MonicaLuisaMacovei

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Political Memory: Monica Luisa MACOVEI, MEP

{{#icon:MonicaLuisaMacovei.jpg|Monica Luisa MACOVEI}}

General Data

• Born on 04 February 1959, Bucureşti
• Country: {{#icon:RO.png|Romania||MEPs_RO}} Romania
• Political Group: {{#icon:PPE.png|PPE||MEPs_PPE}} Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE)
  Party: Partidul Democrat-Liberal

Contact {{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 225||callto://+3222845225}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 05F155 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 225/+32 2 28 47 225 Fax: +32 2 28 49 225 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T08038 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 225/+33 3 88 177 225 Fax: +33 3 88 179 225 Email: 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

• Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  (Chair)
• 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)

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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

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

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.