Studies

Professional Experience

• Member of the European Parliament (2007 - present); Member of the following standing committees: LIBE, AFET. Further details on her MEP activities here.You may also consult the EP Activity Report for January 2008-January 2009 .
• Lawyer at the bar, Bucharest. Own law firm (Weber Renate, since 1979)
• Advisor on constitutional and legislative matters to the President of Romania (2004 - 2005)
• Lecturer, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences: courses in international human rights law, constitutional law, minority rights and women's rights (1997 - 2003)
• Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Faculty of History: protection of human rights in the context of international relations (2003-2004)
• Chairwoman, National Council of the Foundation for an Open Society (non-profit organisation; 1998 - 2005, 2006 - 2007)
• Member, Administrative Board, Agency for Fundamental Rights (2007)
• Executive President, Legal Resources Centre (non-profit organisation; 2003 - 2004)
• Member, Executive Board, Euroregional Centre for Democracy (non-profit organisation; Timişoara, 2000-2007)
• Ad hoc judge, European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, 2000).
• Chief editor, Revista Romana de Drepturile Omului (Romanian Human Rights Review, 1993-2004)
• Member, International Service for Human Rights (Geneva, 1995-2003)
• Member, International Council on Human Rights Policy (Geneva, 1997-2004)
• Director of project: 'The Status of Women's Rights in Central/Eastern European Countries and the Newly Independent States', International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (Vienna, 1999-2000)
• Vice-chair, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (Vienna, 1994-1996)
• Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights (Bucharest, 1993-1998)
• Co-chair, Association for the Protection of Human Rights in Romania - Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH) (1994-1999)
• Member, Management Board, Centre for International Studies (Bucharest, 1996-2003)

Other Activities

• Organisation and lecturing, course in 'Rights of national minorities' (UNDP and Centre for Human Rights, Moldova, 2000)
• Organisation and lecturing, course (training of trainers) in 'The police and human rights' (UNDP and Centre for Human Rights, Moldova, 2000)
• Lecturer, 'The police and the European Convention on Human Rights', Police Academy, organised by the Council of Europe (Moscow, 2000)
• Lecturer, 'Joint Pilot Training Course for Human Rights Field Missions', organised by the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the UN and the EU (Venice, 1999)
• Member, Reflection Group on the project 'The Long-term Implications of EU Enlargement: The Nature of the New Border', formed by the European Commission and the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute (Florence, 1998-1999)
• Lecturer on more than 15 courses held in the Netherlands, Austria, Albania, Slovakia, Russia, Kirghizstan and Kazakhstan on human rights monitoring, especially as regards the relationship between international law and national legislation, in connection with the work of the police, prison conditions, the organisation and conduct of elections, freedom of expression, minority rights and women's rights (1993-1998)
• Over 50 published studies and articles on human rights, the rights of national minorities, constitutional law, the European Convention on Human Rights and fighting discrimination.