Michael Kirby

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Australian jurist and academic

Australia LawyersBorn 1939 · age 87

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Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.

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The commission of inquiry presided over by Kirby recommended that North Korean leadership be prosecuted for human rights violations.

Kirby delivering a lecture at Union House at the Adelaide University, on 22 May 2026

Awards 6

2001Centenary Medal

1991Companion of the Order of Australia

1982Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Gruber Prize for Justice

Human Rights Medal

Australian National Living Treasure

Connected to Michael 6

Morris DeesAlso won Gruber Prize for Justice

Faith BandlerAlso won Human Rights Medal

Peter SculthorpeAlso won Australian National Living Treasure

Pius LangaAlso won Gruber Prize for Justice

Thérèse ReinAlso won Human Rights Medal

Eddie MaboAlso won Human Rights Medal

About this person

Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009. He has remained active in retirement; in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, which reported in February 2014.

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Australia