Dr Julie Debeljak

Administrative Positions

2000-Current:Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University

2007: Member, Exclusions Committee, Faculty of Law, Monash University

2002-2005: Member, Committee on the Ethics of Research involving Humans, Monash University

2001-2004: Student Equity Officer, Faculty of Law, Monash University

Educational History and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

PhD (Monash)
LLM(1st class) (Cantab)
BEc/LLB(Hons) (Monash)
Grad Cert Law Teaching (Monash)

Professional Qualifications

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Academic Awards and Distinctions

2001 (Jun-Aug): Fulbright American Summer Institute Scholarship

2000: Law Faculty Research Enhancement Scheme Award and Postgraduate Travel Grant Award (Monash University) supporting a three-month PhD study tour in London (UK), (hosts: Barristers Chambers Matrix)

1999-2001: Strategic Partnership with Industry - Research and Training (SPIRT) Grant - a full time PhD Scholarship

1997-1998: Britain Australia Bicentennial Trust Cambridge -Full time LLM Scholarship to University of Cambridge

1998: Foundation Scholarship of Jesus College, Cambridge

1998 onwards: Cambridge Commonwealth Society Fellow

Employment History and Qualifications

Previous Employment

2002-2006: Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University

1996-2001: Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University

October-December 1998: Internship, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland

July-September 1998: Senior Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, Monash University

March 1994-December 1995: Clerkship and Solicitor, Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks, Melbourne, Australia

External Appointments

2005-Current: Member, Advisory Committee, Human Rights Legal Resource Centre

2000-2005: Member, International Humanitarian Law Advisory Committee (Victorian Division), Australian Red Cross

2004-2005: Member, Executive Committee, Liberty Victoria

2001-2005: Member, Sub-Committee on a Charter of Rights, Human Rights and Administrative Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria

2004: Member, Human Rights Clinic Reference Group (Joint initiative of Public Interest Law Clearing House, Victoria and Liberty Victoria)

2004: Member, Charter Group, an umbrella volunteer committee established to lobby for a Victorian Bill of Rights

Professional Associations

Member, Amnesty International
Member, Australian Law Teachers Association
Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Member, International Commission of Jurists
Member, Liberty Victoria