Human rights defender
UN calls surveillance of journalists, rights defenders through spyware 'alarming'
The U.N. human rights chief on Monday said revelations regarding the apparent widespread use of the Israeli-developed Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders, politicians, and others are "extremely alarming."
UN Rights Rapporteur: Govts Using ‘Anti-Terror’ Laws to Target Critics
Her commitment to human rights then led her to Front Line Defenders, an organisation she herself founded in 2001 and played a key role in as executive director for 15 years.
In May this year Lawlor, now 68, continued her professional path in the field, becoming the UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, HRDs.