Elaine Pearson
Elaine Pearson is director of Human Rights Watch's Asia Division, overseeing the work of the division in more than 20 countries. She joined Human Rights Watch in 2007 and was formerly the Asia Deputy Director and Australia Director. 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 has conducted numerous human rights investigations in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. Pearson writes frequently for a range of publications and her articles have appeared in the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post.
She is an adjunct lecturer in law at the University of New South Wales and on the board of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women.
Pearson holds degrees in law and arts from Murdoch University and obtained her master's degree in public policy at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs. She is the author of Chasing Wrongs and Rights, a human rights travelogue, published by Simon and Schuster in September 2022.
Articles Authored
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March 14, 2016
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November 16, 2015
Dispatches: Free Speech in Malaysia is an Australian Concern Too
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November 13, 2015
Australia's Treatment of Desperate Refugees Will Make it a Pariah Nation
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November 5, 2015
Papua New Guinea’s Domestic Violence Crisis is Being Ignored
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September 24, 2015
Dispatches: You Got it Right the First Time, Mr. Turnbull
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June 24, 2015
How Australia can help end child marriage in Bangladesh
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April 22, 2015
Cautions for Australians, Lies for Refugees
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March 11, 2015
Tough road for Asia's women activists