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Gabrielle McKinnon

 

Gabrielle McKinnon Research Associate Project : Australia's First Bill of Rights - Director Building Democracy & Justice After Conflict Contact details: Email: Gabrielle.McKinnon@anu.edu.au Currently on extended leave Short biography Full publication list RegNet profile

 

Short biography

Gabrielle McKinnon is a Research Associate working on the ARC linkage project Australia's first bill of rights: Assessing the impact of the Australian Capital Territory's Human Rights Act. This project will assess the development, implementation and impact of the new ACT Human Rights Act over a four year period. A key aspect of the project will be to develop a framework to assess the contribution of this Act to the enjoyment of human rights in the ACT. Gabrielle also works on the Building Democracy and Justice After Conflict project and has recently looked at constitutional development in Bougainville.

Gabrielle graduated from the ANU with first class honours in law, and is an accredited specialist practitioner in the field of children’s law. She has most recently practiced as a children’s solicitor at Marrickville Legal Centre in NSW. Gabrielle is a member of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council of NSW and has been a member of the steering committee for the Non Government report to the UN on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She has convened the National Youth Advocates Network and the Youth Justice Coalition of NSW. Gabrielle has also practiced in intellectual property law at Freehills solicitors in Sydney.

 

Full publication listing:

 

Books

Byrnes, A., Charlesworth, H. & McKinnon, G. 2009, Australian Bills of Rights: History, Politics, Law, UNSW Press, Sydney

 

Articles

G. McKinnon, 2008. 'Home Truths: Housing Rights under the Human Rights Act' (2008) 21(1) Parity 23.

G. McKinnon 2006. 'An Opportunity Missed? Comment on S.I. bhnf C.C v K.S. bhnf I.S [2005] ACTSC125,' Canberra Law Review, Vol. 9, pp21-30

 

Chapters in Books

A. Byrnes & G. McKinnon 2008. 'The ACT Human Rights Act 2004 and the Commonwealth Anti-Terrorism Act (No 2) 2005: A Triumph for Federalism or a Federal Triumph?' in Fresh Perspectives on the ‘War on Terror,’ eds. M. Gani & P. Matthew, ANU E Press: Canberra, pp. 361-377

G. McKinnon 2007. 'Would a Bill of Rights Enhance Social Cohesion in Australia?' in Social Cohesion in Australia, eds. J. Jupp, J. Nieuwenhuysen & E. Dawson, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp.191-203

 

Other Publications

G. McKinnon, 2008. 'Human Rights Amendments ACT 2008,' Presentation to the ACT Law Society on the Amendments to the Human Rights Act, 16 Apr.

H. Charlesworth & G. McKinnon, 2006. ' Australia's First Bill of Rights: The Australian Capital Territory's Human Rights Act', Centre for International and Public Law, Law & Policy Paper No.28, available from Federation Press

G. McKinnon, 2006. Giving Meaning to a Culture of Human Rights, ACTHRA Working Paper 3, Sept.

G. McKinnon, 2006. The ACT Human Rights Act: The Second Year, Paper presented at the Australian Bills of Rights: The ACT and Beyond Conference, ANU, 21 Jun.

G. McKinnon, 2006. Case Comment on SI bhnf CC v KS bhnf IS [2005] ACTSC 125, ACTHRA Working Paper 2, May

A. Byrnes & G. McKinnon, 2006. The ACTHRA and the Anti-Terrorism Act (No.2) 2005, ACTHRA Working Paper 1, Apr.

G. McKinnon, 2005.‘Strengthening the Human Rights Act,' Paper presented at the Human Rights Office Community Forum, 1 Jul.

G. McKinnon, 2005.‘The ACT Human Rights Act: the impact in the Courts Legislation and Policy’ [pdf], Democratic Audit Website

G. McKinnon, 2005. ‘The ACT Human Rights Act – The First Year,’ paper presented at Assessing the First Year of the ACT Human Rights ACT Conference, 29 Jul.