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Shannon Maree Torrens

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International and Human Rights Lawyer

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About

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Lawyer

Previously worked at International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR), the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Sierra Leone (SCSL) and Cambodia (ECCC); Australian Embassies to Italy and the Holy See (the Vatican); Marshall Islands Mission to the United Nations; International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), United Nations Children's Fund 

Previously worked at International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR), the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Sierra Leone (SCSL) and Cambodia (ECCC); Australian Embassies to Italy and the Holy See (the Vatican); Marshall Islands Mission to the United Nations; International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Independent Diplomat (ID), Redfern Legal Centre, Aurora Native Title Project (Wik Aboriginal Community Cape York). 

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Published book chapters, journal articles, online articles, speeches, judgments, advisory opinions, reports and submissions to Government on international law, international criminal law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, diplomacy, climate change. Editorial Advisor for Cambodia Law and Policy Journal, Editor for Sydney Law School Journal "Polemic".

Speaker

Speaker

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Delivered research papers, lectures and speeches at Yale University, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Georgetown Law School, the London School of Economics (LSE), Sydney Law School, Melbourne Law School, La Trobe University, UNSW Law School, the University of Western Australia Law School, the University of Tasmania La

Delivered research papers, lectures and speeches at Yale University, Harvard Law School, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Georgetown Law School, the London School of Economics (LSE), Sydney Law School, Melbourne Law School, La Trobe University, UNSW Law School, the University of Western Australia Law School, the University of Tasmania Law School, Padova University, Loyola University Rome, Victoria University of Wellington Law School, Griffith University, Doha Interfaith Conference, Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL), the Canadian Law and Society Association, the American Council for the Study of Islamic Studies, Euroacademia.

Education and Accreditation

Education and Accreditation

Education and Accreditation

Admitted lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia; PhD (International Criminal Law) Sydney Law School; BA (Media and Communications, Government and English) University of Sydney: specialisation in Middle East Society and Politics including the Arab-Israeli Conflict, World Politics, European Politics, Australian Politics a

Admitted lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia; PhD (International Criminal Law) Sydney Law School; BA (Media and Communications, Government and English) University of Sydney: specialisation in Middle East Society and Politics including the Arab-Israeli Conflict, World Politics, European Politics, Australian Politics and Foreign and Defence Policy. Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Honours) Sydney Law School: specialisation in public international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, legal theory and criminology; Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP).

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Education and Accreditation

Education and Accreditation

Previously: Board Member of the Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia; Board Member of the University of Sydney Law School; Member of Staff Student Consultative Committee, Sydney Law School 

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Education and Accreditation

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Charity: Australian Red Cross, the Starlight Children’s Foundation, the Heart Foundation, the Smith Family, the Salvation Army, the Exodus Foundation. 


Lived/worked overseas: Italy, USA, India, Tanzania, Germany, The Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cambodia 


Acting: TV shows, film, commercials and radio


Journalism: Experience at Nine 

Charity: Australian Red Cross, the Starlight Children’s Foundation, the Heart Foundation, the Smith Family, the Salvation Army, the Exodus Foundation. 


Lived/worked overseas: Italy, USA, India, Tanzania, Germany, The Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cambodia 


Acting: TV shows, film, commercials and radio


Journalism: Experience at Nine Network Australia, Network 10 Australia, Pacific Publications


Extracurricular: Swimming, running, yoga, pilates, hiking, reading, writing, art, travel, spending time with family and friends 

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