Andrew Byrnes
Professor
B.A. (Hons), LLB (Hons) (ANU), LLM (Harv), LLM (Columbia)Chair, AHRC
Contact details
- Room:
- 345 Law Building
- Phone:
- 9385 2248
- E-mail:
- andrew.byrnes@unsw.edu.au
Brief overview
Andrew Byrnes joined the UNSW Law Faculty as Professor of International Law in May 2005. Previously, he was Professor of Law at the Australian National University (2001-2005) and prior to that was Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, where he was Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and Director of the Master of Laws in Human Rights until his departure in 2001.
Courses taught
Areas of expertise
International law, Human rights law (particularly gender and disability issues) International criminal law, Discrimination law, Terrorism and the law
Professional memberships and affiliations
Editorial positions
Australian Yearbook of International Law, Co-Editor (until mid-2007) Member Editorial Board (from mid-2007)
Australian Journal of Human Rights, Editorial Board member
New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, Advisory Board Member
New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review, Member Advisory Board
Research supervision
Jacoba Brasch (PhD) (The Australian military justice system and civilianisation) (completed 2011)
Ricardo Sunga (LLM) (Enforced disappearances and international human rights law) (completed 2011)
Lu Wenwen (LLM) (Comparative anti-terrorism law: Australia, Malaysia, Singapore) (completed)
Andre Gustavo de Almeida Geraldes (PhD) (Sustainable development and the role of development banks in the Brazilian Amazon)
Lou Schtzer (PhD) (Human rights charters and the hollowed-out State)
Nigel Davidson (SJD, ANU) (International law and the regulation of conflict diamonds) (completed 2012)
Joanne Lee (PhD, ANU) (The International Criminal Court) (completed 2011)
Grants
New grants
DP110101594: Whose law is it, anyway? Citizens' and peoples' challenges to state dominance in the making and application of international law (2011-2013)
Ongoing grants
LP0989167: Protecting economic, social and cultural rights in the ACT: models, methods and impact (2009-2010) (with Prof Hilary Charlesworth [ANU])($127,341 from the ARC, plus $29,800 from the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety, the Partner Organisation)
LP0776639: Building Human Rights in the Region through Horizontal Transnational Networks: the Role of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (2007-2010) (with A/Prof Andrea Durbach [UNSW] ($215,000 from ARC, plus $75,000 from the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions)
Completed grants
LE0989957: The International & Humanitarian Law Library - A global dimension in Australian legal research infrastructure (2009) (with Profs Andrew Mowbray [UTS], Prof Graham Greenleaf [UNSW], and others) ($150,000 from the ARC).
LP0455490: Australia's first bill of rights: Assessing the impact of the Australian Capital Territory's Human Rights Act (2005-2009) (with Prof Hilary Charlesworth [ANU]) ($156,377 from the ARC, plus $30,000 from the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety, the Partner Organisation)
DP0451473: Terrorism and the non-State actor after September 11: The role of law in the search for security (2004-2008) (with Prof Simon Bronitt [ANU] and other ANU colleagues) ($180,000 from the ARC)