Annabel Hennessy

Annabel Hennessy is the Australia researcher for Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Annabel worked in journalism for a decade including as an investigative reporter. She has won several awards for her reporting, including The Walkley Foundation’s Overall Young Australian Journalist of the Year (2020), Young Walkley for Public Service Journalism (2020 and 2021) and West Australian Journalist of the Year (2020). She has published extensively on social policy and issues relating to Indigenous rights, homelessness, disability, and the justice system.