The responsibility to protect: ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all
Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA has been Chancellor of the Australian National University since January 2010. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments from 1983 to 1996, in the posts of Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and – from 1988 to 1996 – Foreign Minister.
During his 21 years in Australian politics, he was Leader of the Government in the Senate (1993–96) and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives (1996–98). From 2000 to 2009, he was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, the independent global conflict prevention and resolution organisation.
Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA has been Chancellor of the Australian National University since January 2010. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments from 1983 to 1996, in the posts of Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and – from 1988 to 1996 – Foreign Minister.
