Elizabeth Evatt

Lawyer, Award Winner

1933 –

60

Who is Elizabeth Evatt?

Elizabeth Andreas Evatt, AC, an eminent Australian reformist lawyer and jurist who sat on numerous national and international tribunals and commissions, was the first Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia, the first female judge of an Australian federal court, and the first Australian to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

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Born
Nov 11, 1933
Also known as
  • Judge Elizabeth Evatt
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Education
  • Harvard Law School
  • University of Sydney
Lived in
  • Sydney

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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