Helen holds an LLM in Human Rights and Criminal Justice from Queen’s University Belfast. She has around fifteen years experience researching and campaigning on behalf of NGOs, community groups and grassroots organisations towards the better realisation of human rights. Helen has a particular interest in the domestic implementation of international human rights standards and has worked to find ways to better facilitate access to UN monitoring mechanisms for those engaged in grassroots human rights work both in the UK and Latin America. Helen is a proud member of the board of the Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network.