Experience

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  New Zealand Red Cross

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • International Humanitarian Law Advisor

    • Aug 2016 - Present
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Ensuring the effective coordination, legal content and delivery of NZ Red Cross work in three areas:promoting knowledge and implementation of IHL; legal issues related to disaster risk reduction and response; contributing to global Red Cross and Red Crescent movement law and policy work.

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  Faculty of Law, University of Otago

  • Dunedin

  • Affiliate

    • Sep 2015 - Sep 2018
    • Dunedin

    View my research through Social Sciences Research Network link:http://ssrn.com/author=2501635

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  Rebecca Dudley Consulting

  • Otago & Southland, New Zealand

  • Freelance consultant

    • Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Otago & Southland, New Zealand

    Human rights policy, evaluation, research and training

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  Criminal Justice System

  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Human Rights Training Advisor

    • Jul 2009 - Jun 2015
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Managed, developed, designed, delivered and monitored human rights training in the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice. Training sessions included: operational policing and international human rights frameworks and protections, policing, democracy and the rule of law, human rights and peace building, and gender issues in operational policing. International work (if approved by Home Office, sometimes through European Union) with police from Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, UAE and Uzbekistan. Work included delegations from International Red Cross of Norway, and Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, Mississippi, USA, and other civil society organisations concerned with human rights based policing.

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  Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC)

  • Policy Advisor

    • Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

    Research and advocacy on human rights in Northern Ireland, for example: research and policy on gender equality and gender based violence issues including domestic abuse, trafficking, and prostitution policy, and access of migrant women to safety and support in cases of domestic abuse. Represented NIHRC at the United Nations for the CEDAW committee examination of the UK government in 2008.

  • Education Advisor

    • Jan 2006 - Jul 2008

    Designed and delivered human rights education and awareness raising with thousands of members of civil society as part of peace building process in Northern Ireland. Design and delivery included: Introduction to Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Equality and Human Rights, Human rights and conflict, Human rights, peace building, and democracy, Children's rights and the UNCRC, Women's rights are human rights, and an innovative conference on human rights and religious pluralism.

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  Children's Law Centre

  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Children's Human Rights Advisor (part-time)

    • Mar 2005 - Jan 2006
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Planned and delivered advocacy strategy to raise awareness and promote rights of children and young people.

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  Women's Aid Federation Northern Ireland

  • Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Human Rights and Equality Worker

    • Dec 2002 - Jan 2005
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Led human rights based awareness, skills, and practices for staff, volunteers, management committees and women and young people experiencing abuse. Led outreach strategy for partnership with disability groups and ethnic minority groups. Design and delivery of courses included: Gender based violence and service provision, The Impact of domestic violence, anti-discriminatory service provision, and Violence on the margins: barriers to safety and support.

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  Christian Aid

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Education Adviser

    • Sep 1989 - Jun 2002
    • London, United Kingdom

    Education, fundraising, advocacy, writing and training for economic justice and sustainable communities. Frequent public speaking and effective media engagement. Co-author of fundraising and advocacy publications reaching 1 million campaigners/supporters 1995 - 2001. Advocacy and campaigns that led to, eg. over 10 million children able to attend school in Uganda, and widely available 'Fair Trade' bananas.

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  Bethnal Green United Reformed Church

  • Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

  • Minister (part-time)

    • May 2000 - May 2002
    • Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom

    Community leadership and pastoral care to a multi-cultural congregation in East London. The church also hosted support groups reaching over 2000 refugees and asylum seekers a week, a Ghanaian congregation, and Quran school for local Bengali families.

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  Mennonite Central Committee

  • Central Plateau, Haiti

  • Coordinator, Integrated Rural Development Project

    • Sep 1983 - Jun 1986
    • Central Plateau, Haiti

    Coordinated administration as government and institutional liaison for agriculture, health and human rights project involving 800 to 1000 farmers Developed planning system based on community group initiatives. Clandestinely documented human rights abuses for the US-based Washington Office on Haiti.