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Susan Harris-Rimmer

Susan Harris-Rimmer Research Officer Project : Building Democracy & Justice After Conflict Contact details: Email: susan.harris-rimmer@anu.edu.au Short biography Full publication list RegNet profile

Short biography

Susan Harris Rimmer graduated from the University of Queensland in 1997 with a BA (Hons)/LLB (Hons) and received a University Medal in 1996. After some volunteer work with the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Kenya and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Susan did her articles of clerkship with national law firm Blake Dawson Waldron and was admitted as a solicitor in March 2000.

Since then, Susan has pursued human rights/refugee advocacy work with the peak bodies the National Council of Churches in Australia, the Australian Council for International Development and the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR. From 2005 until 2008, Susan was a Research Specialist at the Parliamentary Library advising Federal Parliamentarians on legal issues relating to refugees and terrorism, as well as analysing legislation in Bills Digests. Susan also serves on committees in a voluntary capacity for the Australian Red Cross and is President of national NGO Australian Lawyers for Human Rights. Susan was selected to participate in the 2020 Summit to discuss the Future of Australian Governance.

Susan will receive a Doctor of Juridical Science from the ANU College of Law for her thesis "Transitional Justice and the Women of East Timor" in December 2008. Susan was chosen as the winner of the Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on the Human Rights of Women for 2006. Her work in CIGJ will provide a feminist perspective on transitional justice processes.

Selected Publications

Books

Gender and Transitional Justice: The Women of East Timor (Routledge, 2010)

Thesis

Transitional Justice and the Women of East Timor

Appendix

Articles

“Orphans” or Veterans?: Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor, Texas International Law Journal (2007)

Response to Nehal Bhuta - Hamstrung Justice (with John Pace), Alternative Law Journal (2003)

Tampering with the Racism Conference., Social Alternatives (2003)

Debating the relationship between human rights and aid in Australia (with Jane Hearn), Development Bulletin (2002)

Contributions to Books

S. Harris Rimmer, 'Comment: Examining the character of Australian citizens' (2009) Public Law Review 20(2): 95-100.[Pdf available]

S. Harris Rimmer, 'Beloved Madam: The Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Court' in William Binchy (ed) Timor Leste: Challenges for Justice and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past. Dublin: Clarus Press, 2009: pp 427-473.

"Orphans" or Veterans?: Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor, Born of War (2007)

The Role of UNHCR, The Challenge of Armed Conflict: International Law Responds. (2006)

East Timorese Women and the Catholic Church, Mixed Blessing: Women, Religion and the Law in South East Asia. (2005)

Untold Numbers: East Timorese Women and Transitional Justice, Global Issues, Women and Justice. (2004)

Rule Of Law On Peace Operations: An NGO Perspective. (with Jennifer Wells) , The Rule of Law on Peace Operations: A “Challenge of Peace Operations’ Project Conference. (2002)

Other Publications

Aftermath Timor Leste: reconciling competing notions of justice Parliamentary Library E-Brief (with Juli Effi Tomaras) (2007)