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[[File:Informal meeting of justice and home affairs ministers. Arrivals (Justice) Michael O'Flaherty (35715448476).jpg|thumb|Michael O'Flaherty (2017)]]
Professor '''Michael O'Flaherty''' is the current
==Early life and education==
A native of [[Salthill]] in Galway,<ref>[http://www.galwaynews.ie/20560-salthill-man-new-northern-human-rights-chief Galway News report 18 July 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813224158/http://www.galwaynews.ie/20560-salthill-man-new-northern-human-rights-chief |date=13 August 2012 }}</ref> and the son and grandson of mayors of Galway,<ref>"Role of honour :the mayors of Galway City 1485–2001",William Henry,2002</ref> O'Flaherty attended school at [[Scoil Iognáid, Galway|Scoil Iognaid]] Gaillimh, [[Willow Park School, Dublin|Willow Park]] Preparatory School and [[Blackrock College]], Dublin. He holds degrees in law from [[University College Dublin]], in theology and philosophy from the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] in Rome, and in international relations from the [[University of Amsterdam]]. Ordained in the 1980s as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church for the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora|Diocese of Galway]], he has not exercised priestly ministry since 1992.<ref>Belfast Telegraph report 18 July 2011</ref> He has since been laicised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/5627/2013-4/Professor-Michael-O'Flaherty---Human-Rights-expert |title=Professor Michael O'Flaherty - Human Rights expert - In the news - Galway Independent |website=galwayindependent.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128015243/http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/5627/2013-4/Professor-Michael-O'Flaherty---Human-Rights-expert |archive-date=2013-01-28}} </ref>
In November 2019, on the basis of his published works in the field of human rights, O’Flaherty was awarded the Higher Doctorate in Laws (LLD) by the [[National University of Ireland]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Conferring of Degrees on Published Work|url=http://www.nui.ie/news/2020/PubWorkConferring.asp|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.nui.ie|language=en}}</ref>
==Career==
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===Career with the United Nations===
Having written extensively on the ICCPR in the 1990s, O'Flaherty joined the United Nations civil service and held several headquarters and field positions in the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights]] (OHCHR). This included co-ordination of the OHCHR Asia and the Pacific programmes, leadership of field operations in Sierra Leone and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and (2000–02) chairing the UN reference group on human rights and humanitarian action. He served for some years as secretary to the [[Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination]], and as a senior researcher in [[Florence]] at the [[UNICEF]] child rights research unit, the [[UNICEF#The Innocenti Research Centre|Innocenti Research Centre]].<ref name
According to a CV posted on the European Parliament (LIBE committee) website in 2014, O’Flaherty had at that date published 9 books and some 55 articles and other writings, all in the field of human rights. He was 'rapporteur' (principal drafter) for the Human Rights Committee's General Comment on Article 19 of [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights|ICCPR]], finally adopted on 21 July 2011 after two years of negotiation. This major re-statement of the international law on [[freedom of expression]] emphasises the importance of media freedoms and it sets out the extent to which human rights standards relate to the new media and information platforms. O'Flaherty also has contributed to the international definition and protection of [[LGBT rights by country or territory|gay rights]]: in 2006 he led the drafting of the [[Yogyakarta Principles]] on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.<ref>[http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Oct/2702.htm The Yogyakarta Principles: Rapporteur Addresses Gay Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106032001/http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/07/Oct/2702.htm |date=6 January 2009 }}</ref>
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===Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, 1st April 2024–present===
In 2024, O’Flaherty was his country’s candidate to succeed [[Dunja Mijatović]] as the [[Council of Europe]]’s [[Commissioner for Human Rights]]; in a vote by the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], he ultimately won against [[Meglena Kuneva]] and [[Manfred Nowak]].<ref>[https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/michael-o-flaherty-elected-council-of-europe-commissioner-for-human-rights Michael O’Flaherty elected Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights] [[Council of Europe]], press release of 25 January 2024.</ref> He took over the position on April 1, 2024, replacing the previous Commissioner Dunja Mijatović.
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