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PROF DIANNE OTTO



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Organization: Law
Position: PROFESSOR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/staff/Dianne%20Otto
Work: +61 3 834 44063
Fax: +61 3 9349 4287
Room: 0845
Level: 08
Building: Law Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

 

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of the Science of Law Columbia University 14-Feb-2007
Bachelor of Arts Adelaide University 20-Jan-1974
Bachelor of Laws University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1992
Master of Laws University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1997
Master of Laws Columbia University 31-Dec-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • The exile of inclusion: Reflections on gender issues in international law over the last decade
    Year: 2009
    Journal: The Melbourne Journal of International Law
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 11-26
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Making sense of zero tolerance policies in peacekeeping sexual economies
    Year: 2007
    Book: Sexuality and the Law: Feminist Engagements
    Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
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Journal Articles

Conference Publications/Papers

  • "Taking a break" from "normal": Thinking queer in the context of international law
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting: The Future of International Law
    Page numbers: 119-122
    Publisher: The American Society of International Law
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  • Deconstructing the logic of responding to one threat with another: the perils of countering terrorism by eroding human rights
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review
    Conference Publication: Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review
    Page numbers: 115-153
    Publisher: The Castan Centre for Human Rights Law(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Lost in translation: Re-scripting the sexed subjects of international human rights law
    Year: 2006
    Book: International Law and its Others
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • The perils of countering terrorism by eroding human rights
    Year: 2006
    Book: Asia-Pacific Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
    Publisher: Institute of International Legal Studies, University of the Philippines Law Center(Diliman)
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Journal Articles

  • A Sign of "Weakness"? Disrupting Gender certainties in the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Michigan Journal of Gender and Law
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 113-175
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The Power of Indicators to Shape Women's Property Rights: Taking a Human Rights Approach
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) Symposium on the Harmonisation of Gender Indicators
    Conference Publication: Development Bulletin
    Volume: 71
    Page numbers: 40-44
    Publisher: Development Studies Network, Australian National University(Canberra)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Disconcerting 'masculinities': Reinventing the gendered subject(s) of international human rights law
    Year: 2005
    Book: International Law: Modern feminist approaches
    Publisher: Hart Publishing(Portland)
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  • Freedom from discrimination
    Year: 2005
    Book: The essentials of human rights
    Publisher: Arnold Hodder Headline(London)
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Reports

  • Communication to the human rights committee under the optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights No. 1243/2004
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH)(Melbourne)
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  • Submission to the human rights consultation committee on a proposed Charter of Rights for Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Human Rights Consultation Committee
    Publisher: Melbourne Law School(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Housing, homelessness and human rights
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Human Rights
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-10
    Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths(Sydney)
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  • Introduction: Rethinking homelessness
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Parity
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 6-7
    Publisher: Council to Homeless Persons(Melbourne)
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  • Montreal principles on women's economic, social and cultural rights
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Human Rights Quarterly
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 760-780
    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press(Baltimore)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Addressing homelessness: does Australia's indirect implementation of human rights comply with its international obligations?
    Year: 2003
    Book: Protecting human rights: instruments and institutions
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Addressing poverty as a violation of human rights in the Australian context
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 49-53
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  • International peace activism: the contributions made by women
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Reform
    Volume: 82
    Page numbers: 30-36
    Publisher: Australian Law Reform Commission(Sydney)
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Reports

  • Inquiry into the provisions of the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee
    Publisher: Melbourne Law School(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • "Gender Comment": Why Does the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Need a General Comment on Women?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-52
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  • Homelessness and Human Rights: Engaging Human Rights Discourse in the Australian Context.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 271-276
    Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co
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Major Reference Works

  • Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:Human Rights Defender Manual.
    Year: 2002
    Reference Work Title: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    Publisher: Diplomacy Training Program(Sydney)
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Reports

  • UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing: Questionnaire on Women and Adequate Housing - An Australian Submission.
    Year: 2002
    Customer: PILCH - Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic
    Publisher: Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH)(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Defending Women`s Economic and Social Rights: Some Thoughts on Indivisibility and a New Standard of Equality
    Year: 2001
    Book: Giving Meaning to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
    Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • From `Reluctance` to `Exceptionalism`: the Australian approach to domestic implementation of human rights
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Alternative Law Journal
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 215-218
    Publisher: Legal Service Bulletin Co
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  • In Search of `Effective Remedies`: applying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Human Rights
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 5-46
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