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Personal profile
Biography
Joanna is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University and a member of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. Her research focuses upon how laws might enable or preclude accountability and remedy for gross human rights abuses, particularly when abuses occur in the context of global business activities. This involves research in the areas of business and human rights, international, transnational and comparative criminal law, tort law, and transitional justice. She also researches in the areas of climate change, legal philosophy, and animal law.
She is the author of Corporations, Accountability and International Criminal Law: Industry and Atrocity (Edward Elgar, 2021) and a co-author of the student oriented Contemporary Australian Tort Law (CUP, 2020). She has been an invited expert on a number of international collaborative projects including the African Court Research Initiative (Florida University, 2015-2017); Rethinking Secondary Liability for International Crimes (Amsterdam University, 2020-2023); and Transnational Advocacy Networks and Corporate Accountability for Major International Crimes (ERC Consolidator Grant, 2021-2026). She is a member of the Human Rights Team of the Olympic Compliance Task Force.
Prior to joining Monash, Joanna practiced as a solicitor in both private and community legal settings.
A selection of her publications can be found here.
Research interests
Business and Human Rights
International and Comparative Criminal Law
Tort Law
Transitional Justice
Climate Change and Human Rights
Animal Law
Monash teaching commitment
Torts
International Criminal Law
Animal Law
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Animal Law
- Corporations and Human Rights
- International Criminal Law and Justice
- Torts Law
- Transitional Justice
Network
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Voiceless, The Animal Protection Institute
Kyriakakis, J. & Parker, C.
Voiceless - The Animal Protection Institute
27/11/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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From soft law to hard law in business and human rights and the challenge of corporate power
Joseph, S. & Kyriakakis, J., Jun 2023, In: Leiden Journal of International Law. 36, 2, p. 335-361 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Australia: tort law filling a human rights void
Joseph, S. & Kyriakakis, J., 2022, Civil Remedies and Human Rights In Flux: Key Legal Developments in Selected Jurisdictions. Aristova, E. & Grušić, U. (eds.). 1st ed. UK: Hart, p. 43-65 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Command responsibility, Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, and the Brereton Report
Guilfoyle, D., Kyriakakis, J. & O'Brien, M., 2022, In: International Law Studies. 99, p. 220-283 64 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Corporations, Accountability and International Criminal Law: Industry and Atrocity
Kyriakakis, J., 2021, 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 298 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Atrocities and victim redress: the opportunities and challenges of international criminal justice
Kyriakakis, J., 2020, Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business. Deva, S. & Birchall, D. (eds.). 1st ed. Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 513-533 21 p. (Research Handbooks in Human Rights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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TCLG submission on ALRC Discussion Paper 87 on Corporate Criminal Responsibility
Liz Campbell (Contributor), Jonathan Clough (Contributor) & Joanna Kyriakakis (Contributor)
31 Jan 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries