Dianne Otto

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School

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185 Pelham Street, Carlton

Victoria, Victoria 3010

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Feminist Approaches to International Law

U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 716
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2021
Karen Engle, Vasuki Nesiah and Dianne Otto
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, New York University (NYU) - The Gallatin School and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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feminisms, postcolonial, anti-imperial, queer theory, sex positive, carceral, militarization, crisis, global governance, quotidian violence, sexual harm

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Women's Rights

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 459
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2010
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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International Law, Human Rights, Women's Rights, Anti-Discrimintion Law

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International Human Rights Law: Towards Rethinking Sex/Gender Dualism and Asymmetry

Forthcoming in A Research Companion to Feminist Legal Theory, M. Davies and V. Munro (eds.), Ashgate 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 620
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2013
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international law, feminist, women

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The Exile of Inclusion: Reflections on Gender Issues in International Law Over the Last Decade

Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2009, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 431
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Nov 2009
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international law, security council, gender, sexual violence, armed conflict, women's rights

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Women, Peace and Security: A Critical Analysis of the Security Council's Vision

Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, F Ni Aolain, N Cahn, D Hayes and N Valji (eds), Oxford University Press (Forthcoming), U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 705
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Jul 2015
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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women, peace, security

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Gender Issues and International Human Rights: An Overview

Human Rights Law Series, Edward Elgar (2012), U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 606
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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human rights, international law, feminist

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In Search of 'Effective Remedies': Applying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Australia

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 May 2001
Dianne Otto and David Wiseman
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School and University of Windsor - Faculty of Law
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international, covenant, economic, social, cultural, rights Australia

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'Gender Comment': Why Does the Un Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Need a General Comment on Women?

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 16 Jul 2002
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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gender, discrimination

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Between Pleasure and Danger: Lesbian Human Rights

European Human Rights Law Review, Issue 6, 2014, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 707
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 May 2015
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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human rights, queer, feminist, gender

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Remapping Crisis Through a Feminist Lens

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 527
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 17 Feb 2011
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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crisis, international law, human rights

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Securing the Gender Legitimacy of the Un Security Council: Prising Gender from its Historical Moorings

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Sep 2004
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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United Nations, gender legitimacy, United Nations Security Council, gender, feminism, women, peace, security, Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, Afghanistan, East Timor

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Power and Danger: Feminist Engagement with International Law Through the UN Security Council

Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol. 32, pp. 97-121, 2010, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 497
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2010
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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human rights, feminist peace, international law

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Handmaidens, Hierarchies and Crossing the Public-Private Divide in the Teaching of International Law

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Feb 2001
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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International, law, public, private, teaching

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Homelessness and Human Rights: Engaging Human Rights Discourse in the Australian Context

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Jan 2003
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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Deconstructing the Logic of Responding to One Threat with Another: The Perils of Countering Terrorism by Eroding Human Rights

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 235, HUMAN RIGHTS 2006: THE YEAR IN REVIEW, Marius Smith, ed., pp. 115-154, Monash University, 2007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jun 2007
Joo-Cheong Tham and Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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human rights, counter-terrorism, laws, Australia

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The Sexual Tensions of UN Peace Support Operations: A Plea for 'Sexual Positivity'

XVIII Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Forthcoming, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 441
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 11 Dec 2009
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international law, gender, sexuality, human rights, peacekeeping, sexual violence

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Transnational Homo-Assemblages: Reading 'Gender' in Counter-Terrorism Discourses

Jindal Global Law Review, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2013, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 656
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Aug 2013
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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gender, sexuality

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Addressing Homelessness: Does Australia's Indirect Implementation of Human Rights Comply with its International Obligations?

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jul 2003
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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A Queer Feminist Perspective on the Productivity of Crisis for International Law and Its Resistive Possibilities

International Law and Its Discontents: Confronting Crisis, Barbara Stark (ed), Cambridge University Press, 2015, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 713
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 22 Aug 2015
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international law, crisis, feminist, queer

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Institutional Partnership or Critical Seepages?: The Role of Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisations in the United Nations

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: SIX DECADES AFTER THE UDHR AND BEYOND, M. Baderin and M. Ssenyonjo, eds., Ashgate, 2010, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 532
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2013
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international human rights, non-governmental organisations

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Protecting Human Rights and Countering Terrorism: Australia's Contradictory Approaches to Implementing its International Legal Obligations

Valparaiso University Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 440
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Dec 2009
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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international law, security council, Australia, human rights, counter-terrorism, obligations

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In Search of ‘Effective Remedies’: Applying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to Australia

“In Search of ‘Effective Remedies’: Applying the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to Australia” co-authored with Dianne Otto, (2001) 7:1 Australian Journal of Human Rights, 5-46., U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 28 May 2013
Dianne Otto and David Wiseman
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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international, covenant, economic, social, cultural, rights Australia

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Celebrating Complexity

U of Melbourne Legal Studies Research Paper No. 610
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2012
Dianne Otto
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School
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gender, human rights, terrorism, social justice