Helen Durham

Helen Durham of the Australian Red Cross was elected to the Standing Commission by the 34th International Conference in October 2024. She is a humanitarian lawyer and academic, and the CEO of RedR Australia. From 2014 to 2022, she was Director of International Law and Policy at the ICRC. She has over 20 years’ experience in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement including various roles with Australian Red Cross such as the Director of International Law and Strategy and National Manager of International Humanitarian Law. Helen has been a Legal Adviser to the ICRC Delegation of the Pacific as well as Head of Office for ICRC Australia. She has a PhD in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, is a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School and worked as the Director of Research at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law. Helen has done numerous missions in the field with ICRC in the Asia- Pacific, Middle East and Africa and has been involved in international legal negotiations in New York, Rome and Geneva.