Dr. Mary Ann DeVlieg is an independent consultant, evaluator, facilitator and speaker, and an Expert for the Council of Europe’s initiative on artistic freedom: Free to Create/Create to be Free. Since 2010 she protected and defended the human rights of artists-at-risk as a case worker. She founded the EU working group, Arts-Rights-Justice; was freeDimensional’s Co-Director (2013-2015) and a co-founder of the Arts-Rights-Justice Academy, University of Hildesheim. Former Secretary General of IETM (1994-2013), the international network for contemporary performing arts. She founded On the Move and Roberto Cimetta Fund for Mobility in the Mediterranean, is currently a Board member of Ettijahat-Independent Culture and of SH|FT Safe Havens Freedom Talks. Her PhD examined the rights of relocated artists in the EU cultural policy and practice landscape.