Prof Sarah Joseph - Researcher Profile

Biography

Professor Sarah Joseph is the Director for the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law.   Her teaching and research interests are international human rights law and constitutional law. Particular areas of interest include economic globalisation and human rights, and the media and human rights.

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Research & Supervision Interests

International human rights law, corporations and human rights, terrorism and human rights, media and human rights, social media

Keywords

Corporations and Human Rights, Media, Social Media, Human Rights, Terrorism, Globalisation, Law of War

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

MASTER OF LAWS

Institution: University of Cambridge

Year awarded: 1992

BACHELOR OF LAWS

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 1990

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 1988

Publications

Books

Joseph, S., 2011, Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique, Oxford University Press, New York City USA.

Joseph, S., Castan, M., 2010, Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View, Thomson Reuters, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia.

Joseph, S.L., McBeth, A. (eds), 2010, Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK.

Joseph, S.L., Kinley, D., Waincymer, J.M. (eds), 2009, The World Trade Organization and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Edward Elgar, United Kingdom.

Joseph, S.L., Amis, L., Chambers, R., 2008, Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law and International Business Leaders Forum, New York USA.

Joseph, S.L., Amis, L., Chambers, R.E., Wendlandt, L., 2008, Human Rights Translated: A Business Reference Guide, United Nations, New York.

Joseph, S.L., Castan, M., 2006, Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View, Thomson Lawbook Co., Sydney NSW Australia.

Joseph, S.L., Mitchell, K.E., Gyorki, L.S., Benninger-Budel, C., 2006, Seeking Remedies for Torture Victims: A Handbook on the Individual Complaints Procedures of the UN Treaty Bodies, World Organisation Against Torture, Geneva Switzerland.

Joseph, S.L., 2004, Human Rights Law in Perspective: Corporations and Transnational Human Rights Litigation, Hart Publishing, UK.

Joseph, S.L., Schultz, J.A., Castan, M., 2004, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials and Commentary, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK.

Joseph, S.L., Castan, M., 2001, Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View, Lawbook Co., Pyrmont NSW Australia.

Joseph, S., Schultz, J., Castan, M., 2000, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials, and Commentary, Oxford University Press, New York USA.

Book Chapters

Joseph, S., 2010, Civil and political rights, in International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond, eds Mashood A. Baderin and Manisuli Ssenyonjo, Ashgate, Surrey UK, pp. 89-106.

Joseph, S.L., 2010, Scope of application, in International Human Rights Law, eds Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumuran and David Harris, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 150-170.

Joseph, S., Kyriakakis, J., 2010, The United Nations and human rights, in Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law, eds Sarah Joseph , Adam McBeth, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 1-35.

Joseph, S., 2010, UN covenants and labour rights, in Human Rights at Work: Perspectives on Law and Regulation, eds Colin Fenwick and Tonia Novitz, Hart Publishers, Oxford, UK, pp. 331-358.

Joseph, S.L., 2009, Democratic deficit, participation and the WTO, in The World Trade Organisation and Human Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds Sarah Joseph, Jeff Waincymer, David Kinley, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 313-343.

Joseph, S.L., 2009, Trade and the right to health, in Realizing the Right to Health, eds Andrew Clapham, Mary Robinson, Claire Mahon and Scott Jerbi, Ruffer & Rub, Zurich Switzerland, pp. 359-367.

Joseph, S.L., 2008, Liability of Multinational Corporations, in Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law, eds Malcolm Langford, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 613-627.

Joseph, S.L., 2007, Torture: the Fallacy of the Ticking Bomb, in Law and Liberty in the War on Terror, eds Andrew Lynch, Edwina MacDonald, George Williams, Federation Press, Leichhardt NSW, pp. 147-154.

Joseph, S.L., 2007, Trade to Live or Live to Trade: The World Trade Organization, Development and Poverty, in Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Action, eds Mashood A. Baderin and Robert McCorquodale, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 389-416.

