The World Bank and Human Rights: In Conversation with Siobhán McInerney-Lankford

Siobhán McInerney-Lankford

In Conversation with Siobhán McInerney-Lankford

This is a unique opportunity to hear first-hand from a Senior Counsel at the World Bank Legal Vice-Presidency and an expert in international human rights law.  Siobhán has advised the World Bank on human rights law and international law since 2002 and has represented the World Bank in a variety of fora including the UN, EU and the OECD; from 2006-2009 she chaired the OECD DAC Human Rights Task Team. At the World Bank Siobhán has worked primarily in the Legal Department (in both advisory and operational capacities). She has also worked in the Banks’ Policy Department where she served as Legal Advisor to the Bank’s first Human Rights Trust Fund. 

Siobhán is an adjunct professor at AU Washington College of Law, and has lectured at EPLO, EIUC, the Fletcher School,  Harvard and the UN Summer Academy.  She has published widely on human rights law and is co-editor of a forthcoming book on International Law and Sustainable Development (OUP, 2023).

She holds an LL.B. from Trinity College, Dublin, (First Class Honors), an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a B.C.L. and D.Phil. (EU human rights law) both from Oxford. She is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.