ISSUE September 2007 NEWSLETTER CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLIC LAW Professor Catherine A Mackinnon at CIPL-CIGJ lecture on ‘Women’s Status, Men’s Status’, 26 July 2007 Contents NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR 2 WELCOME & OTHER NOTICES 3 FEATURE ARTICLES 4 VISITING CIPL SCHOLARS 4 AUSTRALIA & THE DEATH PENALTY FORUM 4 BOOK REVIEW 5 CIPL & NCIS 7 EVENTS 8 UPCOMING EVENTS 19 AUSTRALIAN YEAR BOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 20 PUBLICATIONS BY CENTRE MEMBERS 21 PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS & OTHER ACTIVITIES 22 STUDENT INTERNSHIPS 25 CENTRE STAFF & MEMBERS 26 ANU COLLEGE OF LAW This newsletter covers activities of the Centre and Centre members in the period August 2006 to September 2007. A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR I am delighted to write this second message as Director of CIPL. In my first Director’s I would like to thank Valerie Wayte note I highlighted four aspects of the Centre I am keen to foster: its research core and who stood in as CIPL’s administrator for foundation, its commitment to community, the linking of international and public law six months during Kavitha Robinson’s CONGRATULATIONS and its community outreach. Since the last newsletter and throughout this past year maternity leave after the birth of these areas have been promoted energetically. CIPL has been holding a fortnightly Kavitha’s daughter Rathiga on 2 March Professor Robin Creyke has been appointed Wednesday afternoon tea in my office to enhance CIPL’s sense of community which 2006. Valerie’s six months included as the Integrity Adviser in the Australian is rich and vibrant. It enables me to update colleagues on events and activities and producing the July 2006 CIPL newsletter Taxation Office. for us to share with one another information about our own work and interests. and organising many events, including Graduate students and visitors and student interns are all welcomed and it has proved the lecture by Major Michael Mori which Dr Tom Faunce secured a Discovery Grant to be a productive way to develop a strong sense of being part of a Centre. The first drew a record crowd. titled ‘Regulating Medical Nanotechnology afternoon tea in 2007 was attended by two guests. The Honourable Judge Christopher Attendees of a CIPL afternoon tea session in Australia: Developing Practical Weeramantry, former Deputy President of the International Court of Justice spoke It has been great working with Kavitha Improvements in Safety and Cost- with us informally during afternoon tea about his current work. Professor Charles and since her return the role of Centre Effectiveness Analysis’. Sampford, Director of the Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law (IEGL) with whom Administrator has changed and with CIPL has partnered as part of a joint initiative of the United Nations University and recent College wide administrative Sue Harris Rimmer has won the Audre Griffith University, spoke about the value of the partnership. changes, Kavitha’s new title is Assistant WELCOME Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on the Manager, College Outreach and Human Rights of Women (adapted from CIPL welcomes our newest centre members Professor Peter Cane, In addition to the many seminars and events built around the research of visitors and Administrative Support Team (COAST). one of her thesis chapters) from the Dr Hitoshi Nasu and centre staff Ms Jacqueline Sanderson. colleagues (see below), CIPL supported important research meetings, and organised Kavitha is now being assisted by a Project University of Texas. Sue’s winning paper the workshop Governing (and Representing) Women: Local, National and Global Assistant and Jacqueline Sanderson is Professor Peter Cane for the first 20 years of his academic will be published in the Texas Journal of Approaches which drew together leading scholars from around the globe. This was welcomed within the newsletter below. career, taught at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, successively International Law. timed to make the most of the wonderful visit of Professor Vicki Jackson from as lecturer, reader and professor. Since 1997 he has been Georgetown University Law School who also presented the 2006 Geoffrey Sawer lecture Heather Roberts is completing her PhD Finally, I would like to draw your Professor of Law at ANU, until 2007 in the Research School which will be published in the next edition of the Federal Law Review. The lecture and has been successful in the annual attention to the achievements of those of Social Sciences (RSSS). His main research interests are in preceded the successful 2006 Public Law Weekend which is also reported on below. academic appointment round. Heather, within the Centre in the congratulations private law – especially the law of obligations, public law who was doing some teaching in the ANU box on page 2, and to the amazing – especially administrative law, and legal theory – especially Furthering this research core, and building on the desire to link international and College of Law, is now formally appointed research output and community