The World Bank and Human Rights: In Conversation with Siobhán McInerney-Lankford
7 February 2022
The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) was delighted to have Siobhán McInerney-Lankford, Senior Counsel at the World Bank Legal Vice-Presidency, join us for an insightful conversation moderated by HRLC Co-Director, Professor Aoife Nolan. Siobhán shared insights from her extensive experience in international human rights law.
About the Speaker
Siobhán has advised the World Bank on human rights law and international law since 2002, representing the institution in a variety of global forums such as the UN, EU and OECD. At the World Bank, Siobhán has worked primarily in the Legal Department (in both advisory and operational capacities). She has also worked in the Policy Department where she served as Legal Advisor to its first Human Rights Trust Fund. From 2006 to 2009, she chaired the OECD DAC Human Rights Task Team.
In addition to her work at the World Bank, Siobhán is an adjunct professor at AU Washington College of Law and has lectured at EPLO, EIUC, the Fletcher School, Harvard University, and the UN Summer Academy. She is co-editor of International Law and Sustainable Development (OUP, 2023) and has authored numerous publications on human rights law.
She holds an LLB from Trinity College, Dublin (First Class Honors), an LLM from Harvard Law School, and a BCL and DPhil (EU Human Rights Law) from the University of Oxford. She is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia in the USA.
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