PhD Scholar Information

Gabrielle Simm holds B.A.(hons) and LL.B. (hons) from the University of Melbourne. She also holds an M.A. from Monash University and an LL.M. from the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her LL.M. thesis compared the gender guidelines for refugee decision makers in Australia, Canada and the United States. Gabrielle has worked as a government lawyer advising on international law in the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She also worked as a lawyer, predominantly in refugee and migration law, in the Human Rights and Civil Law section of Victoria Legal Aid. Gabrielle's PhD thesis aims to evaluate the regulation of United Nations peacekeepers in the context of calls to reform the UN.