Rotary Melbourne Weekly Club Meeting - 4 September 2024

Guest Speaker Lorraine Finlay, Human Rights Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

Title 'Championing Human Rights'

Details 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM

Lorraine Finlay has been the Human Rights Commissioner for the Australia Human Rights Commission based in Sydney since 22 November 2021.

Prior to joining the Commission Lorraine worked as a lawyer and academic specialising in human rights and public law. Her most recent roles have been as the Senior Human Trafficking Specialist with the Australian Mission to ASEAN, and as a law lecturer at Murdoch University. In her academic role Lorraine has lectured in areas including criminal law, constitutional law and international human rights, and has been recognised with a number of national and university awards for her teaching and research.

Before moving to academia, Lorraine worked as a State Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (WA) and at the High Court of Australia, initially as a Legal Research Officer and later as a Judges’ Associate. Lorraine is a former Singapura Scholar, being awarded a dual Masters in Law from New York University (majoring in Justice and Human Rights) and the National University of Singapore (majoring in International and Comparative Law).

Lorraine has also been actively involved in a variety of community organisations including being a former member of the Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise. Most Lorraine was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Council of Women (WA) (2011-2019) and a Board Member of the Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Service (2013-2018). Lorraine has previously been awarded the Centenary Medal and WA Law Society Youth Community Service Award for her volunteer work.

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