Marini De Livera appointed NCPA chairperson

Marini De Livera has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) by President Maithripala Sirisena.

The NCPA said Former chairperson Dr. Natasha Balendra resigned from the post due to personal reasons.

Marini de Livera is an LLB Graduate, an Attorney-at-law and holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Human Rights and a Masters in Law in Public Law and Human Rights.

She is also a Licentiate Teacher in Speech and Drama at Trinity Marini de Livera is an LLB Graduate, an Attorneyat-law and holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Human Rights College London and obtained a Gold Medal for Public Speaking from the London Academy of Dramatic Art, UK.

Ms. Marini de Livera has functioned as an academic who has taught Constitutional Law, European Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and Public International Law in the UK, Sri Lanka and the Republic of Seychelles. She has presented papers in international and regional forums on Human Rights and Public Law related subjects.

Ms. Marini De Livera has been a Human Rights Trainer for the Sri Lanka Army and the Police. She was also invited to function as a Resource Person in Ministries and public institutions here and abroad. (Ashraff.a. Samad)

Ms. De Livera was also invited to speak at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, USA. More recently she was invited to speak on ‘Constitutional Reform in Sri Lanka’ at the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, Australia.

She has served as a member in the Child Soldiers’ Rehabilitation Committee, Prisons Reforms Committee ,the Committee set up to draft amendments to Prevention of Domestic Violence Act and at present functions as a member of the National Committee on Women.