Ambassador at Large for Human Rights
Isabelle Rome was appointed Ambassador for Human Rights responsible for international issues relating to the Holocaust, looted property and remembrance in May 2024. Throughout her career, she has held senior positions within the French judiciary and was appointed Minister delegate in charge of Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal opportunities from May 2022 to July 2023.
As Minister, Isabelle Rome launched three Governmental plans regarding gender equality, the fight against racism, antisemitism, discrimination based on origin and against anti-LGBT+ discrimination. She also actively contributed to the implementation of several laws and measures to better prevent and punish gender-based violence and support its victims.
From 2018 to 2022, Isabelle Rome served as the senior official in charge of gender equality at the Ministry of Justice. She previously held various positions as a criminal judge and presided over criminal courts.
From 2000 to 2002, she advised the Minister of Justice Marylise Lebranchu on judicial protection of young people, assistance to victims and access to rights. She was previously Head of the Crime Prevention and Security Unit at the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Cities where she acted as UN expert on crime prevention and was tasked with laying the foundations of the European Crime Prevention Network.
Isabelle Rome has been actively involved in NGOs, providing support to drug addicts, political refugees, and cultural associations in prisons. In 2003, she founded Femmes de Libertés, an association for women, which she chaired for 12 years.
Isabelle Rome is a graduate of the National School for the Judiciary (ENM) and holds a diploma in Private law.
She has authored several books and published La fin de l’impunité ("The End of Impunity") with Editions Stock in early 2024 and Jouer ou tuer (“Play or kill”), with Editions Michalon in 2025, offering new avenues for reforms to better combat violence against women.