Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Shirin, Barrister-at-Law, has had a long political career as well as a diplomatic career. She founded several non-governmental organisations in Mauritius and abroad and has been a member of several Human Rights organisations.

Shirin was the first woman Attorney-General and Minister for Women's Rights and Family Welfare in Mauritius and the ambassador of Mauritius in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. In 1993 – 1994, she presided the Conseil Permanent de la Francophonie. She represented Mauritius at the UNESCO in 1995.

She was a member of the National Assembly and also a municipal councilor and mayor of the town of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill.

She was the first Ombudsperson for Children in 2003 to 2011, and was also appointed as Chairperson of the Public Bodies Appeal Tribunal in 2012 until October 2021.

In 2004, Shirin was a member of the Editorial Board of the United Nations Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children, working in close collaboration with Professor Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the international expert appointed to coordinate the Study which led to the publication of a World Report on Violence against Children (2006). She still collaborates with the UN Special Representative on this issue.

Shirin has contributed to many publications for UN committees.