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Ms Azadeh Dastyari

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Assistant Lecturer
BA, LLB (Hon1), Dip PDLP,

Professional Profile

Azadeh Dastyari’s main area of interest is international and domestic law relating to the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.  She is the recipient of HG Walker Fulbright Scholarship (awarded to the highest ranked postgraduate  Fulbright scholar) and the Lionel Murphy scholarship. She is a co-founder of RAVN, the Refugee Advocacy Volunteer Network at the University of Sydney which provides legal assistance to refugees and asylum seekers and  was a member of the founding collective for North West friends of Refugees. Azadeh is an Associate of the Castan Centre and has worked closely with various NGO's since 1999 in the refugee area, including in voluntary capacities with Amnesty International, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Refugee Advocacy and Casework Services.  Azadeh is a co-author (with Dr Mary Crock and Dr Ben Saul) of Future Seekers II: Refugees and Irregular Migration in Australia (Federation Press, 2006).

Areas of Expertise

Refugee law

Immigration law

Human rights

Teaching Commitments

International Refugee Law (LAW4164)
Introduction to Legal Reasoning (LAW1101)


 
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Clayton campus
Room: 227
Phone: +61 3 9905 1317
Fax: +61 3 9905 5305