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The former dean of law at the University of Sydney has landed the role of assistant secretary-general to serve as the assistant high commissioner for protection for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Source: law.unimelb.edu.au/alumni/mls-news/issue-18-november-2017/professor-gillian-triggs-joins-the-university
Professor Gillian Triggs, who recently completed a five-year stint as the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, will succeed Volker Türk of Austria in the role of assistant secretary-general to serve as the assistant high commissioner for protection in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
“An expert in international law, Ms. Triggs has an extensive history of dedicated service to human rights and the refugee cause in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and globally.”
The UN also thanked Mr Türk – who has been appointed as assistant secretary-general for strategic coordination in the executive office of the secretary-general – for his service.
“The secretary-general and the high commissioner for refugees are grateful for Mr. Türk’s 30 years of dedicated service to the refugee cause, including four years as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.”
Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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