Sarah Joseph (legal academic)

Sarah Louise Joseph is an Australian human rights scholar. Joseph is the Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University, a position she has held since 2005.[1] Joseph is internationally recognized for her work on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Early life and education

She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, a Master of Laws from the University of Cambridge, and a Ph.D. in Law from Monash University.[1] In 2008, she participated in the Australia 2020 Summit.

Career

She is a legal academic and commentator, specialising in the areas of human rights and constitutional law.[2] She has published a number of books including Corporations and Transnational Human Rights Litigation (Hart 2004), co-authoring The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Commentary and Materials (OUP, 2nd ed, 2004), Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View (Thompson, 2nd ed, 2006), and A Handbook on the Individual Complaints Procedures of the UN (OMCT, 2006).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Professor Sarah Joseph, Monash Law Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Joseph to direct Monash human rights centre Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Professor Sarah Joseph, Monash Law Archived 30 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
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