Alexandra Phelan is an Australian international health and human rights lawyer, presently based in Geneva, Switzerland. She is presently completing her Master of Laws (International Law) at the Australian National University, and holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Monash University. Ms Phelan has worked as a corporate and human rights lawyer at a top tier firm in Melbourne, Australia before undertaking a sabbatical in 2012 in the Gender, Equity and Human Rights unit at the United Nations World Health Organisation and in the legal division at the GAVI Alliance.