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Prof

John Tobin

Francine V Mcniff Chair In Human Rights Law
Law
law
government & law
social sciences
commercial surrogacy
arrangements
international law
human rights law
women's rights
parent-child relationships
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Prof

John Tobin

 
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Law
 
Primary Interest
Economic Social and Cultural Rights (especially the Right to Health and Education)
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Projects

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Children's Rights: From Theory to Practice

Children's rights are important but their scope contested. This project will clarify their meaning. It will provide guidance to legislators,..

2012 - 2017
Completed
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FGM in Regional Australia: Research to Practice

2013 - 2014
Completed

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Project Types

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Scholarly Works

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Subverting Legal Paternalism

Samara Hand, John Tobin

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The stories shared in the Ngaga-dji Report portray a youth justice system that is overly punitive and entrenches cycles of disadva..

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Understanding children’s rights in early childhood

Margaret Coady, John Tobin

Book Chapter  |  2019

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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Commentary

John Tobin

Book  |  2019

In doing so, it draws on the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, international, regional, and domestic courts, acade..

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Children’s Right to Health

John Tobin

Book Chapter  |  2019

The aim of this chapter is to, first, examine the meaning of the right to health for children and, second, explore the practical wa..

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Academics call for an end to immigration detention

Philomena Murray, Claire Loughnan, Jordana Silverstein, Louise Newman, John Tobin

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018

Researchers from universities around Australia are adding their voices to the groundswell of concern about the country’s treatment..

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Still Getting to Know You: Global Health Law and the Right to Health

John Tobin

Book Chapter  |  2018

What is the relevance of the human right to health to global health law? In many respects the answer is obvious. If the aspiration..

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Fixed Concepts but Changing Conceptions: Understanding the Relationship Between Children and Parents under the CRC

J Tobin

Book Chapter  |  2017

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The Development of Children's Rights

J Tobin

Book Chapter  |  2017

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Children and the law of armed conflict: Looking beyond the protection paradigm

J Tobin, E Luke

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Understanding children' s rights: A vision beyond vulnerability

J Tobin

Journal article  |  2015  |  Nordic Journal of International Law

The idea of children' s vulnerability played a critical role in motivating the adoption of the un Convention on the Rights of a Ch..

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Keyword Analysis

International and Comparative Law
Justice and the Law
Health Services and Systems
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Other Human Society
Other Law and Legal Studies
Public Health
Legal Systems
Other Culture and Society
Other Law, Politics and Community Services

News

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COVID-19 and curfews

John Tobin

COVID-19 is clearly a public health issue. But, is it also a human rights issue? For the protestors outside Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembranc..

September 25, 2020
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Academics call for an end to immigration detention

Philomena Murray, Claire Loughnan, Jordana Silverstein, Louise Newman AM, John Tobin

Australia’s policy of detaining refuges and asylum seekers in offshore facilities is tarnishing our reputation internationally and, more wor..

October 16, 2018
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Children entitled to a life where their rights are protected

John Tobin

The abuse of children at the Northern Territory’s Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre is not an aberration. It provides another illustration ..

July 26, 2016
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Credentials

Positions

Francine V Mcniff Chair In Human Rights Law

Law

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Laws

University of London

Bachelor of Commerce/Law (Honours)

University of Melbourne

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