Mary Crock

{{Short description|Australian law academic and immigration lawyer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2025}}

'''Mary Crock''' is a professor of public law at the University of Sydney and a member of the Sydney Centre for International Law. She specialises in immigration, citizenship and refugee law as well as human rights but is most well known for her work with refugees and asylum seekers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crock |first=Mary |date=2018-09-03 |title=Correspondence: Mary Crock |url=https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/correspondence/correspondence-mary-crock |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=Quarterly Essay |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander-Hunt |first=Floyd |date=2021-12-14 |title=The case that changed me - Mary Crock |url=https://lsj.com.au/articles/the-case-that-changed-me-mary-crock/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=Law Society Journal |language=en-AU}}</ref> She has written many leading publications on Australian immigration and refugee law as well as research regarding the role of disability in this space.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=People: Professor Mary Crock |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/mary-crock.html |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=The University of Sydney}}</ref>

Crock's commitment to justice and refugee rights began early in her life and believes that:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mary Crock: a lifelong refugee advocate's passion for justice |url=https://www.racs.org.au/news/mary-crock |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=RACS {{!}} Refugee Advice & Casework Service |language=en-AU}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=“Migrants and refugees really bring the world to Australia. Their stories telling us what they've lived through make real what we hear about in the news.”|author=Mary Crock|title=as quoted in Refugee Advice & Casework Service, September 2025}}

She has worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and has also served on a variety of national, state and non-government bodies.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=Mary Crock - The Federation Press |url=https://federationpress.com.au/authors/mary-crock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228225641/https://federationpress.com.au/authors/mary-crock/ |archive-date=28 December 2024 |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=The Federation Press |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref>

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