Governance
DTP Board
As an independent non-government organisation (NGO) and charity, DTP is governed by a Board of Directors. All are respected professionals, drawn from different fields and contributing their expertise in strategic direction and oversight of DTP. These Directors do not receive any financial remuneration for the time that they give to DTP’s work.
DTP Advisory Council
DTP appreciates the advice and guidance of its distinguished Australian and International Advisory Council members, individuals who have all given long service to international efforts to promote and protect human rights.
Advisory Council Australia
Emeritus Prof Paul Redmond AM
Sir Gerard Brennan Professor, University of Technology Sydney; Former Dean, Faculty of Law, UNSW; Former Chair & Board Member, DTP
Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Retired Judge of the High Court of Australia
Prof Hilary Charlesworth AM FASSA
Judge, International Court of Justice; Harrison Moore Professor of Law and Melbourne Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne
Prof Julian Disney AO
Director, The Social Justice Project, UNSW; Chairperson, Australian Press Council; Former President, International Council on Social Welfare
Prof Mick Dodson AM FASSA
Director, ANU National Centre for Indigenous Studies; Former Chairperson, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; 2009 Australian of the Year
Dr Elizabeth Evatt AC
Former Commissioner, International Commission of Jurists; Former Member, UN Human Rights Committee
Prof Marcia Langton AM
Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies and Associate Provost, University of Melbourne
Mr Pat Walsh AM
Human Rights Consultant; Former Secretary of CAVR, East Timor; Former Human Rights Director, Australian Council for Overseas Aid
Advisory Council International
HE José Ramos-Horta
Founder and Patron; Nobel Peace Laureate; President of Timor-Leste
Dr Philip Alston
Professor of International Law, New York University; Former UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights (2014-2020)
Emeritus Prof Vitit Muntabhorn
Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Mr Ravi Nair
Director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi
Professor Michael O’Flaherty
Director, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)
Mr Lopeti Senituli
CEO, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tonga; Former Senior Advisor, Prime Minister of Tonga
Ms Vicki Tauli-Corpuz
Former UN Special Rapporteur, Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Director, Tebtebba Foundation – Philippines
Dr Hendardi
Executive Director, PBHI, Indonesia
Mr Basil Fernando
Human Rights Activist, Jurist & Author
Mr Somchai Homloar
Human Rights Lawyer; Executive Director, Asian Institute for Human Rights
Hon Motarilavoa Hilda Lini
Former Director, Pacific Concerns Resource Centre
