Prof Susan Kneebone - Researcher Profile

Biography

Professor Kneebone is a leading internationally renowned scholar on issues of forced migration, human trafficking and refugee law. Professor Kneebone has taken a leading role in introducing research on refugee law and human trafficking issues into her faculty. She supervises a number of postgraduate students in these fields.

Since 2003 Professor Kneebone has been a member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) and has taken an active role in four conferences, including presenting papers (at both plenary and workshop sessions) and chairing sessions. She is currently Communication Officer for IASFM.

Professor Kneebone teaches Forced Migration and Human Rights, International Refugee Law and Practice, and Citizenship and Migration Law. She has organized several conferences and workshops on these issues, made submission to many public enquiries and frequently handles media enquiries. She is the author of many articles on these issues and author/editor of the following books:

• Transnational Crime and Human Rights: Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Routledge, 2012) (co-authored with Julie Debeljak, Kneebone main author)
• Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
• New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead (Berghahn, 2007 - with F Rawlings-Sanaei).
• The Refugees Convention 50 Years On: Globalisation and International Law (Ashgate, 2003)

She has received over $375,000 in external funding since 2009 . She is currently a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council projects:

• Delivering Effective Protection to Victims and Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (Linkage Grant 2009 - sole Chief Investigator)
• Law, Governance and Regulation of Intra-regional Labour Migration in South East Asia: An Agenda for Protection and Development (Discovery Grant 2009 - sole Chief Investigator).

A selection of Professor Kneebone's publications is available on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=106823

Areas of Expertise

International refugee law and forced migration
Human rights
Labour migration
Human trafficking
International law
The rights of children
Legal philosophy
Labour migration in South East Asia

Keywords

Human Trafficking, Human and civil rights, Refugee/Immigrant Services, Refugees

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1996

DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1983

MASTER OF ARTS

Institution: Hong Kong

Year awarded: 1976

BACHELOR OF LAWS

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 1969

Publications

Books

Kneebone, S.Y., Debeljak, J.F., 2012, Transnational Crime and Human Rights: Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Routledge, London UK.

Kneebone, S.Y. (ed), 2009, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Kneebone, S.Y. (ed), 2007, New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead, Berghahn Books, Oxford UK.

Kneebone, S.Y. (ed), 2003, The Refugees Convention 50 years on: Globalisation and International Law, Ashgate, UK.

Kneebone, S.Y. (ed), 1999, Administrative Law and the Rule of Law: Still Part of the Same Package?, Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc., Canberra ACT Australia.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1998, Tort Liability of Public Authorities, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Kneebone, S., 2011, ASEAN: setting the agenda for the rights of migrant workers?, in Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: Towards Institution Building, eds Hitoshi Nasu and Ben Saul, Routledge, Abingdon UK, pp. 144-164.

Kneebone, S., O'Sullivan, M., 2011, Article 1 C 1951 Convention, in The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol: A Commentary, eds Andreas Zimmermann, Jonas Dorschner and Felix Machts, Oxford University Press, New York City USA, pp. 481-535.

Kneebone, S., Debeljak, J., 2010, Combating transnational crime in the Greater Mekong Subregion: the cases of Laos and Cambodia, in Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives, eds Leslie Holmes, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 133-152.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2010, Controlling migration by sea: the Australian case, in Extraterritorial Immigration Control: Legal Challenges, eds Bernard Ryan & Valsamis Mitsilegas, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 347-374.

