Jennifer Robinson (born 1981) is an Australian human rights lawyer and barrister with Doughty Street Chambers in London.
[5] From 2009, she worked at the London law firm of Finers Stephens Innocent, where she describes her practice as largely media defence, freedom of information and free speech litigation, acting for clients such as The New York Times, CNN, Associated Press and Bloomberg News.
[6][better source needed] With Geoffrey Robertson KC, she acted in the first application before the UK Supreme Court, popularly known as the "alphabet soup" case, where they were successful in overturning reporting restrictions in anti-terrorist asset freezing cases in Mohammed Jabar and Others v HM Treasury [2010] UK SC 1.
[4][better source needed] She worked with Robertson when he was hired by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris in 2009 on establishing the legal case that the Pope and the Vatican were responsible for a crime against humanity, as a result of widespread child sex abuse within the Catholic Church.
Entitled "Courage is Contagious", her speech informed about human rights issues and the political situation in West Papua through the lens of exiled leader Benny Wenda.
[10] In 2018, Robinson made an oral submission before the International Court of Justice on behalf of Vanuatu in the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 Advisory Opinion.
[14] In 2022, Robinson was a member of the legal team which filed a complaint against Israel to the International Criminal Court on behalf of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s family.
[22][better source needed] In 2019, Robinson was joint winner of the International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year award from the UK legal charity, Advocate.