Caoilfhionn Gallagher | |
|---|---|
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | University College Dublin |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Employer | Doughty Street Chambers |
| Known for | expertise in human rights and civil liberties |
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC is an Irish-born barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, specialising in human rights and civil liberties. [1] [2] [3]
Gallagher studied at University College Dublin and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Law. [4] She also holds degrees from the Honorable Society of the King's Inns, Dublin; and Cambridge University. [5]
She is one of the three joint founders of the ‘Act for the Act’ campaign (with Martha Spurrier and Fiona Bawdon), a crowdfunded advertising campaign to tell positive stories about the Human Rights Act 1998. [6]
Gallagher led the lawyers working for the release of Ibrahim Halawa, [7] an Irish citizen from Firhouse in South Dublin who was imprisoned in Egypt between 2013 and 2017. [8] Halawa was adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience [9] and Lynn Boylan led a vote in the European parliament of 500 to 11.
Gallagher has spoken about the importance and value of pro bono work. She has represented survivors of the Hillsborough disaster and the 7/7 bombings. [10]
In 2017, she received UCD's alumni award in Law and she became a Queen's Counsel in the same year. [7] Gallagher also served as a judge that year at the Freedom of Expression Awards with actor Noma Dumezweni, Tina Brown, Anab Jain and Stephen Budd. [11]
In 2022, she spoke out against what she saw as anti-Irish [12] and anti-lawyer talk made by British government ministers. She thought these were a result of Brexit. She had personally received death threats and Amnesty International supported her view that politicians should be more cautious in their accusations against lawyers and judges. [13]
In 2023, she was appointed to the Irish independent role of Special Rapporteur-for Children. She replaced Professor Conor O'Mahony and will serve for three years. [4]
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