Michael Kirby
 Michael Kirby  (judge) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 March 1939 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Fort Street High School, University of Sydney | |||||||||||
| Religion | Anglican | |||||||||||
| Siblings | David Kirby | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Johan van Vloten | |||||||||||
| Member of | Australian Institute of International Affairs, Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
Australian judge later joining the international atrocity propaganda circuit
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Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.[1] He has remained active in retirement; in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea, which reported in February 2014.
UN Report into North Korean Human Rights Abuses
His commission based its report and positions almost exclusively on the testimony of defector Shin Dong Hyuk, which easily could be shown[2] to have serious credibility problems. A member of the commission referred to him as the world's "single strongest voice" on alleged North Korean human rights abuses[3]. Shin was the first defector to have his testimony on human rights in North Korea heard by the United Nations.
