Honorary Advisory Board

The following individuals are members of MJIL's Honorary Advisory Board:

Professor Philip Alston

John Norton Pomeroy Professor, New York University School of Law
UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions


Professor Hilary Charlesworth

Australian Research Council Federation Fellow
Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Professor of International Law and Human Rights, College of Law, The Australian National University


Professor Christine Chinkin

Professor of International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Overseas Affiliated Faculty Member, The University of Michigan Law School
Barrister, Matrix Chambers


Professor James Crawford SC

Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge


The Hon Elizabeth Evatt AC

Former Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee
Former Chief Justice (1976-88) of the Family Court of Australia
Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists


Professor Mary Hiscock

Emeritus Professor of Law, Bond University


Mr William Holder

Former Deputy General Counsel, Legal Department International Monetary Fund


The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG

Former Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996–2009)
Former United Nations Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia
Rapporteur, UNODC Expert Group on Judicial Integrity
Member, UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
President of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia


Professor Geoffrey Lindell
Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
Adjunct Professor, College of Law, The Australian National University
Adjunct Professor, Law School, The University of Adelaide


The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE

Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
Former Justice (1972-87) and Chief Justice (1987-95) of the High Court of Australia


Professor Ivan Shearer AM

Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney
Adjunct Professor of Law, The University of South Australia
Former Judge Ad Hoc, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Former Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee


The Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE

Former Judge, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
Former Judge Ad Hoc, International Court of Justice
Former Justice of the High Court of Australia (1972–1982)


Professor Gillian Triggs

Dean of Law, The University of Sydney


His Excellency Christopher G Weeramantry

Former Judge (1991–97) and Vice-President (1997–2000), International Court of Justice