Independent researcher and consultant, Melbourne

Author of Making Migration Law: The Foreigner, Sovereignty and the Case of Australia (Cambridge University Press, 2018) Eve Lester is an Associate Member of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School. She is a public and international lawyer with a background in refugee, migration and human rights law, policy and practice spanning more than 25 years. Eve has worked in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Pacific in a range of capacities in the non-government sector, with the UN, and as an independent adviser to governments. She has taught at the Australian Catholic University, the Australian National University, the International Institute for Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy, New York University, and the University of New South Wales.