Professor Catherine Renshaw is the Dean of Law at Western Sydney University, which is situated in one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse parts of Australia. As an educator and a scholar of international human rights law, Catherine is deeply committed to promoting the principles of international law in her work and teaching. Catherine is the Co-Chair of the International Human Rights Law chapter of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Director of the Network for Law and Human Rights and a member of the Advisory Committee of Rights of Older Persons Australia (ROPA). 

Before entering academia, Catherine practiced law for approximately 10 years, including as an anti-discrimination lawyer for the Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales, and for the law firms Allens and Sparke Helmore. As an academic, her research focuses on the legitimacy and effectiveness of international human rights law, domestically and across the Indo-Pacific. Before the coup d’état in Myanmar in 2021, Catherine spent a considerable amount of time in Myanmar, working with civil society groups and pro-democracy activists on attempts to consolidate the country’s transition to democracy. Her teaching focuses on the critical early-year learning of law students, and on the pedagogical practices that deepen authentic learning and the ethical orientation of law students.

Dr Martyn Taylor is a senior partner and Australian board member at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. He co-leads the competition & trade group and telecoms & media group in the region and is also a member of the global antitrust leadership team. He is a corporate & commercial lawyer and a leading telecoms/media/technology (TMT), infrastructure/utilities, competition & regulatory specialist. Martyn’s practice is very heavily international, including currently advising on matters across Asia, North America, Europe and Africa.