Patricia V Sellers: Gender, Conflict-Related Violence and Justice

Introduction by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton, SC

and in conversation with Professor Louise Chappell

Join us for an evening in conversation with Patricia V Sellers, Special Advisor for Gender for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, as she considers issues relating to gendered genocide and justice.

The evening begins with refreshments at 5.30pm, followed by the discussion at 6pm.

This event will raise donations for the Australian Red Cross Myanmar Crisis Appeal.

Places are limited, please register today.

About Our Guests:

Patricia V Sellers is an international criminal lawyer. She is the Special Advisor for Gender for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Ms. Sellers is a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College of the University of Oxford where she teaches international criminal law and human rights law. She is a Practicing Professor at London School of Economics and a Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights Center of the University of California, Berkeley. She was the Legal Advisor for Gender, Acting Head of the Legal Advisory Section and a prosecutor at the Yugoslav (ICTY) Tribunal from 1994 until February 2007 and the Legal Advisor for Gender at the Rwanda Tribunal (ICTR) from 1995-1999. She developed the legal strategies and was a member of the trial teams of Akayesu, Furundzija, and Kunarac. These landmark decisions remain the pre-imminent legal standards for the interpretation of sexual violence as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, torture and enslavement.

Justice Elizabeth Fullerton SC graduated from Monash University, Melbourne in 1980 with an Arts degree – majoring in Political Science – before taking up residence in New South Wales and enrolling in Graduate Law at the University of New South Wales. She graduated in 1983. Her Honour was admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in December 1983 and commenced practice from Frederick Jordan Chambers, then located in Macquarie Street Sydney. In 1988 her Honour was appointed as the first in-house counsel in New South Wales for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. In 1989 she returned to the private Bar as an inaugural member and Director of Forbes Chambers, the first dedicated criminal chambers in Sydney. She was appointed to Senior Counsel in 1999. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in February 2007.

Professor Louise Chappell is Scientia Professor and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney. Louise's research focuses on gender, politics and the law, with a particular interest in the International Criminal Court. She has published widely in this area including her recent award-winning book The Politics of Gender Justice at the ICC: Legacies and Legitimacy (OUP, 2016) as well as articles on reparations, complementarity and judging at the ICC.