Joseph, S.L., 2006, The appropriate role of corporations in fostering development and combating poverty, in Human Rights and Development: Law, Policy and Governance, eds C Raj Kumar and DK Srivastava, Lexis Nexis, Hong Kong, pp. 189-200.

Joseph, S.L., Schultz, J.A., Castan, M., 2004, Part I: Introduction, in The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials, and Commentary, eds Sarah Joseph, Jenny Schultz and Melissa Castan, Oxford University Press Inc., New York USA, pp. 3-52.

Joseph, S.L., 2001, Political advertising and the constitution, in The Big Makeover: A New Australian Constitution, eds Glenn Patmore and Gary Jungwirth, Pluto Press Australia, Annandale NSW Australia, pp. 48-59.

Joseph, S.L., 2000, An overview of the human rights accountability of multinational enterprises, in Liability of Multinational Corporations under International Law, Kluwer Law International, The Hague The Netherlands, pp. 75-93.

Journal Articles

Joseph, S., 2012, Protracted lawfare: the tale of Chevron Texaco in the Amazon, Journal of Human Rights and the Environment [P], vol 3, issue 1, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton USA, pp. 70-91.

Joseph, S., 2012, Social media, political change, and human rights, Boston College international and comparative law review [P], vol 35, issue 1, Boston College School of Law, Newton USA, pp. 145-188.

Joseph, S., 2011, Free speech, racial intolerance and the right to offend: Bolt before the court, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 36, issue 4, Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 225-229.

Joseph, S., 2010, Sport and the law: sport and human rights: closer than you think, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 35, issue 4, Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd, Clayton, Vic, Australia, pp. 235-236.

Joseph, S.L., 2009, Human Rights and the WTO: Issues for the Pacific, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review [P], vol 40, issue 1, Victoria University, Wellington NZ, pp. 351-367.

Joseph, S.L., 2008, The Howard Government's Record of Engagement with the International Human Rights System, Australian Yearbook of International Law, vol 27, issue 1, Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law, Canberra ACT, pp. 45-67.

Joseph, S.L., 2007, Human rights committee: Recent jurisprudence, Human Rights Law Review, vol 7, issue 3, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 567-581.

Joseph, S.L., 2006, Transnational corporations and Indigenous rights, Balayi: Culture, Law and Colonialism, vol 8, issue 1, University of Technology Sydney Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 70-82.

Joseph, S.L., 2006, United Nations Human Rights Committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 6, issue 2, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 361-377.

Joseph, S.L., 2005, Human Rights Committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 5, issue 1, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 105-116.

Joseph, S.L., 2005, Rendering terrorists and the convention against torture, Human Rights Law Review, vol 5, issue 2, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 339-346.

McBeth, A., Joseph, S.L., 2005, Same words, different language: corporate perceptions of human rights responsibilities, Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol 11, issue 2, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 95-127.

Joseph, S.L., 2005, The right to housing, discrimination, and the Roma in Slovakia, Human Rights Law Review, vol 5, issue 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 347-349.

Joseph, S.L., 2004, Australian counter-terrorism legislation and the international human rights framework, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol 27, issue 2, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 428-453.

Joseph, S.L., 2004, UN Human Rights Committee: Recent jurisprudence, Human Rights Law Review, vol 4, issue 2, Nottingham University Press, UK, pp. 277-294.

Joseph, S.L., 2004, UN Human Rights Committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 4, issue 1, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham UK, pp. 109-124.

Joseph, S.L., 2003, Pharmaceutical corporations and access to drugs: The "Fourth Wave" of corporate human rights scrutiny, Human Rights Quarterly, vol 25, issue 2, John Hopkins University Press, USA, pp. 425-452.

Joseph, S.L., 2003, UN human rights treaty bodies: Recent decisions, Human Rights Law Review, vol 3, issue 2, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham UK, pp. 291-300.

