Dr Julie Debeljak

Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
PhD, LLM(1st class), BEc/LLB(Hons), Grad Cert Law Teaching,

Professional Profile

Julie Debeljak has been a Senior Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at Monash University since 2007.  She was a Lecturer and from 2002 to 2006 and an Assistant Lecturer from 1996 to 2001.

Julie has a particular interest in the field of human rights law and constitutional law, and is a foundational Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. She completed her doctorate in 2004 on comparative domestic human rights protection.  Julie is currently researching the human rights issues surrounding trafficking in persons under an ARC Linkage Grant with Professors Kneebone and McSherry, and human rights in closed environments under an ARC Linkage Grant with Professor Freiberg, Dr Naylor, Dr Dussuyer and Dr Thomas. 

Julie has conducted numerous human rights training courses for Australian and overseas government officials, been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to undertake a summer institute about American constitutional law at Boston College in 2001, and was an intern with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 1998.

Areas of Expertise

Civil Liberties
Constitutional Law
International Human Rights Law
The Judiciary
International Humanitarian Law
Comparative Consitutions and Rights
Administrative Law

Teaching Commitments

Administrative Law (LAW3100)
Constitutional Law (LAW3200)
Comparative Constitutions and Rights 406 (LAW4165)
International Human Rights Law (LAW4155)
Comparative Constitutions and Rights (LAW7165)
Overview of International Human Rights Law (LAW7026)