Olivia Ball
Dr Olivia Ball | |
|---|---|
| Councillor for City of Melbourne | |
| Assumed office November 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne RMIT University London University Monash University |
| Occupation | Human rights advocate councillor, City of Melbourne |
| Profession | Human rights advocate politician |
| Website | remedy.org.au Greens website |
Dr Olivia Ball is a psychologist-turned-human rights advocate, with expertise in human rights monitoring and reporting, policy, research, campaigning and communications, gained in diverse international roles. A published writer and editor, including the acclaimed No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights, she was elected to Melbourne City Council in 2020, where she leads the Health, Well-being and Belonging portfolio.
Biography
Born in Melbourne and educated at Melbourne University (BSc and B.Litt), RMIT (Grad. Dip. Couns. Psych and Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults), London University (MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights) and Monash Law School (PhD in international human rights law), Olivia has worked for the Australian Red Cross, the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, since renamed Freedom from Torture (London), Victoria University, Deakin University and London University, International Social Service Australia and Oxfam Australia. In 2014, she and Nick Toonen co-founded human rights monitoring NGO Remedy Australia and Olivia currently works in the drug lawyer outreach program at Fitzroy Legal Service.
Political career
In 2020, Olivia was the fifth Greens councillor elected to Melbourne City Council, after Fraser Brindley, David Risstrom (1999–2004) and Dr Cathy Oke (2008–20) and alongside serving Councillor Rohan Leppert (2012–).
Publications
- ‘ We can have the aged care we need ’, Australian Ageing Agenda (2019)
- ‘How we’ve failed as a nation on arbitrary detention’, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald (7 April 2015)
- ‘ Remedy Australia: Because every human rights violation should be remedied ’, in C. Lennox (ed.), Contemporary Challenges in Securing Human Rights (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London 2015)
- ‘ Breastmilk is a human right ’, Breastfeeding Review, vol. 18, p9 (2010)
- The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights 2nd edn, by Olivia Ball & Paul Gready (New Internationalist, Oxford 2009)
- Los Derechos Humanos, a Spanish-language edition of The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights by Olivia Ball & Paul Gready (published by Oxfam Spain , 2009)
- P Gready & J Ensor (eds), Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice (Zed Books, London 2005) Concluding chapter by Olivia Ball
- Every Morning, Just like Coffee: Torture in Cameroon by Olivia Ball ( Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture , London 2002)
- ‘ Country Profile: Kingdom of Tonga ’, New Internationalist, No. 366 (April 2004)
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