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Sarah Joseph is a Professor of Human Rights Law and the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, Melbourne. She has published in many areas of human rights law, including on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, human rights and economic globalisation, self determination, torture, and terrorism and human rights. She has conducted numerous human rights consultancies for bodies such as the United Nations, the World Organisation against Torture, the Norwegian Center for Human Rights, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, AusAID and government departments in Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. She has taught human rights in Australia, the US, New Zealand and Macau.
Lecture summary: The Human Rights Council is the key intergovernmental human rights body in the United Nations. The Council is the successor to the discredited UN Commission on Human Rights, and came into being in 2006. Its record as a body charged with the promotion and protection of international human rights will be assessed, including a comparison with its predecessor, reasons for its various successes and failures, and its prospects for significant improvement.
Further links:
Monash University profile: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/staff/sjoseph.html
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