Siobhan McInerney-Lankford

Dr. Siobhán McInerney-Lankford is Head of Unit for Equality, Roma and Social Rights. She is a human rights lawyer with expertise in EU human rights law, anti-discrimination, international development, and environmental and social policy. From 2002-2023 she worked for the World Bank’s Legal Department, serving as both an operational and advisory lawyer. She was legal advisor to the World Bank’s first Human Rights Trust Fund established in the Bank’s policy department and represented the Bank in human rights fora at the UN, EU and the OECD. Prior to joining the World Bank she worked in private practice in Washington, D.C. Siobhán has served as an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law, and has lectured at EPLO, EIUC, the Fletcher School, Harvard and the UN Summer Academy. She is the author of over fifty articles and book chapters; she is co-editor of Human Rights Methods (Edward Elgar, 2017) and The Roles of International Law in Sustainable Development (OUP, 2023). Siobhán holds an LL.B. from Trinity College, Dublin, (First Class Honors), an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a B.C.L. and D.Phil. (EU human rights law) both from Oxford. She is admitted to practice law in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia.

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ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Due Diligence

ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with Respect to Climate Change: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Due Diligence

I. INTRODUCTION The much anticipated  ICJ  Advisory Opinion of 23 July 2025 was historic in its affirmation of Member State obligations to act to curb climate change through adaptation and mitigation measures. This blog offers a ...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 2

See Part 1 of this blog here: The EU Forced Labour Regulation: reflections from a human rights perspective – Part 1 | OHRH 1. Introduction This is the second part of a two-part blog dedicated to Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on ...
The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

The EU Forced Labour Regulation: Reflections from a Human Rights Perspective – Part 1

1. Introduction Forced labour and child labour constitute serious human rights violations.  Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (“the Regulation”) entered into force on 13th ...
EU accession to the ECHR – a short reflection post-CJEU judgment in EU LEX KOSOVO Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P (KS and KD)

EU accession to the ECHR – a short reflection post-CJEU judgment in EU LEX KOSOVO Joined Cases C-29/22 P and C-44/22 P (KS and KD)

Article 6(2) of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty EUR-Lex - 12008M006 - EN establishes the following obligation: “The Union shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Such accession shall ...
Human Rights and the SDGs: Progress or a Missed Opportunity?

Human Rights and the SDGs: Progress or a Missed Opportunity?

On 25 September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which would replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The 17 ...
Entry into force of the New Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

Entry into force of the New Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

The new Optional Protocol (OP) to the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) entered into force on 5 May 2013. The OP recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider ...
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