Annabel egan
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Ext: 3946
Tel: +353 91 493946
annabel.egan
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Annabel Egan is
Research Associate with the EU-China Human Rights Seminars Project. In this
role she provides targeted research to the European External Action Service on
developments regarding human rights law and practice in China which can inform
EU policy on the matter. She also plays a key role in the design and
implementation of all project activities including the EU China Human Rights
Seminars and the EU Human Rights Lecture Series in China. Prior to taking up
her current post, Annabel lived in China for 5 years, working as a freelance
journalist, an editor with the Beijing bureau of the South China Morning Post
and as spokesperson for the European Commission Delegation to China. From
1997-2000 she worked as a broadcast journalist with RTÉ, Ireland’s national
broadcaster.
As an undergraduate,
Annabel studied modern history at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1995.
In 1996 she gained a masters degree with distinction in Economics and Politics
from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. She completed her doctoral
studies at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in 2012 under the supervision of
Prof. William Schabas. Her thesis, entitled ’Constructive Engagement and Human
Rights’ examines the development of EU human rights policy on China since the
mid 1980s.