Arash Bordbar

Arash is the Chair of Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) & Coordinator of the UNHCR Global Youth Advisory Council

A former refugee originally from Shiraz in Iran, Arash is also currently working with the CMRC as a Youth Employment and Enterprise Officer.

He has just finished his Bachelor of Civil Engineering(Hons). He was awarded the Young People’s Human Rights Medal in 2016 for his advocacy on human rights in Australia and the Asia Pacific, chosen to be an Australian Ambassador since 2018 for Australia Day.

He has been selected as a Peace Ambassador for One Young World in 2018 and 2019. Arash is also part of the Amnesty Refugee Advisory Group that strategises and campaigns for the resettlement process for refugees across the world.

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