Lynn Chircop

Lynn Chircop (born 1980, in Santa Venera, Malta) is a Maltese singer and television presenter, who won the Maltese national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Latvia with the song To Dream Again.

Married Antoine Faure, pianist and member of the legendary rock band 'The Characters', in 2003. She became a mother in 2004 to a daughter, Lizzie Anne Faure, who studied music at the Malta Music School till she reached her Diploma in Piano Performance with Distinction.

Lynn Chircop Faure is an Advocate specialising in Human Rights and International Law. She obtained two Master’s Degrees in Human Rights Law & Practice and in Diplomatic Studies, a Doctorate Degree in Laws, a Post Graduate Diploma in Notarial Practice, and a Bachelor’s (Hons) Degree in Law and European Studies from the University of Malta. Lynn is a recognised Human Rights Trainer by the Council of Europe. She is qualified in Project Management and a Practitioner in EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). As a devoted public officer since 2005, she completed the Public Management Toolkit and actively maintains her professional development while holding a position of Senior Manager with the Human Rights Directorate. Lynn is also a licensed Tour Guide & Travel Agent and an Associate with the Trinity College of London in Music Performance and qualified Pianist with the Royal Schools of Music. She spent her early years teaching Music, German and English as a Foreign Language. She produced and presented educational and discussion programmes on national and private television and radio stations. She represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest held in Latvia in 2003.

Dr Lynn was responsible for the Malta Central Authority on Civil Aspects of Child Abduction cases and International Maintenance Obligations, Cross-border litigation on Access and Custody Rights, served as Head of Legal & Licensing Office at the Social Care Standards Authority and Scholarship Manager of the Malta Arts and Sports Scholarships within the Directorate for Lifelong Learning, Ministry for Education & Employment.

She has been defending the Rights of Children and carried out two dissertations on the Protection and Enforcement of Children’s Rights in Malta and the application of the Principle of the Best Interests of the Child and Principle of Equality in Child Related Matters. As an Advocate, Dr. Lynn is committed to Defending the Rights of the Vulnerable.