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Paula Gerber

Professor of Law
Paula.gerber@monash.edu

27 Posts

Core expertise

Children’s rights
Human rights law
Construction law
Same-sex marriage

Biography

Paula a Professor in the Monash Law Faculty and an internationally renowned scholar with expertise in international human rights law generally, with a particular focus on children's rights and LGBTI rights. She developed the website antigaylaws.org to provide reliable and accurate information about the laws used to persecute LGBTI individuals around the world. As Founding Director of the Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, she is committed to fighting for equality and dignity for LGBTI persons in countries on our doorstep. There are still 20 Asia-Pacific countries where it is a crime to be gay, and Kaleidoscope works with local activists to change this.

Paula is passionate about children's rights, an area in which she researches, writes and teaches.

Read more about Paula Gerber's research

Under-16s social media ban abandons LGBTIQA+ and marginalised youth post image

Under-16s social media ban abandons LGBTIQA+ and marginalised youth

From criminalisation to compensation: Tasmania’s landmark LGBTIQA+ rights reform post image

From criminalisation to compensation: Tasmania’s landmark LGBTIQA+ rights reform

The power of allies in safeguarding the rights of trans people in Australia post image

The power of allies in safeguarding the rights of trans people in Australia

Why the World Pride Human Rights Conference in Washington DC is more important than ever post image

Why the World Pride Human Rights Conference in Washington DC is more important than ever

Three reasons why Australia is unlikely to follow Trump’s anti-trans campaign post image

Three reasons why Australia is unlikely to follow Trump’s anti-trans campaign

Why we need to protect sibling relationships under human rights law post image

Why we need to protect sibling relationships under human rights law

Roxanne Tickle’s win in the Federal Court is a historic victory for transgender women post image

Roxanne Tickle’s win in the Federal Court is a historic victory for transgender women

An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one post image

An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act. Here’s why we need one

The dark side of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme post image

The dark side of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme

Tickle vs Giggle: In a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia post image

Tickle vs Giggle: In a world where transgender people are under attack, this is a test case for Australia

Climate and culture lessons from the Pacific Islands post image

Climate and culture lessons from the Pacific Islands

It’s a date: Now the referendum’s set, we need to focus on the facts post image

It’s a date: Now the referendum’s set, we need to focus on the facts