Anna Bulman is a lawyer by training whose work focuses on the practical application of international human rights laws and good practice, with a particular substantive passion for food systems. Working with governments, civil society, UN agencies and others, Anna conducts research and writing, runs trainings and workshops, and collaborates with partners to apply research to policy and practice. She is also the co-founder of Picture Human Rights, a free online resource that explains human rights-related concepts.

Previously, Anna led a right to food project in the Constitutional Litigation Unit of the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa, worked briefly in international agricultural trade at the World Trade Organization, and was an advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston. She was also an associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and a paralegal at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst). Anna is proficient in German and Spanish and has field experience in Africa, North America, Latin America, and Asia.

Anna is based in Adelaide, Australia, and has intermediate proficiency in German and Spanish.

Select experience

• Technical support to investment promotion agencies and civil society in low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Southeast Asia on responsible land-based investment governance

• Tailored trainings for government officials, civil society, and professionals on free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), investment screening, responsible investment 101, and international human rights law

• Co-authoring a toolkit on enhancing women’s meaningful participation in community engagements

• Developing visuals to describe how investment frameworks overlap with land-based investment governance

Select publications

• With J. Coleman, et al, Screening for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: Guidance and tools for government officials, FAO and CCSI (2024)

• With K.Y. Cordes, et al, Guide on incentives for responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, FAO and CCSI (2021)

• With N. Wade, Disability Rights in Real Life (2020) (illustrator, editor)

• Let’s talk about tax, baby. Alternative Law Journal (2020) 45(2):135-139

• With J. Fanzo, K. Y. Cordes, E. Fox, Tying the Knot: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Human Right to Adequate Nutrition, 57 Columbia J. Transnat’l Law 1 (2018)

Education

• LL.M. – Columbia University

• LL.B. and B.A. (Spanish), Dip. Lang. (German) – University of Adelaide