Our People
Governance
The Castan Centre governance structure is as follow:
- Associate 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 (Associate 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.
Director | Deputy Director (Research) | Deputy Director (Education) |
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Academic Members | |||
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Dr Gina Bekker | |||
Staff | |||
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Centres Administration Officer |
| ![]() Policy Manager | Clinic Supervisor |
PhD Affiliates
Castan Centre PhD Affiliates are our featured early career researchers. Click here to learn more about their research.
Past Directors | ||
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2000-2005 | 2005-2019 | Adjunct Prof. the Hon Kevin H Bell AM QC 2020-2021 |