Joseph, S., 2002, Human Rights Committee: General Comment 29, Human Rights Law Review, vol 2, issue 1, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham UK, pp. 81-98.

Joseph, S., 2002, Human Rights Committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 2, issue 2, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, pp. 287-300.

Kinley, D., Joseph, S., 2002, Multinational corporations and human rights: questions about their relationship, Alternative Law Journal, vol 27, issue 1, Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 7-11.

Joseph, S., 2001, Human rights committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 1, issue 2, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham UK, pp. 305-318.

Joseph, S., 2001, Human rights committee: recent cases, Human Rights Law Review, vol 1, issue 1, Nottingham University Press, Nottingham UK, pp. 83-95.

Joseph, S., 1999, Resolving Conflicting Claims of Territorial Sovereignty and External Self-Determination, Part 1: A Proposed Formula, International Journal of Human Rights, vol 3 issue 1, Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, Ilford Essex UK, pp. 40-61.

Joseph, S., 1999, Resolving Conflicting Claims of Territorial Sovereignty and External Self-Determination, Part 2, International Journal of Human Rights, vol 3 issue 2, Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, Ilford Essex UK, pp. 49-68.

Joseph, S., 1999, Taming the Leviathans: Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights, Netherlands International Law Review, vol 46 issue 2, T.M.C. Asser Press, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague Netherlands, pp. 171-203.

Joseph, S., 1998, Kruger v Commonwealth: Constitutional Rights and the Stolen Generations, Monash University Law Review, vol 24 issue 2, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 486-498.

Other

Joseph, S., 2011, #Occupy movement: different aims, but united by the importance of civil protest, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Limited, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Fletcher, A.S.C., Debeljak, J.F., Joseph, S.L., 2011, Economic, social and cultural rights - A good idea for inclusion in the ACT Human Rights Act 2004, Submission to ACT Government Department of Justice and Community Safety, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

McBeth, A., Joseph, S., Contini, E., 2010, Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequentail Provisions) Bill 2010, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Consulting

Professor Joseph has conducted numerous human rights training programs on behalf of AusAID and other organisations, including in Burma and Indonesia, as well as training delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission and the Judicial College of Victoria.

Professor Joseph has performed contract research for a number of organisations, including the United Nations, Oxford University Press, the World Organisation against Torture, and the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Domestic fulfillment of international legal obligations under the UN trafficking protocol.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main), Kneebone, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

From secular democracy to Islamic despotism: A critical evaluation of the legislative, sociological and political aspects of the freedom of religion in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan..

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Human Rights Scrutiny in the Australian Parliament.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main), Debeljak, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Integration of fragmented international economic and human rights law.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Bieske, N.

Program of Study:

Culture and punishment: a case study on the road to universality. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Bugalski, N.

Program of Study:

Shelter from the storm: correcting the distortions of economic globalisation through human rights justice systems. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Haque, M.

Program of Study:

Protection of economic, social and cultural rights: a critical analysis of the fundamental principles of state policy in the constitution of Bangladesh. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main), Lee, H (Associate).

Student:

Kanhai, R.

Program of Study:

RACIAL VILIFICATION LAWS - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS. 2000.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Mcbeth, A.

Program of Study:

Global rules for global players: international economic actors and human rights. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Sifris, R.

Program of Study:

Conceptualising restrictions on abortion and involuntary sterilisation procedures as torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Mcsherry, B (Main), Joseph, S (Associate).

Student:

Slidders, C.

Program of Study:

International law and democracy: the existence, application and enforcement of a human right to democratic governance. 2002.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Smith, M.

Program of Study:

"Would you like Guns with that? A Review of the Burgeoning Military Involvement in the Direct Delivery of Humanitarian Aid.". 2008.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).

Student:

Walsh Billing, F.

Program of Study:

Money Talks: Economic Sanctions and the Role of the WTO in the Elimination of Child Labour.. 2007.

Supervisors:

Joseph, S (Main).