Carmi, N., Kneebone, S., 2010, Immigration laws, in Immigration and Nation Building: Australia and Israel Compared, eds Andrew Markus and Moshe Semyonov, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 46-68.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2010, Refugees and displaced persons: the refugee definition and 'humanitarian' protection, in Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law, eds Sarah Joseph and Adam McBeth, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 215-240.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2009, Conclusion on the rule of law, in Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives, eds Susan Kneebone, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 281-309.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2009, Introduction: Refugees and asylum seekers in the international context - rights and realities, in Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives, eds Susan Kneebone, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-31.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2009, The Australian story: Asylum seekers outside the law, in Refugees, Asylum Seekers and The Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives, eds Susan Kneebone, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 171-227.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2009, The rule of law and the role of law: Refugees and asylum seekers, in Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives, eds Susan Kneebone, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 32-77.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2009, Woman's three faces: actress, victim and refugee. Contribution to the debate on human trade, in Contemporary International Migration: A Complex Dynamic at the Heart of Globalisation, eds Francois Crepeau, Delphine Nakache at Idil Atak, Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, pp. 39-69.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2008, The Legal and Ethical Implications of Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Seekers: The Safe Third Country Concept, in Forced Migration, Human Rights and Security, eds Jane McAdam, Hart Publishers, Oxford UK & Portland Oregon, pp. 129-154.

Kneebone, S.Y., Pickering, S.J., 2007, Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific Plan, in New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead, eds Susan Kneebone and Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei, Berghahn Books, United States, pp. 167-187. View Publication

Kneebone, S.Y., 2007, Conclusion: challenges ahead, in New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead, eds Susan Kneebone and Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 221-229. View Publication

Kneebone, S.Y., Rawlings-Sanaei, F.A., 2007, Introduction: Regionalism as a Response to a Global Challenge, in New Regionalism and Asylum Seekers: Challenges Ahead, eds Susan Kneebone and Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei, Berghahn Books, United States, pp. 1-24.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2006, Is the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal 'institutionally' biased?, in Forced Migration and Global Processes: A View from Forced Migration Studies, eds Francois Crepeau, Delphone Nakache, Michael Collyer, Nathaniel H Goetz, Art Hansen, Renu Modi, Aninia Nadig, Sanja Spoljar-Vrzina and Loes H M van Willigen, Lexington Books, Lanham MD USA, pp. 237-262.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2003, Moving beyond the state: refugees, accountability and protection, in The Refugees Convention 50 Years On: Globalisation and International Law, eds Susan Kneebone, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot England, pp. 279-311.

Curran, L., Kneebone, S.Y., 2003, Overview, in The Refugees Convention 50 Years On: Globalisation and International Law, eds Susan Kneebone, Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot England, pp. 1-18.

Kneebone, S.Y., Allotey, P., 2003, Refugee health, humanitarianism, and human rights, in The Health of Refugees: Public Health Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement, eds Pascale Allotey, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-13.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1999, Administrative Law and the Rule of Law: Still Part the Same Package: Introduction, in Administrative Law and the Rule of Law: Still Part of the Same Package?, Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-9.

Journal Articles

Kneebone, S.Y., 2012, Introduction migrant workers between states in search of exit and integration strategies in South East Asia, Asian Journal of Social Science [P], vol 40, issue 4, Brill, Leiden Netherlands, pp. 367-391. View Publication

McKay, F., Thomas, S., Kneebone, S., 2012, 'It would be okay if they came through the proper channels': community perceptions and attitudes toward asylum seekers in Australia, Journal Of Refugee Studies [P], vol 25, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 113-133. View Publication

Kneebone, S.Y., 2012, Outing off-shore processing: the High Court of Australia defines the role of the Refugee Convention, Tottel's Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law [P], vol 26, issue 2, Bloomsbury Professional Ltd, Haywards Heath UK, pp. 156-174.

McKay, F., Thomas, S., Holland, K., Warwick Blood, R., Kneebone, S., 2011, “AIDS assassins”: Australian media's portrayal of HIV-positive refugees who deliberately infect others, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies [E], vol 9, issue 1, Routledge, New York City USA, pp. 20-37. View Publication

Kneebone, S.Y., 2010, Governance beyond boundaries, Refugee Survey Quarterly [P], vol 29, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-11.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2010, The governance of labor migration in Southeast Asia, Global Governance [P], vol 16, issue 3, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc, Boulder, CO, USA, pp. 383-396.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2010, The refugee-trafficking nexus: Making good (the) connections, Refugee Survey Quarterly [P], vol 29, issue 1, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 137-160.

