Our People

Governance

The Castan Centre governance structure is as follow:

• Professor Melissa Castan – Director
• Associate Professor Maria O’Sullivan – Deputy Director (Research)
• Dr Ronli Sifris – Deputy Director (Education)

Membership

The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law is comprised of:

• The governance office-holders (see above)
• The Academic Members, who come from the Faculty of Law at Monash University and also potentially from other Faculties or institutions
• The Affiliate Members, who come from the HDR cohort of the Faculty
• The staff

Program research areas

The main research, policy and impact work of the Castan Centre is undertaken by thematic Program Research Groups.  These and the convenors are:

• Climate Change and Human Rights (Associate Professor Gerry Nagtzaam)
• Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Professor Jean Allain)
• Gender and Sexuality (Dr Tania Penovic)
• Technology, Privacy and Information (Associate Professor Normann Witzleb)
• Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights (Professor Melissa Castan)
• Charters of Rights (To be confirmed)

Advisory Board

The Castan Centre has an Advisory Board, which is being reconstituted (announcement expected soon)

The governance office-holders, Academic and Affiliate Members and staff of the Centre are presented below.

Staff
Centres Administration Officer Antoinette Tartaro	Research Assistant Scott Walker	Policy Manager Andrea Olivares-Jones	Clinic Supervisor Dr Jeremie Bracka

PhD Affiliates

Castan Centre PhD Affiliates are our featured early career researchers. Click here to learn more about their research.