The President received Ms. Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner, at Áras an Uachtaráin.
Ms. Mijatović was elected Commissioner for Human Rights in January 2018 by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and took up her position on 1 April 2018. She is the fourth Commissioner, succeeding Nils Muižnieks (2012-2018), Thomas Hammarberg (2006-2012) and Alvaro Gil-Robles (1999-2006).
The promotion of human rights has been an important theme throughout President Higgins' career, and as President of Ireland, President Higgins has worked to highlight the importance of a rights-based approach to global policy making as key to efforts to address the major challenges of our age.
