- Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW
Maria Nawaz is the Project Lead at the Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute.
She is a human rights lawyer with expertise in climate justice, discrimination law, women’s rights, strategic litigation and law reform. Maria was previously the General Counsel at Grata Fund, where she incubated and supported strategic litigation in human rights, climate justice and democracy for over 60 public interest cases.
Maria was previously a Lecturer at UNSW Law, the Law Reform Solicitor at Kingsford Legal Centre, a Legal Officer at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the Human Rights Fellow at Legal Aid NSW. She holds a Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Laws from UNSW.
Experience
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2025–presentProject Lead, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute
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2022–2025General Counsel, Grata Fund
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2019–2021Head of Strategic Litigation, Grata Fund
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2018–2019Lecturer, UNSW Law Human Rights Clinic
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2016–2019Law Reform Solicitor/Clinical Legal Supervisor, UNSW Australia
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2013–2016Employment Solicitor/Clinical Legal Supervisor, UNSW Australia
Education
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2011UNSW, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of International Studies
