DrAileen Kennedy

Aileen's research on legal regulation of embodiment and on intersex legal issues has been widely influential in contributing to current political developments to change the law on intersex rights. Her expertise has contributed to submissions by Intersex Human Rights Australia and Australian Lawyers for Human Rights to a range of law reform institutions including the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Queensland Human Rights Commission, The ACT Government, the Victorian Government and the Australian Law Reform Commission. In 2018 Aileen was appointed to the Expert Reference Panel of the Australian Human Rights Commission during its investigation into human rights of intersex people in a medical setting. This investigation culminated in a report published in 2021. In 2021 Aileen was invited by LGBTIQ+ advocacy organization Equality Australia on behalf of the ACT government to participate in a round-table legal discussions on law reform proposals to prohibit non-consensual medical interventions on intersex minors. These consultative processes culminated in world-leading legislative reform in the ACT.