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Elaine Pearson

Elaine Pearson

Australia Director Follow @PearsonElaine

Elaine Pearson is the Australia Director at Human Rights Watch. Based in Sydney, she works to influence Australian foreign and domestic policies in order to give them a human rights dimension. Pearson regularly briefs journalists, politicians and government officials, appears on television and radio programs, testifies before parliamentary committees and speaks at public events. Pearson writes frequently for publications including Harper's Bazaar, the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. She is an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of New South Wales. From 2007 to 2012 she was the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division based in New York. 

Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Pearson worked for the United Nations and various non-governmental organizations in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kathmandu and London. She is an expert on migration and human trafficking issues and sits on the board of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women. Pearson holds degrees in law and arts from Australia's Murdoch University and obtained her Master's degree in public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Articles Authored

  • March 11, 2015 Commentary

    Tough road for Asia's women activists

    Published in Lowy Interpreter
  • March 4, 2015 Dispatches

    Dispatches: Time for an Asia-Pacific Anti-Death Penalty Campaign

  • February 23, 2015 Commentary

    Australia should lead in abolishing the death penalty in the Asia-Pacific

    Published in The Age
  • December 22, 2014 Commentary

    A Tale of Two Shootings

    Published in The Jakarta Globe
  • September 22, 2014 Commentary

    Australia's Counter-terror Laws Will Restrict Our Free Speech and Free Press

    Published in Guardian Australia
  • July 2, 2014 Dispatches

    Dispatches: A Sri Lankan Asylum Seeker’s Worst Nightmare on the High Seas

  • May 22, 2014 Commentary

    Cambodia Is Not Safe For Refugees

    Published in New Matilda
  • March 24, 2014 Commentary

    If Australia wants to stop the boats, it must stand against abuses in Sri Lanka

    Published in The Guardian
  • February 5, 2014 Commentary

    Indonesia’s growing religious intolerance has to be addressed

    Published in Guardian Australia
  • January 10, 2014 Dispatches

    Dispatches: Foreign Journalists Aren’t Welcome in Nauru

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