mrs. Robinson traveled to Rwanda, South Africa, Colombia and Cambodia, among other countries. In 2012, she released a memoir called Everybody Matters. Mary Robinson Director of Education/Visual Artist Greensboro, North Carolina 40 connections. She defeated Fianna Fáil's Robinson got the permission of the t… She became a board member of the European Climate Foundation, the Arab Democracy Foundation, and the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa. Her family was Catholic. Mary Robinson heads the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, a centre for education and advocacy on sustainable and people-centred development in the world’s poorest communities. Mary Robinson is inspirational and Tomás Ó Ruairc is an excellent interviewer. Mary Robinson was elected President of Ireland in 1990, causing the biggest shock wave in Irish politics. She is the head of the International Commission of Jurists and a Chairwoman of the World Justice Project. She served on the Joint Committee on Marital Breakdown and the Joint Committee on EC Secondary Legislation. Mary Robinson. Her family was Catholic. She became a Senior Counsel in 1980, and served as a member of the Advisory Commission of Inter-Rights (1984-1990) and as a member of the International Commission of Jurists (1987-1990). She helped decriminalize homosexuality and make contraception widely available. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister and campaigner. Mrs. Mary Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 12 September 1997, following her nomination to the post by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the endorsement of the General Assembly. Her father, Aubrey, and her mother, Tessa, were doctors. She also managed to improve the relationship between Ireland and England. At this time family planning was forbidden using condoms and birth control pills. Mrs. Robinson came to the United Nations after a distinguished, seven-year tenure as President of Ireland. The Bourke family has been in Mayo since the thirteenth century. Robinson was educated at Trinity College and King’s Inns in Dublin and at Harvard University in the United States. 9. Mary Bourke studied at the Mount Anville Secondary School in Dublin. As High Commissioner, Mrs. Robinson gave priority to implementing the Secretary-General's reform proposal to integrate human rights into all the activities of the United Nations. In 1973, she became a member of the English Bar (Middle Temple). InfoDesk@ohchr.orgList of contacts, Assistant Secretaries-General, New York Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She also served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and a Senator for the University of Dublin from 1969 to 1989. In 2009, President Obama awarded her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Robinson became one of the members of this organization. In 2010, the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem gave her the title of Dame Grand Cross of Merit. She has received honorary degrees and doctorates from the University of Cambridge, Brown University, Uppsala University, McGill University, Lisbon Nova University, and the University of Bath. Mary Therese Winifred Bourke was born on May 21, 1944, in the town of Ballina, Ireland. She has been awarded numerous honorary degrees, medals and prizes from universities and humanitarian organizations around the world. Listening to Mary Robinson, I am once again reminded of the importance of global citizenship education as it is manifest across all of the 'new' junior cycle specifications, and specifically in subjects like CSPE and senior cycle Politics and Society. Born on 21 May 1944 in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, Mary Robinson was called to the bar in 1967 and, two years later, became the youngest Reid Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College, Dublin. 20. She served at Trinity College (University of Dublin) as Reid Professor of penal legislation, constitutional and criminal law, and the law of evidence (1969–75) … She criticized the U. S. for its war on terrorism and its implementation of capital punishment. The Education of Mary Robinson by Kareem Fahim. She was also the first Head of State to visit Somalia following the crisis there in 1992, and received the CARE Humanitarian Award in recognition of her efforts for that country. Born on 21 May 1944 in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, Mary Robinson was called to the bar in 1967 and, two years later, became the youngest Reid Professor of Constitutional Law at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1967, Robinson joined the Irish Bar. She studied law and graduated in 1967. She was the Secretary-General of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa.