Margaret Tuite

Independent Review Committee

Margaret Tuite has joined the Keeping Children Safe’s Independent Review Committee in a personal capacity.

Margaret was the European Commission coordinator for rights of the child from 1 November 2011 until 31 August 2018 in the unit responsible for fundamental rights policy in DG Justice and Consumers.

Prior to the above post, from 2008-2011, Margaret was deputy head of the unit for criminal justice. Margaret worked for the European Commission for 33 years, 17 of them in the justice and home affairs domains. She retired from the European Commission on 1 May 2022.

She is a board member of Child Rights International Network – CRIN, Defence for Children International (DCI) – Belgium and DCI International, an individual member of the Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE) Network and a member of the COPE Wise Persons Group.

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