concepts of responsibility. Peter is the Director of the John public law, this past July saw the first CIPL workshop bringing together public lawyers as a lecturer at the College. Heather contributions of the members of CIPL. It Fleming Centre for Advancement of Legal Research within the and international lawyers. Eighteen scholars, including many from the ANU College of Professor Peter Cane was also elected to the Council of the is a great privilege to be working with ANU College of Law established in 2007. Law and ANU broadly, as well as from outside ANU both nationally and internationally, Australian Association of Constitutional such talented colleagues. We are all submitted abstracts and met from the 2-4 July to explore the topic Untangling The law in 2007. supported by a terrific Dean in Professor Dr Hitoshi Nasu joined the ANU College of Law late last year National From The Inter(national) And The Public From The Private: The Complexities Michael Coper. He is integral to the great and prior to his appointment at ANU he was a part-time Of Accountability And Governance In A Globalised World. The participants are Professor Donald Rothwell was successful sense of community in the ANU College lecturer at the University of Sydney, teaching international now developing their papers for the first book in the series. I have also just begun on a Discovery Grant as part of a team of Law which CIPL is proudly housed law. Hitoshi has a PhD on ‘Precautionary Approach to distributing the call for abstracts for the second CIPL workshop which will be held from based at Griffith University for a project within. International Security Law: A Study of Article 40 of the 26-28 May 2008 which revolves around the theme of Health and access to essential entitled ‘Re Envisioning Sovereignty UN Charter’ and special expertise in international law and medicines. For further information regarding that workshop please look at CIPL’s and Nationhood in the Contemporary Kim Rubenstein immigration law. His scholarly interests also include public forthcoming events information on the website. International Context’. Don and his May 2007 international law, international peace and security law, UN research team based at the University of law, conflict of laws especially jurisdiction. Dr Hitoshi Nasu Tasmania have also been awarded the ARC In addition to the research focussed activities since the last newsletter, you will see We have decided to distribute future in the events section reports of events catering for the greater community’s interest Linkage International Awards for a project editions of the CIPL newsletter Jacqueline (Jacqui) Sanderson started her role as Assistant in matters revolving around public law and international law, including the fully entitled The Future of Oceans Governance electronically. The Newsletter Project Officer in February this year. Jacqui has been subscribed, standing room only event on David Hicks in April, and two functions in Polar Areas. This award will run over will continue to be formatted appointed to assist Kavitha Robinson the Centre’s Project organised with the Centre for International Justice and Governance by Professor 2007 and 2008 involving workshops in professionally in the manner that Officer due to the growth of her responsibilities with the Catharine McKinnon from the University of Michigan and a presentation by Luis both Hobart and Calgary. you are accustomed and will act as Centre’s increased activities. Jacqui will be helping both CIPL Moreno-Ocampo, the first Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court. CIPL has the primary means for disseminating and the Australian Centre for Environmental Law (ACEL) on also held several events involving lawyers from the Attorney General’s Department and Amelia Simpson has won a Carrick information to members. An email casual basis until a permanent Assistant Project Officer the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Such events and the networks they draw Institute Award for Outstanding alert will be used to notify you when is appointed. Contribution to Student Learning. Amelia on highlight the unique vantage of CIPL, operating as it does from the nation’s capital. it is ready and can be viewed at Ms Jacqui Sanderson has previously won a Vice-Chancellor’s http://law.anu.edu.au/cipl/newsletter. CIPL also encourages PhD students to participate in CIPL One additional area that CIPL’s board has encouraged me to think about further is teaching award as well. asp. At that time, if you would like to events. New PhD students in 2007 who have been welcomed CIPL’s contributions to advocacy associated with public law and international law. To receive a hard copy as well you can at CIPL afternoon teas include Imogen Saunders, Rebecca Dr Fiona Wheeler, was appointed to that end, I have invited Professor Noah Novogrodsky, Visiting Scholar, Georgetown contact Kavitha Robinson. Monson and Adérito Soares. The CIPL members’ page which Professor in the law school in its 2007 University Law Center and Director, International Human Rights Program, University of shows the list of PhD students associated with CIPL is at: annual appointment round.