As a specialist in justice matters, Sarah Ludford has been particularly active in the construction of a common EU asylum system and coherent migration policy, combating discrimination and promotion of human rights. She has also been in the forefront of efforts to tackle organised crime and terrorism through European crossborder law enforcement. But she insists on the respect of individual freedoms and avoidance of stereotyping Muslims in the context of antiterrorism measures. Sarah is concerned at EU plans which will increasingly infringe on privacy and undermine protection of personal data; she is rapporteur on the proposed Visa Information System. She has been EP lead member on antiracism, on rights for EUresident legal immigrants, and on internment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. She is active in the Parliaments intergroups on antiracism & diversity vicePresident and gay & lesbian rights. Sarah is on the Council of Liberty and patron of Fair Trials Abroad. Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP is Londons Liberal Democrat EuroMP and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is spokeswoman for the British Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament on the Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs committee and ViceChairwoman of the European Parliaments Human Rights SubCommittee. She was previously ViceChairwoman of the European Parliaments temporary committee on extraordinary rendition. She is also a member of the Economic & Monetary Affairs committee and the European Parliament delegation for relations with the United States. She takes a strong interest in the Balkans, Turkey, including the Kurdish people, and Cyprus.

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