 Prior to his engagement with the United Nations, he held legal and policy adviser positions internationally and domestically, including with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, the Australian Government's national multicultural television and radio broadcaster, the Special Broadcasting Service, the British Film Institute in London and the Australian Film Commission.In his early career, Hocking served as the legal associate to Justice Michael Kirby, former Judge of the High Court of Australia, and to London-based human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson Q.C.Hocking has been called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn, London, and has been admitted as a barrister/solicitor with the Supreme Court of Victoria and Supreme Court of New South Wales in Australia.