Dr Ronli Sifris

Lecturer
BA LLB (Hons) (2003), LLM, PhD,

Professional Profile

Ronli received her LLB in 2003 from Monash University where she graduated first in her class and received the Supreme Court Prize. While at university, Ronli was the editor of the Monash University Law Review. She has published numerous articles including a feature article in the Melbourne Journal of International Law as well as articles in the Federal Law Review, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights and Medical Law Review. She has also published a number of book chapters.

In 2003, she interned with the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. While completing her Articles of Clerkship at Baker & McKenzie's Melbourne office in 2004, she chaired the Young Lawyers' Community Issues Committee for the Law Institute of Victoria. In 2005-2006, Ronli completed an LLM in International Legal Studies as a Hauser Scholar at NYU School of Law, after which she worked as a Fellow and then a Consultant with the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York. She then returned to Melbourne to complete her PhD at Monash University.The title of her PhD is: "Conceptualising Restrictions on Abortion and Involuntary Sterilisation Procedures as Torture or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment".

Ronli commenced as a lecturer at Monash University in 2011 and is a member of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health. She is admitted to Practice Law in Melbourne and New York.

Areas of Expertise

International Law
Human Rights
Transitional Justice
Intersection between law and health
Gender and the law

Teaching Commitments

Constitutional Law (Sem 1, Sem 2 & T3 2012) (LAW3201)
Transitional Justice (T3, 2012) (LAW7482)