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The Victoria Law School (VLS) Speaker Series is a series of public lectures given by prominent legal and political personalities. In their September Speaker Series, the VLS presents Natasha Yacoub.
Natasha Yacoub is an international human rights lawyer. After a stint with the Australian Federal Government, she spent the past 11 years working with the United Nations Refugee Agency for displaced communities. This has taken her on postings from Egypt to Ireland to Australia and the Pacific.
Then, after more than 2 years in Darfur in Sudan, she moved to the United Nations Headquarters in New York where she worked on issues before the Security Council and General Assembly.
Having engaged in protection of civilians in warzones as well as bordering countries to which refugees have fled, she has maintained a strong focus on finding solutions for women and girls. She has advocated for the inclusion of women's voices in peace processes to end war. Natasha is currently a member of the Refugee Review Tribunal - Migration Review Tribunal.
Natasha will be speaking on 'The United Nations and Protection of Civilians in Conflict: From Theory to Practice'.*
*The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations. Nor do they represent the MRT-RRT.
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