Chris Mahony

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Chris Mahony
Birth nameChristopher B. Mahony
Date of birth (1981-06-19) 19 June 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback centre or wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Auckland ()

Chris Mahony (born 19 June 1981 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former rugby union player for the Auckland Air New Zealand Cup team, playing fullback centre or wing. [1] He played for Oxford University where he has completed a Masters in African Studies and a DPhil in Politics. [2]

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Education

Mahony holds Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) and of Laws (LL.B.) degrees from the University of Otago, and a Master’s in African Studies (M.Sc.) and a D.Phil. in Politics from the University of Oxford.

He was admitted to the bar of the High Court of New Zealand in 2006 where he appeared for the Crown in criminal and refugee matters.

Career

Mahony played for Auckland [3] in the National Provincial Championship from 2006 to 2008. Auckland won the Air New Zealand Cup in 2007. He represented Oxford University, [4] winning four Blues from 2006 to 2009. He also played for Coventry. [5]

In 2003, Mahony drafted recommendations on governance and corruption for the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2008, he directed the Witness Evaluation Legacy Project at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He taught international human rights and international criminal law while completing his doctorate at the University of Oxford. [6] From 2012-2013, he was the Deputy Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice at Auckland University, Faculty of Law. [7]

From 2015 to 2018, Mahony worked for the United Nations Development Programme [8] on Strategic Policy, Conflict Prevention, and Transitional Justice. In 2017, he taught Law at Peking University. [7]

Mahony was also a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law Research and Policy and a Visiting Research Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. At the World Bank, he has worked in the Governance Global Practice, the Independent Evaluation Group, and the Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice. Chris Mahony is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peloria. [9]

Other

In 2017, Mahony was present at the Charlottesville, Virginia, car attack of a crowd of protesters. He was walking down the road together with Brennan Gilmore when the car was seen at the top of the hill before it came down. Mahony chased the car and alerted the police of the incident. [10] [11] [12]

Publications

BOOKS

BOOK CHAPTERS

JOURNAL ARTICLES AND ACADEMIC PAPERS

POLICY BRIEFS, POLICY REPORTS, BOOK REVIEWS

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References

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  2. Oxford University Rugby - The Team - Chris Mahony Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Auckland Rugby Union - Chris Mahony". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  4. "Auckland Rugby Union - Chris Mahony". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  5. Wilkinson, John (5 March 2010). "Oxford Blue Mahony makes his first start for Cov". Coventry Live. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. Stone, Andrew (4 May 2012). "Kiwi Chris Mahony eyewitness to a warlord's downfall". NZ Herald. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 Mahony, Christopher. "Biography". CILRAP.
  8. "Chris Mahony | Lawyer and political economist". 21 June 2022.
  9. "DR. CHRIS MAHONY – Peloria".
  10. Silverman, Peter Mitchell, Peter Hermann, Joe Heim and Ellie (13 August 2017). "Kiwi rugby player helps police catch the driver who plowed into protesters at Charlottesville race rally". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/08/16/exp-witness-describes-charlottesville-unrest.cnn%7Ctitle=Chris Mahony describes Charlottesville unrest|
  12. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/chrismahony/video/6f270ea446df88e2733dcc6effc4fc06%7C