Ben Saul FASSA is the current Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.
[1] He has appeared as an advocate in international, regional and national courts outside Australia,[1] and he is also admitted to practice as a barrister in New South Wales.
[4] Saul was a member of the International Law Association's International Committee for the Compensation of Victims of War; President of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service; Vice-President of the International Law Association (Australian Branch); Vice-President of Sydney PEN; a board member of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights; and a Member of the NSW Legal Aid Commission’s Human Rights Committee.
[3] Saul was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in November 2022.
[5] In November 2023, Saul was appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights.