Gillian Triggs
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Professor Gillian Triggs PhD
was the Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from July 2005 to September 2007. Before taking up her appointment, she was the Director of the Institute for Comparative and International Law at the University of Melbourne
where she held a Chair in Law. She is an international lawyer with publications on WTO disputes resolution, energy and resources law, law of the sea
, territorial sovereignty, jurisdiction and immunity
, international criminal law
, international environmental law
and human rights
. In April 2007, Professor Triggs was appointed as the Dean of the University of Sydney Law School
, replacing labour law specialist Ron McCallum
. She adopted this role in October 2007.
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was the Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law from July 2005 to September 2007. Before taking up her appointment, she was the Director of the Institute for Comparative and International Law at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
where she held a Chair in Law. She is an international lawyer with publications on WTO disputes resolution, energy and resources law, law of the sea
Law of the sea
Law of the sea may refer to:* United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea* Admiralty law* The Custom of the Sea...
, territorial sovereignty, jurisdiction and immunity
Immunity from prosecution (international law)
Immunity from prosecution is a doctrine of international law that allows an accused to avoid prosecution for criminal offences. Immunities are of two types. The first is functional immunity, or immunity ratione materiae. This is an immunity granted to people who perform certain functions of...
, international criminal law
International criminal law
International criminal law is a body of international law designed to prohibit certain categories of conduct commonly viewed as serious atrocities and to make perpetrators of such conduct criminally accountable for their perpetration. Principally, it deals with genocide, war crimes, crimes against...
, international environmental law
Environmental law
Environmental law is a complex and interlocking body of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and common law that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment, toward the purpose of reducing the impacts of human activity...
and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
. In April 2007, Professor Triggs was appointed as the Dean of the University of Sydney Law School
Sydney Law School
Sydney Law School is the law faculty of the University of Sydney and is regarded as one of the most prestigious institutions of legal education in Australia and the Asia Pacific. Located in the main Camperdown campus of the University, with some operations at the St...
, replacing labour law specialist Ron McCallum
Ron McCallum
Professor Ronald Clive McCallum, AO is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney...
. She adopted this role in October 2007.