International, European and Comparative Law (Incorporating Human Rights)

Co-ordinator: Professor Sarah Joseph

Monash Law School's dedication and expertise in the area of international, European and comparative law is evident throughout its teaching and research agenda.  The interests and expertise within this passionate group of researchers includes international law, resources and environmental law, European Union law, comparative law, dispute resolution, access to justice, corporations and human rights, refugee law, indigenous law, trafficking, and international aid and development.   Commitment to social justice and the promotion and protection of human rights is one of the guiding principles for the Law School and is the focus of the internationally renowed Castan Centre for Human Rights Law.

This cluster incorporates:

• Access to Justice
• Comparative Law
• Dispute Resolution
• European Union Law
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Criminal Proceedings
• International Law
• International Trade Law
• Resources and Environmental Law
• War Crimes
• World Trade Organisation

Human Rights

• Bills of Rights
• Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Human Rights
• Comparative and Domestic Human Rights Ttheory
• Corporations and Human Rights
• Globalisation and Human Rights
• Indigenous Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• Native Title
• Refugee Law
• Trafficking

Current and recent research projects:

• Applying Human Rights Legislation in Closed Environments: A Strategic Framework for Managing Compliance
• Australia's Post World War II War Crimes Trials: A Systemic and Comprehensive Law Reports Series
• Australia's Response to Trafficking in Women: Towards a Model for the Regulation of Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region
• History, Law and Indigenous Poverty: 'Stolen wages' in the Northern Territory
• Mabo Litigation Collection
• Provision of Human Services Support and Other Products and Services to Native Title Representative Bodies and Native title Service Providers 
• Reports on UN Human Rights Decisions
• Towards a More Equitable Negotiation of Fisheries Access Agreements in the West African Region
• The Asylum Seeker in the Legal System: A Comparative and Theoretical Study
• The World Trade Organization and Human Rights
• Understanding the Risks to Adoption of an Australian Seafloor Exploration and Mining Industry