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Human rights, international law and security

Human rights, international law and security

Analysing recent developments in public policy and international diplomacy, this project directed by Christopher Michaelsen and Dr Vicki Sentas, comprises several sub-projects focusing on a range of human rights issues in the context of international law and security. These sub-projects include studies on Security Council accountability and sanctions, the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, terrorism and counter-terrorism as well as preventive detention in a criminal justice context.

Watch and listen to Dr Chistopher Michaelsen as he speaks on "The role of the Non-Permanent members of the UN" at the Italian Institute of International Affairs (IAI) in Rome, click here.

Photo credit: Stephen Dupont

Maintaining relevance: The future of the UN and Australia's engagement	The West itself is fuelling the terrorist threat
Grant success - Operationalising Human Rights Norms in Peace Missions	No miraculous solutions to the puzzle of territory-history-democracy-law?
Ground breaking new report on terrorist listing	Human Rights as Limits for the Security Council: A Matter of Substantive Law or Defining the Application of Proportionality?
Grant success for Chris Michaelsen in the most recent Discovery Project round of the Australian Research Council	Human Rights as Limits for the Security Council
The Torture of own Citizens in the War on Terror: Understanding Responses of Liberal Democracies	Chris Michaelsen speaks to Openhouse Radio on the conflict in Gaza, the UN's response and prospects of a more permanent ceasefire
Associate Prof Chris Michaelsen's podcast on the UN Security Council, the downing of MH17 and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine	Chris Michaelsen: ASIO simply does not have jurisdiction to investigate criminal offences
Security Council sanctions: can Australia make a difference?	Perspectives on Preventative Detention considered at Onati workshop
Outdated and Useless? Controversial human rights doctrine, the Responsibility to Protect Seminar	In Japan, Dr Christopher Michaelsen speaks on Terrorism and Human Rights
Upcoming seminar on The Future of the Responsibility to Protect	Intervention in Libya: Another Nail in the Coffin for the Responsibility-to-Protect?
Chris Michaelsen comments on contemporary role of the UN Security Council	Abu Qatada decision of the European Court of Human Rights

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