Karin M Frodé

Karin Frodé is a Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor at the Monash University Faculty of Law in Melbourne, Australia. At Monash, Karin is affiliated with the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and Eleos Justice, as well as the Faculty’s International Law Interest Group. She holds a PhD in International Human Rights Law (conferred without amendments) from Monash with external supervision from King’s College London; a Bachelor of Civil Law (with Distinction) from Oxford University; and an LLB in Law and Human Rights (First Class Honours) from the University of Essex. Karin is an Australian Lawyer admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2020.  She has worked in research, policy and advocacy in the UK, Thailand and Australia, and undertook training at The Hague Academy of International Law, the Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law and Policy and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. In 2021, Karin co-founded the Ham Diley Campaign which partners with advocates in exile to amplify calls for accountability for atrocity crimes in Afghanistan. The Campaign published the Handbook on Universal Jurisdiction, which was launched in 2024 at an event introduced by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan and attended by the Afghanistan Ambassador to Australia, and several international experts. Karin has also published a recent article in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (OUP) drawing upon insights from the Handbook and a book chapter in an edited collection on international law and solidarity (Routledge). 

LAW1111 Foundations of Law 

LAW2111 Constitutional Law 

LAW4811 Afghanistan Support Clinic 

LAW4813 Sports Law & Governance