Emerita Professor Gillian Triggs AC
Emerita Professor Gillian Triggs AC
LL.B, (Melb) LLM ( SMU) PhD. (Melbourne)
Law and Legal Studies
2026
Profile
Gillian is an international lawyer who has worked for the United Nations as an Assistant Secretary-General and Assist. High Commissioner for Refugees, President of the Asian Development Bank’s Administrative Tribunal, President of the Australian human Rights Commission, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney and Challis professor of international law. She is the author of many papers and books including International law: Principles and Practices, 2nd ed, Speaking UP 20. One of her most impactful work was the AHRC report:The Forgotten Children 2014.
Appointments
Awards
Ruth Bader Ginsberg Inaugural Human Rights Award
Voltaire award as Humanist of the Year
American Society of International Law: International Law Woman of the Year
Selected Publications
International Law; Principles and Practices
Speaking Up
Territorial Boundaries
Website