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==Recognition, honours, and awards== ===Australian national honours=== *1977: [[File:Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.png|60px]] [[Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal]]<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 August 1977 |title=By command of Her Majesty The Queen the Silver Jubilee Medal has been awarded to the following persons |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/25638902 |journal=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Periodic (National : 1977 - 2011) |issue=P7 |pages=9 |via=Trove}}</ref> * 1991: [[File:OrderAustraliaRibbon.png|60px]] Companion of the [[Order of Australia]] (AC) in 1991, "For Service to the Law, Law Reform, to Learning and to the Community"<ref name="AC">[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/882348 Companion of the Order of Australia], CMG, 26 January 1991, itsanhonour.gov.au</ref> * 1982: [[File:UK Order St-Michael St-George ribbon.svg|60px]] Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG), for "Services to the law"<ref name="CMG">[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1066397 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George], CMG, 31 December 1982, itsanhonour.gov.au</ref> *2001: [[File:AUS Centenary Medal ribbon.svg|60px]] [[Centenary Medal]]<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1128216 Centenary Medal], 1 January 2001, itsanhonour.gov.au<br/>'''Citation:''' ''For service to law reform and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia''</ref> ===Other honours and awards=== * 1991: [[Human Rights Medal]], bestowed by the [[Australian Human Rights Commission]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG | website=Australian Human Rights Commission | date=24 November 1991 | url=https://humanrights.gov.au/node/16396 | access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=1991 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners | website=Australian Human Rights Commission | date=24 November 1991 | url=https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/1991-human-rights-medal-and-awards-winners | access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> * 1997: National Trust [[Australian Living Treasures|Australian Living Treasure]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=From the Archives, 1997: Australia’s 100 living treasures named |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/from-the-archives-1997-australia-s-100-living-treasures-named-20221208-p5c4ug.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215071937/ |archive-date=15 December 2022 |access-date=22 May 2025 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> * 2008: Inaugural Australian Privacy Medal, awarded by Senator [[John Faulkner]] and Karen Curtis, the Australian Privacy Commissioner<ref>[http://www.privacy.gov.au/news/media/2008_25.html Media Release: Justice Michael Kirby wins inaugural Australian Privacy Medal]. Retrieved 9 February 2009.</ref> * 2010: [[Gruber Prize for Justice]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 Gruber Justice Prize |url=https://gruber.yale.edu/prize/2010-gruber-justice-prize |url-status=live |access-date=22 May 2025 |website=Gruber Foundation}}</ref> * 2017: [[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star]], a Japanese award, "In recognition of his contribution to promoting understanding of the situation of Human Rights in North Korea in the international society including the issue of the abductions of Japanese nationals"<ref name = ORScitation /> (awarded to former UN special rapporteur [[Marzuki Darusman]] at the same time<ref name = ORSawarded /><ref name = SMH-ORS />) * 2018: [[UN Day Honour]]<ref name=undaylc>{{cite web | title=Media Release | website=Landcare Australia | date=22 October 2021 | url=https://landcareaustralia.org.au/project/landcare-australia-receives-2021-united-nations-day-honour/ | access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref> *2022: Michael Kirby Building, a new [[Macquarie Law School|Law School]] building at [[Macquarie University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mq.edu.au/thisweek/2017/11/13/launch-of-exciting-new-law-school-plans/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTkdGaU0yTTBOakZpTkdVMCIsInQiOiIxZGdkVWYyZVNEYmFnZWxKbXNmN0hweU0xMExSMWc3dVZZeFNFdmx4TkQzSWNVVnc1dGJ5d2ZVQmdNS0VJcHhRZ2NnMmRnOTVZSmJUT01oak5EMys4dHk1Z3RxaFlMWXU3M3cwNXc5ZDNqRFFxZ2pXeXd6TFY0cFhoRHNxQ3lET2UyV2hkYjc4dU5mMUhtc2tiR0dOQ1E9PSJ9|title=Launch of exciting new Law School|website=Macquarie University|date=15 November 2017|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> ===Honorary degrees=== {{more citations needed|section|date=April 2024}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Charles Sturt University]] (D.Univ.) in 2024 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]] (DLitt) in 1987 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Macquarie University]] ([[Doctor of Laws|LL.D.]]) in 1994 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University of Sydney]] (LL.D.) in 1996 * {{flagicon|India}} [[National Law School of India University]] (LL.D.) in 1997 * {{flagicon|UK}} [[University of Ulster]] (D.Litt.) in 1998 * {{flagicon|UK}} [[University of Buckingham]] (LL.D.) in 2000 * {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[University of South Australia]] ([[Doctor of the University|D.Univ.]]) in 2001 * {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[James Cook University]] (D.Litt.) in 2003 * {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} [[Australian National University]] (LL.D.) in 2004<ref>[http://www.hcourt.gov.au/speeches/kirbyj/kirbyj_17dec04.html Australian National University, Michael Donald Kirby, Citation for an Honorary Degree] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721020753/http://www.hcourt.gov.au/speeches/kirbyj/kirbyj_17dec04.html |date=21 July 2008 }}. Retrieved 9 February 2009.</ref> * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[Southern Cross University]] (D.Univ.) in 2007 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University of New South Wales]] (LL.D.) in 2008<ref>AAP (2008). [http://news.smh.com.au/national/kirby-urges-lawyers-to-think-globally-20080909-4d3g.html Kirby urges lawyers to think globally]. Retrieved 10 September 2008.</ref> * {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Griffith University]] (D.Univ.) in 2008 * {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Murdoch University]] (LL.D.) in 2009 * {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Bond University]] (LL.D.) in 2009 * {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[University of Melbourne]] (LL.D.) in 2009 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University of Technology, Sydney]] (LL.D.) in 2009 * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Indiana University]] (LL.D.) in 2009 * {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[University of Colombo]] (LL.D.) in 2010 * {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[La Trobe University]] (D.Univ.) in 2011 * {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Victoria University, Melbourne|Victoria University]] (LL.D.) in 2011 * {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Deakin University]] (LL.D.) in 2011 * {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[Central Queensland University]] (D.Univ.) in 2011 * {{flagicon|Victoria}} [[Monash University]] (LL.D.) in 2015<ref>Monash News (2015). [http://monash.edu/news/show/honorary-doctorate-to-former-high-court-judge Honorary Doctorate to former High Court Judge]. Retrieved 27 May 2015.</ref> * {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Queen's University at Kingston]] (LLD) in 2015. * {{flagicon|Western Australia}} [[Curtin University]] (D.Litt.) in 2016 * {{flagicon|New South Wales}} [[University of Wollongong]] (LL.D.) in 2016 * {{flagicon|Queensland}} [[University of Southern Queensland]] (LL.D.) in 2017<ref>USQ (2017) [https://www.usq.edu.au/news-events/news/2017/04/graduation-17-bela-post Graduations continue with inspiring talks]</ref> * {{flagicon|South Australia}} [[University of Adelaide]] (D.Univ.) in 2017 * {{flagicon|Tasmania}} [[University of Tasmania]] (LL.D.) in 2017 * {{flagicon|India}} [[National Law University Odisha]] (D.Univ.) in 2019 {{div col end}}
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