FORA.tv Speaker - Michael Kirby

Justice Kirby is one of Australia’s best known high court judges, a brilliant intellect, an expert on human rights and one of Australia’s “national living treasures”. Justice Kirby has received a number of honours including appointment as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1983 and as a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1991. In 1991 Justice Kirby was also awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal. Serving as a member of the Inaugural Global Commission on AIDS of the World Health Organisation in 1988-92, in 2002 he also chaired an Expert Group convened by UNAIDS and the High Commissioner for Human Rights on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. In 2001-2 he was chairperson of the UNAIDS Expert Panel on HIV Testing of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Since 2004 he has been a member of the UNAIDS Global Reference Panel on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Famously, his recreation is work.