Kneebone, S., 2010, The trafficking-refugee nexus: when return and reintegration becomes refoulement, Alliance News, vol July 2010, issue 33, GAATW, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 24-26.

McSherry, B.M., Kneebone, S.Y., 2008, Trafficking in Women and Forced Migration: Moving Victims across the Border of Crime into the Domain of Human Rights, The International Journal of Human Rights, vol 12, issue 1, Routledge Taylor and Francis, London UK, pp. 67-87.

Kneebone, S.Y., McDowell, C., Morrell, G., 2006, A Mediterranean solution? Chances of success, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol 18, issue 3 / 4, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 492-508.

Hay, E.L., Kneebone, S.Y., 2006, Refugee status in Australia and the cessation provisions: QAAH of 2004 v MIMIA, Alternative Law Journal, vol 31, issue 3, Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 147-152.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2006, The Pacific Plan: the provision of 'effective protection'?, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol 18, issue 3 / 4, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 696-721.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2005, Ruddock and others v Taylor, The Sydney Law Review, vol 27, issue 1, Lawbook Co., Rozelle NSW Australia, pp. 143-166.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2005, What we have done with the Refugee Convention: the Australian way, Law in Context, vol 22, issue 2, The Federation Press, Annandale NSW Australia, pp. 83-119.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2005, Women within the refugee construct: Exclusionary inclusion' in policy and practice - The Australian experience, International Journal of Refugee Law, vol 17, issue 1, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 7-42.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2004, The rights of strangers refugees: citizenship and nationality, Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol 10, issue 1, LexisNexis Butterworths, Chatswood NSW Australia, pp. 33-61.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2003, Believable tales: credibility and proving a well-founded fear of persecution, Migration Action, vol 25, issue 3, Ecumenical Migration Centre, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 4-11. View Publication

Kneebone, S.Y., 2002, Natural justice and non-citizens: a matter of integrity?, Melbourne University Law Review, vol 26, issue 2, Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 355-380.

Krause, D., Knott, I.D., Kneebone, S.Y., 2002, Refugee determination processes - a view across the Tasman, Alternative Law Journal, vol 27, issue 5, Legal Service Bulletin, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 220-226.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2001, What is the basis of judicial review?, Public Law Review, vol 12, issue 2, Lawbook Co., Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 95-112.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2000, The liability of local government as an occupier of public land, Local Government Law Journal, vol 6 issue 1, LBC Information Services, Pyrmont NSW Australia, pp. 17-30.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1998, The Refugee Review Tribunal and the Assessment of Credibility: An Inquisitorial Role?, Australian Journal of Administrative Law, vol 5 issue 2, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 78-96.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1997, Refugee test and the 'one child policy': Applicant A v Minister for Immigration, Australian Journal of Administrative Law, vol 4, LBC Information Services, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 173-180.

Conference Proceedings

Kneebone, S.Y., 2003, Women within the refugee construct: at the margin of non-citizenship, From Study to Forum Australian Women and Citizenship, 25 April 2003 to 26 April 2003, The Australian Federation of University Women, http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/history/publications/AFUWPapers/index.html, pp. 1-12.

Kneebone, S.Y., 2000, Judicial review: common law or constitutional doctrine?, Sunrise or Sunset? Administrative Law in the New Millennium: Proceedings of the 2000 National Administrative Law Forum, Adelaide SA, 15-16 June 2000, Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 116-130.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1999, Consumers Remedies in the Contracting State: The "Shield of the Crown" and the Woodlands decision, Administrative Law and the Rule of Law: Still Part of the Same Package?, Melbourne VIC 18-19 June 1998, Australian Institute of Administrative Law Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 212-238.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1999, Refugees, Natural Justice and Sovereignty: Fundamental or Substantial Justice?, Fifth World Congress, "Constitutionalism, Universalism and Democracy", Rotterdam The Netherlands, 12-16 July 1999, International Association of Constitutional Law, Rotterdam Netherland, pp. 1-23.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1997, A Commentary on Proportionality: Protection of Common Law Rights or 'Chipping Away at the Diceyan Edifice', Administrative Law: Setting the Pace or being left behind?, April 1996, Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 168-191.

