Ms Anna Bednarek
Ms Anna Bednarek graduated from the University of Gdansk, Poland with a Magister of Law (LLM) in 1994 and she passed the Polish State Examination for Judicial Posts in 1997. She completed her Postgraduate studies as a civil judge at the Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw as well as her post graduate studies at the Institute of Science of Developing Countries at the University of Warsaw with a dissertation on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 2008/2009.
Ms. Bednarek worked as a Senior Expert in the Office of the Agent of the Polish Government at the European Commission and Court of Human Rights, Human Rights and National Minorities Division, Legal and Treaty Department of the Polish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Warsaw, December 2007. She was also a member of the Delegation of the Polish Government for the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1998.
Ms. Bednarek was appointed as a Judge in the District Court of Warsaw in June, 1998 where she served until 2001 and she was employed as Consul in the Polish Embassy, Rome, Italy from 2001 until 2007.
She worked as a Judge at the District Court of Warsaw, (Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy-Śródmieścia w Warszawie) from April, 2007 until January, 2009. She was then appointed as a EULEX Judge at the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo on Kosovo Trust Agency Related Matters where she has served since January 2009.
In 2008 she participated as a trainer with the “Human Trafficking-Training for Judges” Project designed to combat trafficking in human beings and slavery. This Project was organized by the La Strada Foundation, Warsaw, Poland in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of the Interior and the British Embassy in Warsaw.
Ms. Bednarek also worked for Amnesty International as Project Manager of a project in Poland for the publication of a Human Rights Education Handbook and as a lobbying group coordinator.
Ms. Bednarek was appointed as a Substitute Member of the EULEX Human Rights Review Panel (Panel) by the EULEX Head of Mission on 25 May, 2011 and she was appointed as a Member of the Panel by the EULEX Head of Mission on 12 July, 2011.
