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Mary Robinson

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Screen Name	robinson	Activities	1
Member Since	Jun 23, 2014	CoLab Points (actual) CoLab Points are awarded to all the members who contributed to a winning integrated Proposal, as well as those who contributed to any sub-Proposal it contains.(See more)	2
Country	Ireland	CoLab Points (max. potential) The maximum number of CoLab Points this member could receive. This is a measure of how many times the member’s Proposal have been included in other Proposal and how important it is in those Proposal.(See more)	42

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Mary Robinson was the first woman President of Ireland (1990–1997) and is a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002). As an academic, legislator and barrister, she sought to use law as an instrument for social change. A tireless advocate for justice, she was President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative from 2002 to 2010. She now leads efforts to ensure that the most vulnerable populations in the world do not disproportionately suffer the effects of climate change as Chair of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice. In March 2013, she was appointed UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa.