Executive Officer at Jewish Council of Australia
Sarah is a human rights lawyer. She is a Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, working on democratic rights and freedoms, and a lecturer at Melbourne Law School. Sarah has worked for many years representing clients in the areas of democratic rights, police accountability, the rights of people in prison and coronial inquests into deaths in custody. She was awarded a John Monash Scholarship in 2019 and completed a Master of Laws at Harvard University focused on policing, racism and mass incarceration. Sarah has written widely on issues of policing, racism, protest rights and Palestinian human rights. Sarah went to a Jewish school on Gadigal country and has been involved in many Jewish community organisations. Sarah is committed to collective liberation and working alongside and learning from the communities she works with in their fights for justice.
Sarah Schwartz speaks at the Bondi massacre community vigil
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz spoke at the interfaith and intercommunity vigil on Sunday night to mourn the victims of the
Sarah Schwartz appears on The Beinart Notebook: After the Bondi Chanukah Massacre
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on The Beinart Notebook on an episode titled “After the Bondi Chanukah Massacre”. Click
Sarah Schwartz appears on Jewish Currents podcast: Processing the Attack at Bondi Beach
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on the “On The Nose” podcast by Jewish Currents episode titled “Processing the Attack
Sarah Schwartz appears on ABC News breakfast to discuss the Bondi attack
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on ABC News breakfast to discuss the Bondi attack. Below is an excerpt clip
Media Release: Mass shooting at Chanukah event in Bondi
We are horrified and shaken in the wake of the mass shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi this evening,
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SBS for story “Melbourne event celebrating Israeli pager attack sparks outrage”
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SBS for a story titled “Melbourne event celebrating Israeli pager attack sparks outrage”.
