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Professor John Packer,
Director of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex
John Packer is an internationally recognised expert in the field of minority rights and conflict prevention and has an extensive publication record.
During his long and distinguished career, he has held numerous posts and positions. He was the project coordinator and principal investigator for the global Initiative on Conflict Prevention through Quiet Diplomacy as well as acting as a consultant to several international organisations, governments and NGOs. After serving as legal advisor, he was Director of the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities from 2000 to 2004. From 1991 to 1995 he was a human rights officer at the United Nations, where he investigated serious violations of human rights in Iraq, Burma and Afghanistan. He has also worked for the International Labour Organisation and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
He has a long association with NGOs and is Chair of the Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE and is a member of the International Council of the Minority Rights Group.
Baroness Margaret Prosser OBE,
Deputy Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Lady Prosser has been dedicated to support those who have been discriminated against, principally women and people from black and minority ethnic groups. She is currently the deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
Previously Deputy Secretary General of the Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU), Lady Prosser was President of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), an Equal Opportunities Commissioner and active International Trade Unionist, chairing the World Women's Committee of the International Chemical & Energy Workers' Union.
After retiring from the TGWU Lady Prosser was appointed chair of the Women's National Commission, a post she held for 4 years before resigning to take up her position with the EHRC.
Lady Prosser became a member of the House of Lords in 2004, where she continues to campaign for equal rights. No one has done more than Lady Prosser to advance the cause of equality in the workplace, particularly equality for women with regard to rates of pay.
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Baroness Margaret Prosser OBE, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Lady Prosser has been dedicated to support those who have been discriminated against, principally women and people from black and minority ethnic groups. She is currently the deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
Previously Deputy Secretary General of the Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU), Lady Prosser was President of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), an Equal Opportunities Commissioner and active International Trade Unionist, chairing the World Women's Committee of the International Chemical & Energy Workers' Union.
After retiring from the TGWU Lady Prosser was appointed chair of the Women's National Commission, a post she held for 4 years before resigning to take up her position with the EHRC.
Lady Prosser became a member of the House of Lords in 2004, where she continues to campaign for equal rights. No one has done more than Lady Prosser to advance the cause of equality in the workplace, particularly equality for women with regard to rates of pay.
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