Jennifer Robinson is one of the world’s most respected human rights lawyers and advocates. A barrister at Doughty Street Chambers in London, she has acted in key international law, human rights and media freedom cases in domestic and international courts. Her diverse and ground breaking work includes defending WikiLeaks and Julian Assange and securing his release; acting for Amber Heard in relation to Johnny Depp’s unsuccessful defamation claim in the UK; achieving political asylum for West Papuan leader Benny Wenda; and successfully taking climate change to the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice. Jen co-authored ‘How Many More Women’ (published as ‘Silenced Women’ in the UK) with her colleague, Dr Keio Yoshida. SILENCED, the film based on her book, had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in 2026.
