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Publications


Edited Books
Journal Publications
Consultancies and Legal Advice
Conference Papers and Public Lectures
Panels
Media Articles
Other Media



Edited Books

The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems (Federation Press, Sydney, 2005) (with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam and George Williams).




Journal Publications

A Tale of Two Systems: The Use of International Law in Constitutional Interpretation in Australia and South Africa” (2005) 29 Melbourne University Law Review 95.

“In the matter of David Hicks: A case for Australian Courts?” (2005) 16(2) Public Law Review 116 (with Grant Niemann).

Chinks in the Armour: International Law, Terrorism and the Use of Force” (2004) 27(2) UNSW Law Journal 398.

“Lifting the Executive Veil: Australia’s Accession to the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” (2003) 24(2) Adelaide Law Review 187.

The Sovereignty Stratagem: Australia’s Response to UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies” (2003) 28 Alternative Law Journal 297.

Advice to the Hon Simon Crean MP on the use of force against Iraq” (2003) 4(1) Melbourne Journal of International Law 183 (with George Williams).

Deep Anxieties: Australia and the International Legal Order” (2003) 25 Sydney Law Review 423 (with Hilary Charlesworth, Madelaine Chiam and George Williams).





Consultancies and Legal Advice

Co-Convenor, Training of Judges of Indonesia’s Ad Hoc Human Rights Court, Bogor, Indonesia, 2-7 September 2002.

Legal Advice to the Leader of the Federal Opposition on the Use of Force Against Iraq, 20 March 2003 (with George Williams).

Other legal advice provided in relation to the status of coalition forces in Iraq and David Hicks.





Conference Papers and Public Lectures

“Testing Judicial Anxieties: Use of international law in Australia and South Africa”, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Annual Conference, 17 June 2005.

“Black holes or Loopholes? Human Rights in the Risk Society” delivered at Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, ‘Are human rights principles relevant to the war on terror?’, 5 April 2005.

‘International Law Before Australian Courts’ delivered at CLE Seminar, Introduction to International Practising Human Rights Law in Australia, Law Society of New South Wales, 23 August 2004.

‘International Law and Domestic Law: Which is to be Master?’ delivered at Expert Workshop, International Challenges to National Legal Systems, Canberra, 12 August 2004.

“Cigarettes and Rights: Observations from case studies of Australian Treaty Negotiation”, Annual Conference, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, 19 June 2004.

“Legality of the Second Gulf War”, Guest Lecture, Sydney University Law School, 24 May 2004.

“Necessity: The Mother of In(ter)vention”, Challenge of Conflict Conference, Adelaide, 28 February 2004.

“Notion of State Sovereignty and Limits of Intervention”, International Human Rights Law and its relevance to Australia, UNSW Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Sydney, 18 February 2004.

“A New Order of Things? Terrorism and International Law”, National Forum on Terrorism and the Rule of Law, NSW Parliament House, 10 November 2003.

“International Law and Post-War Iraq”, University of New South Wales Expo, 6 September 6003.

“Anachronism or Answer? Australia and UN Treaty Bodies”, Annual Conference, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Wellington, New Zealand, 4 July 2003.

“Legality of the War Against Iraq”, UNSW Faculty Seminar, 31 March 2004.

“Legality of the Use of Force in Iraq”, Melbourne Asia Policy Papers Workshop: Enforcing Human Rights Post September 11, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, 6 March 2003.

“Use of Force, the Security Council and International Law”, NSW Bar Association CPD: War, Armed Conflict and the Circumstances When Any State May Use Force Against Another State Without the Authority of the UN Security Council, 27 February 2003.

“Women, Peace and Security”, UNIFEM Informs Seminar, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, 26 February 2003.

“International Humanitarian Law and the War Against Terrorism”, From Bali to Baghdad: Law and the Response to Terrorism, ANZSIL and Sydney Law School Seminar, Sydney University, 12 November 2002.





Panels

“Terrorism and the Global Legal Order”, Red Cross Hypothetical, Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 20 May 2004.

“Detention Without Charge: Paradise Lost?”, Law Week Hypothetical, Supreme Court of Adelaide, 29 February 2004.





Media Articles

Hicks in the System Thanks to a Wilful Oversight’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 2004.

Hicks Can, and Should, Be Tried Here’, The Age, 27 September 2004.

Stronger Stance on Iraqi Abuse Needed”, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 2004.

A New World Order Beckons When Violation Becomes the Norm”, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 2003.

Nowhere to Hide Behind the Letter of the Law”, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2003 (with George Williams).





Other Media

"David Hicks in Guantanamo Bay, his legal situation", Saturday breakfast with Geraldine Doogue, ABC Radio National, 19 February 2005.

“Technology uncovers Iraqi prisoner abuse”, AM, ABC Radio, 8 May 2004.

“International Law and the Challenge of Conflict”, Late Night Live with Philip Adams, ABC Radio National, 25 February 2004.

“Terrorism and International Law”, Perspective, ABC Radio National, 7 November 2003.

“Belgian’s Anti-Atrocity Law”, SBS Radio. “Legal Implications of PoW Footage”, SBS News, SBS Television.

“International Legal Implications of the Gulf War”, World at Noon, ABC Television.

“Prosecution of War Criminals by the International Criminal Court’, Lateline, ABC Television.

“Legal Implications of Iraqi War”, Lateline, ABC Television.