Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Tania Penovic is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Deputy Associate Dean (International). She teaches litigation and dispute resolution, torts and a number of areas of international and domestic human rights law, including women's rights. Dr Penovic has provided professional human rights training programs for judges and Australian and international government officials.
Dr Penovic has published numerous scholarly articles and chapters on human rights, including the rights of asylum seekers, access to civil justice, reproductive rights and children's rights. Her research has been relied upon in argument before the Constitutional Court of Chile and the European Court of Human Rights. Leave to appear as amicus curiae has been granted by the High Court of Australia with respect to her submissions and her research has been cited by the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Dr Penovic has provided twenty-six submissions to state, federal and international inquiries into law reform and appeared before parliamentary inquiries to provide expert legal advice. