Monica McWilliams
Monica McWilliams. Professor McWilliams was appointed Chief Commissioner for Human Rights in Northern Ireland from September 2005. Previously, she was Professor of Women's Studies and Social Policy at the University of Ulster. She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2003. She was the co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, a political party involved in the Northern Ireland Forum from 1996 to 1998. As a member of the Multi-Party Peace Negotiations, she was a signatory to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998.
