Background
Kirby, Michael Donald was born on March 18, 1939 in Sydney, Australia. Son of Donald and Jean Langmore (Knowles) Kirby.
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Michael Donald Kirby
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Bachelor, Sydney U., 1959; Bachelor of Laws, Sydney U., 1962; Bachelor of Economics, Sydney U., 1965; Master of Laws, Sydney U., 1966; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Sydney U., 1996; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Newcastle, 1987; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Ulster U., 1998; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Macquarie U., 1994; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Sydney U., 1996; Doctor of Laws (honorary), National Law School U., India, 1997.
Career
Private practice, Sydney, 1962-1967;
barrister, NSW., 1967-1974;
member, NSW Bar Council, Sydney, 1974;
deputy president, Australian Concilitation and Arbitration Commission, Sydney, 1975-1983;
judge, Federal Court Australia, 1983-1984;
judge, president Court Appeal, Supreme Court New South Wales, Sydney, 1984-1996;
acting chief justice, NSW., 1988, 90, 93, 95;
justice, High Court of Australia, Canberra, since 1996. Administrator, NSW, 1991. Chairman Australian Law Reform Commission, 1975-1984, expert group on privacy and trans border data flows Organization of European Cooperation and Development, 1978-1980.
Gov.Internat. Council on Computer Comm., Washington, since 1984. Commissioner International Committee Jurists, Geneva, since 1985, Executive Committee, 1989-1995, chairman 1992-1995, president, 1995-1998. Deputy president Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, 1974-1983.
Member Administrative Review Council of Australia, 1976-1984. Member Australian National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1980-1984, honorary member, since 1996. Member of advisory board Australian Center for Media and Telecommunications Law and Policy, since 1993.
Member Permanent Tribunal of Peoples, since 1992. Independent chairman Constitutional Conference in Malawi, 1994, numerous others. President Court Appeals, Solomon Islands, 1995-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Commissioner Global Committee on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1989-1991. Member International Labor Organization Fact Finding and Conciliation Commission to South Africa, 1991-1992. President National Book Council Australia, 1980-1983.
Member Council Australian Opera, Friends of Museum Applied Arts & Sciences, Overseas Svc. Bureau, Australian Association Education of Gifted and Talented Children. Member county U. Newcastle, 1977-1983, deputy chancellor, 1978-1983, member of advisory county Human Rights Center.
Chancellor Macquarie U., Sydney, 1983-1994. Trustee Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Trust Australia, 1987-1992. Chairman expert group on right of peoples United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1989.
Special representative of Secretary-General of United Nations for Human Rights in Cambodia, 1993-1996. Member International Jury for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Prize Teaching Human Rights, 1994-1996. Member International Bioethics Committee United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1996.
Member ethics committee Human Genome Organisation, London, since 1995. Member Australian Academy Forensic Sciences (president 1987-1989), Commonwealth Science Industrial Research Organisation (Executive Committee).
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Nationality
Australian
Awards
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Decorated Companion Order of Australia, Companion Order St. Michael and St. George. Recipient Australian Human Rights medal Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1991.Decorated Companion Order of Australia, Companion Order St. Michael and St. George. Recipient Australian Human Rights medal Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1991.