Hannah Tonkin

Hannah Tonkin is an international lawyer and a barrister at Garden Court Chambers (London) and Hanson Chambers (Adelaide).

Hannah has a broad range of experience in international law, human rights and humanitarian policy. She has worked for many years at the UN and other international organisations around the world, and as the Director of Disability Rights at the Australian Human Rights Commission, among other roles.

In addition to her practical experience in legal and policy roles, Hannah has extensive experience teaching public international law and human rights, including on the law master's program at the University of Oxford (BCL/MJur) and at the American University of Paris. She currently teaches international law at the University of Adelaide.

Hannah holds a master's degree and PhD in public international law from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and first class degrees in law and science from the University of Adelaide. She is dual qualified as a barrister in England/Wales and as a barrister and solicitor in Australia.

Hannah's book, "State Control over Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict"​, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2011 and re-issued in paperback in 2013.