MonicaLuisaMacovei

General Data

 * Born on 04 February 1959, Bucureşti
 * Country: Romania
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Partidul Democrat-Liberal

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 05F155 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845225 +32 2 28 45 225]/[callto://+3222847225 +32 2 28 47 225] Fax: +32 2 28 49 225 Bâtiment Louise Weiss T08038 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175225 +33 3 88 175 225]/[callto://+33388177225 +33 3 88 177 225] Fax: +33 3 88 179 225
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:monica.macovei@europarl.europa.eu monica.macovei(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=96824

Functions in European Parliament
(Chair)
 * Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
 * Conference of Delegation Chairs (Member)
 * Committee on Budgetary Control (Member)
 * Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Central European University and State University of New York, Albany (1978-1982)
 * University of Birmingham, UK, Institute of European Law, Theory and Practice of Human Rights - International and European Law (1992)
 * Master of Laws (LLM) in Comparative Constitutional Law (1992-1993)
 * University of Abo/Turku, Finland, Advanced Course in International Human Rights Protection (1994)
 * EU Visiting Programme, Administration of Justice in the EU Member States, Brussels, Rome, Madrid (1995)
 * University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law (1996)
 * Salzburg Seminar, International Public Law and Transnational Institutions (2008)
 * Prosecutor (1983-1997)
 * Associate Professor, Higher School of Journalism, Bucharest (1994-2002)
 * Expert, Council of Europe, Legal and Human Rights Directorates - missions to the new Member States and training sessions for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, journalists, NGOs and public institutions (1995-2002)
 * Consultant, European Centre for the Rights of Roma (1997-2001)
 * Lawyer, APADOR-CH (Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania - Helsinki Committee) (1997-2004)
 * Lawyer at the Bucharest Bar (non-practising since 1997)
 * Expert, Specialist Group on Press Law and Human Rights, Council of Europe (1998-2000)
 * Consultant with Council of Europe: OSCE mission to Kosovo, 'Rule of law' department (1999-2000)
 * Coordinator, Balkan Advocacy Project - Helsinki Federation (2000-2001)
 * Expert, Council of Europe Monitoring Unit (2000-2002)
 * Expert on legal reform, Council of Europe: Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002-2004)
 * Expert - training sessions, fight against corruption and legal reform in prospective and potential EU member states, European Commission (2007-2009)
 * Consultant/expert, fight against corruption, UK Foreign Office - British Embassy in Skopje - anti-corruption adviser to the Macedonian Prime Minister (2007-2009)
 * Romanian Minister of Justice (2004-2007)
 * Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, USA, Fellow (1997-present)
 * APADOR-CH - member (1997-present) and President (1999-2004)
 * Founder member, Transparency International Romania (1999-present)
 * Member of governing board, Academic Society of Romania, Bucharest (2007-present)
 * Member of administrative board, Central European University, Budapest (2007-present)
 * Member, European Academy of Yuste, Spain (2008-present)
 * Publications: 'Protection of Human Rights by the Judiciary in Romania - Judicial Protection of Human Rights: Myth or Reality', Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., USA, 1999
 * 'Monitoring the EU Accession Process: Minority Protection', Central European University Press, 2001
 * 'Freedom of expression - A guide to the implementation of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights', Council of Europe, 2001
 * 'Speranţa' ('Hope') Prize, Societatea Timişoara (Timişoara Society)
 * Prize of the Group for Social Dialogue (2005)
 * Campaigner of the Year, 'European Voice' (2006)
 * Communicator of the Year, International Communications Forum, November 2006
 * European Woman of the Year, Brussels (2008)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.3/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100

Positions
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21/07/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.