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