Christopher Michaelsen
Senior Lecturer
Dipl.Jur. (Hamburg), LLM (UQ), PhD (ANU)Contact details
- Room:
- 227 Law Building
- Phone:
- 9385 3721
- E-mail:
- c.michaelsen@unsw.edu.au
Brief overview
Dr Christopher Michaelsen is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He teaches and specialises in public international law, human rights and international security. Prior to joining UNSW, he served as a Human Rights Officer (Anti-Terrorism) at the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Warsaw, Poland. Chris graduated in law from Hamburg University and holds an LLM from the University of Queensland and a PhD from the Australian National University. He is a member of both the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australian Human Rights Centre and currently also serves as a co-rapporteur of the International Human Rights Law Committee of the International Law Association.
Chris is currently working on the following research projects:
- International Co-operation, Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism
- Judicial Review of UN Security Council Chapter VII Measures
- United Nations Sanctions
- The Role of Civil Society in Norm Development in Arms Control Law
- The Proportionality Principle in International Human Rights and (German) Constitutional Law
Courses taught
Areas of expertise
Public International Law, International Law and the Use of Force, Human Rights, International Organisations, German and Comparative Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism
Chris welcomes applications to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research theses in these, and related, fields.
Professional memberships and affiliations
- International Law Association (Australian Branch); Member & Co-Rapporteur, International Committee on International Human Rights Law (World)
- Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
- American Society of International Law
- Asian Society of International Law
- International Studies Association
- Sydney PEN
- Civil Liberties Australia
- German Society of Journalists (Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband)
- Founding Managing Editor, Security Challenges (2005-06)