Academic Expert Professor Aoife Nolan re-elected President of the European Committee of Social Rights for the Council of Europe
Doughty Street Chambers is proud to announce that, on 22nd January 2025, our Academic Expert Professor Aoife Nolan was re-elected as President of the Council of Europe European Committee of Social Rights, the leading European monitoring mechanism on economic and social rights. Professor Nolan was first elected president in 2023, having been a member of the Committee since 2017. She will now serve a new term of two years. Professor Nolan will continue to lead the Committee in its work in monitoring state efforts to give effect to the European Social Charter.
Professor Nolan stated, “I'm delighted to have been re-elected President of the European Committee of Social Rights,. It is a very exciting time for the Charter system and it is a huge honour to be part of it and to collaborate with such a great team of colleagues to push forward social rights enjoyment across Europe”.
Aoife is a leading figure in human rights law, with a particular expertise on economic and social rights. She is Professor of International Human Rights Law at the School of the Law, University of Nottingham, where she is also Director of the Human Rights Law Centre.
In addition to her academic work, Professor Nolan has acted as an expert advisor to a wide range of international and national organisations and bodies working on human rights issues, including numerous UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, the Council of Europe, the World Bank, multiple NHRIs and NGOs. She has also supported a number of different governments in their efforts to advance protection of human rights through law and policy reform.
Professor Nolan co-leads Doughty Street Chambers' Children's Rights Group, which brings together barristers across all practice teams working on crucial children’s human rights issues. She is also a member of the Doughty Street International Steering Group.