Christopher Michaelsen is a Research Fellow at the UNSW Law Faculty. He teaches and specialises in human rights, public international law and international security. Before 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. He has previously worked for the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs in New York City, and at the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University in Canberra where he also submitted a PhD thesis in 2009. He has also served as a consultant for the Asian Law Group in Semarang, Indonesia, and for the Center for Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in New York City. Chris is the convenor of the Law School’s International Law & Policy Group and a member of the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law.
Courses Taught
LAWS4080 LAWS4087 LAWS4110
Research Interests
Human Rights, Public International Law, German and Comparative Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism
Current Research Projects
The UN Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Regime National Security, Non-Refoulement and Diplomatic Assurances International Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism: Future Directions and Challenges The Proportionality Principle in Constitutional and Administrative Law