Dame Audrey Francis Glover, DBE CMG, is a British international lawyer, experienced election observer, former director of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (1994-1997).[1]
Dame Audrey Glover | |
|---|---|
 Audrey Glover (2010) | |
| Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights | |
| In office 1994–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Luchino Cortese |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Stoudmann |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Education
editGlover graduated from King's College, London.[2]
Professional career
editDuring her professional career, she has specialized in human rights law[3] and its application, gender equality, negotiation and problem resolution and international election monitoring.[4]
Audrey Glover was called to the Bar - as Gray's Inn member, where she practised before joining UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office as a legal adviser. During her service for the FCO, on numerous occasions she represented UK as agent before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights.
In 1994, UK seconded her - in the rank of ambassador - as director for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, where she served her mandate in Warsaw, Poland until 1997.[5][6]
From 1998 to 2004, she has served as head of the UK Delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission.
Since 2004 Dame Audrey has led almost twenty international election observation missions. These were - for the OSCE - missions to the USA (2016[3]), Mongolia (2013 and 2016), Albania (2015), Spain (2015), Hungary (2014), Bulgaria (2014), Ukraine (2012),[7][8][9] Azerbaijan (2011), USA (2016),[10][11] Turkey (2018),[12] Albania (2019).[13] She also co-led missions for the Carter Center: for the presidential elections in Tunisia (2014) and for the parliamentary elections in Guyana (2015).
She is also on the UN Mediation Roster.
Additionally, Audrey Glover serves as an adviser to the British Institute for Human Rights (since 1999), a trustee of the UK Prison Reform Trust (since 2005), Board Member of the Electoral Reform International Services (since 2006), an advisory member of the Board of Gender Action for Peace and Security (since 2012), and chair of the board of trustees for the Foreign Policy Centre (since 2018).
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Stability and Transition in Washington.
Honours and awards
editIn the 1997 Birthday Honours she was awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). In the 2004 New Year Honours she received made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
Publications
edit- British precedents on power to try impeachment - national government publication (1974)[14]
- Labor rights of employees of the British government - national government publication (1975)[15]
- Comparative study on wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws in major foreign countries - national government publication (1975)[16]
- Labor rights of employees of the British Government - book (1977)[17]
- Legal status of aliens in Australia - book (1977)[18]
- Securing the future of democracy - book (1996)[19]
- National minorities in Europe - article (1995)[20]
- The human dimension of the Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe : the ODIHR in Warsaw - article (1997)[21]
- The ODIHR: a useful tool - article (1996-1997)[22]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dame Audrey Glover – friend of the people". The Tablet. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "CPA L&D Lecture Dame Audrey Glover April 2017". www.cpahq.org. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Former head of US election mission raises concerns over voter confidence in 2020". The Independent. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Top Poll Monitor Is an Optimist About Future U.S. Elections". Time. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Borjomi Innovators Network: Dame Audrey Glover".
- ^ "Living up to the legacy? Key OSCE human rights document turns 20". osce.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Ukrainian Week".
- ^ "96770". www.osce.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Dame Audrey Glover, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, speaks to a journalist at the Mission's opening press conference, Kyiv, 12 September 2012". www.osce.org. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Former head of US election mission raises concerns over voter confidence in 2020". The Independent. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Observation of U.S. Election | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Audrey Glover, Head Ambassador of the OSCE/ODIHR, opens the Office..." Getty Images. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Local elections, 30 June 2019". www.osce.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "British precedents on power to try impeachment". National Government Publication: 3. 1974. OCLC 1183430645 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F. (1975). "Labor rights of employees of the British Government". Law Library Studies: 75–735 LL. OCLC 1186586995 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F.L. (1975). Comparative study on wiretapping and electronic surveillance laws in major foreign countries. 95 pages in various pagings. OCLC 1160196746 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F. (1977). Labor rights of employees of the British Government. Law Library Studies. OCLC 715193141.
- ^ Glover (1977). Legal status of aliens in Australia. OCLC 715798328.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F (1996). Securing the future of democracy. Corbishley memorial lectures. Croydon Wynham Place Trust. ISBN 9780952299363. OCLC 249450445.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F. (1995). "National minorities in Europe". Studia Diplomatica. 48 (3): 53–61. JSTOR 44837168. OCLC 769907525.
- ^ Glover, Audrey. "The human dimension of the Organisation on Security and Co-operation in Europe : the ODIHR in Warsaw". European Human Rights Law Review. 6 1997: 553–565. OCLC 822342013 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Glover, Audrey F. (1996–1997). "The ODIHR: a useful tool". OSCE Bulletin OSCE Bulletin. 5: 5–8. OCLC 770589973 – via WorldCat.