Lyndal Rowlands
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Biography
Publications
Lyndal Rowlands is an Australian freelance journalist, United Nations correspondent and communication consultant who has reported from the United States, Uganda, Timor-Leste and Australia. As a foreign correspondent she has written for Al Jazeera, the Saturday Paper and IPS, and conducted research for ABC International Development. As a science journalist she has written for Discovery Education, Scidev and Surgical News. She is the former UN Bureau Chief for development news service Inter Press Service and a UN Foundation Press Fellowship recipient.
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Is there a model Human Rights Council member?
In some ways the Council is like a pre-school: it's more about effort to improve than actual performance.