Lorraine Finlay | Human Rights Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission

Dr Lorraine Finlay is the Human Rights Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission.  In this role Lorraine leads the work of the Commission in areas including modern slavery, emergency responses, asylum seekers and refugees, business & human rights, and technology & human rights.  Prior to joining the Commission, Lorraine worked as a lawyer and academic specializing in human rights and public law.  She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Queensland and a dual Masters in Law from New York University and the National University of Singapore, where she studied as a Singapura Scholar.  Her past roles have included working as the Senior Human Trafficking Specialist with the Australian Mission to ASEAN, an academic at Murdoch University, and a State Prosecutor with the WA DPP.