“An International Relations expert and human rights advocate at the ANU Coral Bell School, Professor Bina D’Costa has been appointed as the United Nations Human Rights Council Special Procedures Mandate Holder in the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD). ”

Professor D’Costa has spent most of her career “researching post-conflict environments, fragile contexts and challenging political and security settings, particularly in South and Southeast Asia, Southern Europe, East Africa, and the Horn of Africa.”

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