Ms Azadeh Dastyari - Researcher Profile

Biography

Azadeh Dastyari's main area of interest is international and domestic law relating to the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees.  She is the recipient of a HG Walker Fulbright Scholarship (awarded to the highest ranking postgraduate Fulbright scholar) and the Lionel Murphy Scholarship.  She is a co-founder of RAVN, the Refugee Advocacy Volunteer Network at the University of  Sydney, which provides legal assistance to refugees and asylum seekers, and was a member of the founding collective for North West Friends of Refugees.  Azadeh is an Associate of the Castan Centre and has worked closely with various NGO's since 1999 in the refugee area, including in voluntary capacities with Amnesty International, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Refugee Advocacy and Casework Services.  Azadeh is a co-author (with Dr Mary Cook and Dr Ben Saul) of Future Seekers 11: Refugees and Irregular Migration in Australia (Federation Press, 2006).

A selection of Ms Dastyari's publications is available on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=639808

 

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Keywords

Human Rights, Refugee Law, Torts

Qualifications

DIP PDLP

Institution: University of Technology Sydney

Year awarded: 2005

LLB (HON1)

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2003

BA

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2002

Publications

Books

Crock, M.E., Saul, B., Dastyari, A., 2006, Future Seekers II: Refugees and Irregular Migration in Australia, Federation Press, Annandale NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Dastyari, A., 2008, Out of sight, out of right? Who can be held accountable for detainees harmed on Nauru?, in Asylum Seekers: International Perspectives on Interdiction and Deterrence, eds Alperhan Babacan and Linda Briskman, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 82-96.

Journal Articles

Dastyari, A., Effeney, L., 2012, Immigration detention in Guantanamo Bay (not going anywhere anytime soon), Shima: the international journal of research into island cultures, vol 6, issue 2, Division of Research, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW Australia, pp. 49-65.

Penovic, T., Dastyari, A., 2007, Boatloads of incongruity: the evolution of Australia's offshore processing regime, Australian Journal of Human Rights, vol 13, issue 1, LexisNexis, Chatswood NSW, pp. 33-62.

McSherry, B.M., Dastyari, A., 2007, Providing mental health services and psychiatric care to immigration detainees: What tort law requires, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol 14, issue 2, Australian Academic Press, Bowen Hills Qld Australia, pp. 260-271.

Dastyari, A., 2007, Swapping refugees: the implications of the 'Atlantic Solution', The UTS Law Review [P], vol 9, issue 1, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, pp. 93-105.

Conference Proceedings

Dastyari, A., 2007, Offshore processing an Australian phenomenon, Human Rights 2006: The Year in Review, 1 December 2006, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Vic Australia, pp. 91-114.

Teaching Commitment

Australian legal system (LLM) (LAW7212)

Introduction to legal reasoning (LAW1101)