Other

Kneebone, S., O'Sullivan, M., Penovic, T., 2011, Submission to Inquiry into the Agreement Between Australia and Malaysia on the Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Malaysia, Monash University, Clayton Melb Australia, pp. 1-22.

Debeljak, J.F., Kneebone, S.Y., Cullen, M., Ransom, M.A., 2009, The legislative framework for combatting trafficking in persons, background paper for workshop, Castan Centre for Human Rights, Monash University.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1999, Inquiry into Migration Legislation Amendment Bills, Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Canberra ACT Australia.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1999, Inquiry into Migration Legislation Amendment Bills, Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1997, Procedural fairness considerations in assessing an applicant's credibility in the refugee status determination process, Immigration Decision-Making - the Department, the Tribunals and the Courts, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1997, Retreat from Justice: Removing Judicial Review, Liberty Seminar, Refugee Week, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Kneebone, S.Y., 1997, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on Migration Legislation Amendment Bills (nos 4 & 5) 1997, Senate Submission, Canberra ACT Australia.

Activities

University committee

Member
Human Ethics Committee
Monash

Grants

Title:

Australia's Response to Trafficking in Women: Towards A Model for the Regulation of Forced Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Investigators:

Debeljak, J, Kneebone, S, McSherry, B

Funding:

(2006 - 2010). ACIL Australia Pty Ltd.

(2006 - 2010). Attorney General Department.

(2006 - 2010). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2006 - 2010). Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

(2006 - 2010). World Vision Australia.

Title:

Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons in Australia and Beyond: Obstacles, Opportunities and Alternatives.

Investigators:

Debeljak, J, Kneebone, S

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Attorney General Department.

Title:

Delivering Effective Protection to Victims and Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region.

Investigators:

Kneebone, S

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid).

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2009 - 2013). International Organization for Migration (IOM).

(2009 - 2013). United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP).

Title:

Fair Procedures for Refugee Status Determinations.

Investigators:

Kneebone, S, Legomsky, S

Funding:

(2002 - 2006). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Judicial Administration & Proportionality.

Investigators:

Parker, S, Kneebone, S, Epstein, J, Smyth, R

Funding:

(2002 - 2006). Australian Institute of Judicial Administration Inc.

Title:

Law, Governance and Regulation of Intra-regional Labour Migration in South East Asia: An Agenda for Protection and Development.

Investigators:

Kneebone, S

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Natural justice and refugee status determination: Implementation of Australia's international obligations.

Investigators:

Kneebone, S

Funding:

(1998 - 1998). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

The Asylum Seeker in the Legal System: A Comparative and Theoretical Study.

Investigators:

Kneebone, S

Funding:

(2006 - 2010). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2006 - 2010). Monash University.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A Rule of Law Model for Protection Status Determination by the Refugee Review Tribunal.

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main), Groves, M (Associate).

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:

Ethiopia's response to human trafficking: Towards effective criminalisation and protection..

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Hannah Arendt's contribution to thinking about non-citizens in law and politics..

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main), Janover, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Out of sign, out of right: the United States' migrant interdiction program in international waters and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Supervisors:

Emerton, P (Main), Mcbeth, A (Associate), Kneebone, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Settlement of African refugees and humanitarian entrants in Australia: expectations, experiences and (community) integration.

Supervisors:

Flynn, C (Main), Kneebone, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The role of human rights in protecting children on the move to Thailand.

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

De Zwart, F.

Program of Study:

Failure to Exercise Statutory Powers: The Application of Negligence Principles and "Salient Features".. 2004.

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main).

Student:

Mckay, F.

Program of Study:

An investigation of the influences of attitudes and opinions toward asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

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

Student:

O'Sullivan, M.

Program of Study:

Cessation of refugee status under Article 1C(5) of the 1951 Refugee Convention: protection from persecution or effective protection?. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main).

Student:

Sage Jacobson, S.

Program of Study:

Administrative justice at the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Kneebone, S (Main).