Elizabeth Evatt

Overview

Elizabeth Andreas Evatt born Australia November 11, 1933. Australian jurist and human rights advocate. Member of UN Committee on Discrimination vs. Women (CEDAW), 1984; later served as chairperson, 1989-91. First Australian member of UN Human Rights Commission. 1993-2000; Judge of World Bank personnel tribunal, 1998-2007.

Quotations

“Rights have to be turned into realities.” (Papers on Parliament, No. 33, May 1999)

“You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.” (photo humanrights.gov.au)