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.

Sarah Joseph
Born
Sarah Louise Joseph
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationHuman rights scholar

Early life and education

Joseph 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

Joseph 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. 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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