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 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”.
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SMH about the neo-Nazi protest
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SMH for a piece titled “What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism”. An
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the neo-Nazi rally
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for a piece titled “NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard
Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC news about the neo-Nazi protest
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to ABC News Breakfast about the neo-Nazi protest. An excerpt from her comments is
Sarah Schwartz op ed in The Guardian: “When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love”
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently had an op ed published in The Guardian titled “When you first heard me speak
Sarah Schwartz speaks to Ette Media about News Corp’s treatment of Jewish Council’s “stop starving Gaza” ad
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Ette Media about News Corp’s treatment of Jewish Council’s “stop starving Gaza” ad.
