Renu Mandhane
Renu Mandhane was appointed by the Ontario Liberal Government as Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission in October 2015. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.[1]
She earned an LL.M degree in international human rights law from New York University School of Law in 2003, after which she pursued a criminal law practice. In private practice, she represented survivors of sexual violence and prisoners, and is noted in particular for her advocacy related to solitary confinement.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ontario Human Rights Commission Website, accessed on October 12, 2018, available at: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/about-commission/meet-our-commissioners