Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs was
the President of the Australian Human
Rights Commission from 2012-2017.
Gillian was Dean of the Faculty of Law
and Challis Professor of International
Law at the University of Sydney from
2007-12. Gillian is a former Barrister
with Seven Wentworth Chambers and
a Governor of the College of Law. She
has combined an academic career with
international commercial legal practice
and worked with governments and
international organisations advising on
including law including human rights law.
She is focused on the implementation
in Australian law of the human rights
treaties to which Australia is a party,
and on working with nations in the Asia
Pacific region on practical approaches
to human rights.
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