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Learn about the A2J Lab team
The A2J Lab’s team comprises leading business and human rights experts who are passionate about promoting corporate accountability for human rights abuses.
Director
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Surya Deva
Professor
Centre for Environmental Law (CEL), Macquarie Law School
Surya Deva is a Professor at the Macquarie Law School and Director of the Centre for Environmental Law and B&HR Access to Justice Lab at Macquarie University. He is also the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development and a Co-Director of the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum. Deva … View full profile
Deputy Director
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Dr Ebony Birchall
Ethics and Agency Research Centre, Macquarie Law School
Dr Ebony Birchall is a Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, Deputy Director of the BHR Access to Justice Lab (A2J Lab), Executive Board Member of Macquarie University's Ethics and Agency Research Centre, and Lawyer on Macquarie University's Ethics Committee.Ebony runs Macquarie Law School's Strategic … View full profile
Members
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Amy Barrow
Associate Professor
Ethics and Agency Research Centre, Macquarie Law School
Amy Barrow is Associate Professor at Macquarie Law School and a member of the Macquarie University Ethics and Agency Research Centre. Together with Sara Fuller (GEOP), she leads the Activism, Rights and Justice Research Stream in the Faculty of Arts.Amy's research explores how institutional mechani… View full profile
External experts
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Justine Nolan
Professor
Justine Nolan is the Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW and a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice at UNSW Sydney. She is a Visiting Fellow at NYU’s Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. Justine’s research focuses on the intersection of business and human rights, … View full profile
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Amy Sinclair
Amy is a lawyer with over two decades’ experience in law and human rights. As the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Regional Representative for BHRRC, she has helped drive the Business and Human Rights Agenda in the region – including through the adoption of the Modern Slavery Act in Australia. Amy… View full profile
Research assistants
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Amy Scott
Amy is a recent graduate of a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) with a Bachelor of Science at Macquarie University. She has developed her legal research skills by completing her honours thesis on international law, with a focus on the protection of traditional knowledge for Indigenous peoples. Striving to …
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Georgette Haddad
Georgette is completing her final year of a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Economics at Macquarie University. With prior elective study in corporate governance, she is interested in researching the role of corporations in enabling human rights abuses and how internal and external mechanisms can be…
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Hayley Jago
Hayley is in her final year of a Bachelor of Laws degree with an elective focus on human rights, discrimination law, social justice and international law. Hayley is passionate about corporate accountability with respect to human rights and improving the domestic enforcement of international public l…
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Sali Yousif
Sali Yousif is an aspiring lawyer completing her final year at Macquarie University, majoring in Criminology. She has been a legal research assistant for various initiatives at Macquarie University and a court support volunteer at the Community Restorative Centre for Legal Aid Australia. Sali is pas… View full profile