Researcher

Fields of Research (FoR)

International trade and investment law, Climate change law, International humanitarian and human rights law

Biography

Gillian Moon is Senior Visiting Fellow at UNSW Law & Justice and Project Lead for the Australian Climate Accountability Project of the Australian Human Rights Institute. Previously a Senior Lecturer at the Law School, she specialises in the intersections between human rights law, climate change, international economic law and development policy. Her particular focus is the human rights dimension of climate impacts. She has  taught, researched...view more

Gillian Moon is Senior Visiting Fellow at UNSW Law & Justice and Project Lead for the Australian Climate Accountability Project of the Australian Human Rights Institute. Previously a Senior Lecturer at the Law School, she specialises in the intersections between human rights law, climate change, international economic law and development policy. Her particular focus is the human rights dimension of climate impacts. She has  taught, researched and written on topics at the intersection of international economic law (particularly the law of the WTO), human rights law, climate change law and development theory. For many years a solicitor practising in consumer financial services and social security law, she also has extensive experience in policy formulation, law reform and development strategy.  For more information please see her Faculty profile.


My Research Activities

Gillian Moon is currently Project Lead for the Australian Climate Accountability Project, an initiative of the Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW in response to the grave threat posed to human rights by climate change. The Project is investigating the role of emissions from Australia's exported coal and LNG in driving aggravated climate change and human rights harms in Australia, and the corresponding human rights obligations of governments and corporations. The Project is developing Human Rights Guiding Principles for a staged and just phase out of Australia's coal and LNG exports, in accordance with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Location

Room 361
Law Building
UNSW Kensington Campus