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22/07/2005
Hain meets new Human Rights Chief
Secretary of State Peter Hain has said that it is in everyone’s interests to have a strong Human Rights Commission which draws support from all parts of the community.
The Secretary of State was speaking after his first official meeting with the new Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Professor Monica McWilliams.
Mr Hain said: “The issue of human rights is central to everyone in Northern Ireland and it is everyone’s interests to have a strong, independent and self-confident Commission which draws support from the entire community.
“I am confident that the Commission will continue to make a significant contribution to the advancement and protection of human rights for all the people of Northern Ireland and I look forward to working with the Chief Commissioner and her colleagues.”
Professor McWilliams, who succeeds Professor Brice Dickson, said she was delighted to be the new commissioner having “had a long-standing commitment to human rights in Northern Ireland”.
Currently the Professor of Women’s Studies and Social Policy at the University of Ulster, Professor McWilliams was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly representing the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition from 1998–2003.
Between 1996-1998 she was an elected representative to the Northern Ireland Forum and is currently a member of the Domestic Violence Committee of the Family Court’s Children’s Order Advisory Committee.
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The Secretary of State was speaking after his first official meeting with the new Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Professor Monica McWilliams.
Mr Hain said: “The issue of human rights is central to everyone in Northern Ireland and it is everyone’s interests to have a strong, independent and self-confident Commission which draws support from the entire community.
“I am confident that the Commission will continue to make a significant contribution to the advancement and protection of human rights for all the people of Northern Ireland and I look forward to working with the Chief Commissioner and her colleagues.”
Professor McWilliams, who succeeds Professor Brice Dickson, said she was delighted to be the new commissioner having “had a long-standing commitment to human rights in Northern Ireland”.
Currently the Professor of Women’s Studies and Social Policy at the University of Ulster, Professor McWilliams was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly representing the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition from 1998–2003.
Between 1996-1998 she was an elected representative to the Northern Ireland Forum and is currently a member of the Domestic Violence Committee of the Family Court’s Children’s Order Advisory Committee.
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