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Lecturer, RMIT University

Adam Fletcher completed his PhD at Monash University in 2017. His thesis was entitled Human Rights Scrutiny in the Australian Parliament, and has since been adapted into a monograph with Melbourne University Press.

Adam's research and teaching interests are in human rights law (national and international), public law and government accountability, as well as ethics and legal practice.. Adam's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and collected works.

He also has extensive experience as a legal adviser in the public and non-government sectors, having worked for UNHCR, the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department (Office of International Law), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (Geneva) and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.

Immediately prior to joining RMIT, he was a Research Fellow at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law from 2011-2017.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Lecturer (Law), RMIT University
  • 2011–2017
    Manager, Accountability Project, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University

Education

  • 2017 
    Monash University, PhD
  • 2011 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Public and International Law
  • 2005 
    UTS, LLB/BA (Hons)