Láilá Susanne Vars
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Laila Susanne Vars is a Norwegian-Sami human rights lawyer and former politician. Elected rector of Sámi University of Applied Sciences 2019-2023. First Sámi woman to achieve a PhD in Law. She is former research director at the Norwegian National Human Rights Institution (NHRI). Expert member of the United Nations' Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) 2017-2023.
Laila Susanne Vars | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Education | University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
Political party | Árja |
She led the Sami Árja party from 2008 to 2010, and was vice president of the Sami Parliament of Norway from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, she became the director of the Gáldu Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was based in Kautokeino, Norway. When Gáldu was integrated into the NHRI in 2017, Vars worked AS research director at the NHRI.[1][2]