Dr. Gina Bekker

Biography

Gina Bekker is an education-focused academic who holds an LLB master’s degree in Fundamental Rights and Constitutional Law from the University of Pretoria, a master’s in International Human Rights Law from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD from the University of London. She has held academic appointments in Australia, Egypt, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Gina is passionate about teaching foundational law units and supporting students in the early stages of their legal education. She serves as a Clinical Supervisor at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, guiding students in practical, real-world human rights advocacy legal work. Her commitment to student learning has been recognized with awards such as the RMIT Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2024) and the Faculty of Law Teaching Award at Monash University (2020). She is actively involved in law education, achieving the highest student satisfaction score in the in-house clinical placement unit (LAW4811). Her research interests are broadly situated in human rights law, with a particular focus on the African human rights system, and she has held roles in the NGO sector as a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria) and as a Senior Legal Officer at the Refugee Legal Aid Project (Egyptian Organization for Human Rights).

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