Gillian Triggs

Professor Emerita Gillian Triggs AC has recently completed her role as United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Assistant High Commissioner Protection with the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR. She was formally President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, President of the Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal, and Chair of the UN Independent Expert Panel on Abuse of Office and Harassment at UNAIDS. Gillian was Dean of the Faculty of Law and Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney from 2007-12 and Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from 2005-7. Gillian is an international lawyer and was awarded an inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsberg medal in 2022 and named the 2023 International Law Woman of the Year by the American Society of International law. She is currently a board member of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Ambassador for Australians for UNHCR, Patron of Justice Connect and advisor to the Australian Government on digital health and privacy. Gillian lectures in international human rights at the University of Melbourne and is the author of Public International Law, 2nd Ed 2011 and “ Speaking Up” 2018.