Who is Jennifer Robinson? Australian human rights lawyer who defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Here's what you need to know about the human rights lawyer
AUSTRALIAN human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has defended Julian Assange since 2010 and remains a member of his current legal team.
Here's what you need to know about her and her work with the WikiLeaks founder.
Who is Jennifer Robinson?
Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson was born in Berry, on the New South Wales coast and attended the Australian National University where she graduated in Law and Asian studies, specialising in international law.
She was awarded the University Medal in Law and was a Distinguished Scholar in Asian Studies.
Ms Robinson was also a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, attending Balliol College and graduating with a Bachelor of Civil Law with Distinction and a Master of Philosophy in International Public Law.
In a profile from , she was called "an eloquent activist for the world's downtrodden and disenfranchised".
What has she said about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange?
Jennifer Robinson began advising WikiLeaks founder in October 2010, and she remains a member of his legal team alongside Baltasar Garzon and Michael Ratner on legal issues relating to publication, asylum, extradition and international law.
She has defended Assange in extradition proceedings in London and has advised WikiLeaks through the publication of secret US diplomatic cables and the Chelsea Manning proceedings.
She has travelled the world "advocating for Assange's rights both at law and in principle, in the process becoming one of the most recognisable faces of WikiLeaks", according to .
Speaking to in April 2018, Ms Robinson said she did not expect her representation of Julian Assange - who has been holed up in the Ecuador London embassy since 2012 - was "going to become so big."
She added: “And I certainly never expected I’d spend so much time visiting him in the Ecuadorean embassy in London."
She also told the paper she finds Assange fascinating.
She said: “He is incredibly principled, and doggedly so. That’s what scares the establishment. He will publish if he receives something [valid].
"He published a massive amount of material about the CIA this year. He’s been in a precarious position for many, many years and it has not stopped him publishing.”
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What other work has Jennifer Robinson done?
Many of Jennifer Robinson's , including acting for the BBC World Service to take action against Iran for the persecution of BBC Persian staff and their families, the first time in BBC history that BBC journalists have appealed to the UN for their protection.
She is also acting with French counsel for a group of NGOs from around the world in challenging the cross-jurisdictional impact of the right to be forgotten in Google v CNIL before the Conseil d'État and the European Court of Justice.
She also serves as a trustee of Article 19 and the Bureau for Investigative Journalism, as well as on the advisory board of the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights.
She is a founding board member of the Grata Fund, Australia’s first independent public interest litigation fund, which has supported key strategic human rights cases, and has previously served on the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Law Association and conducted trial observation and human rights missions for the International Bar Association.
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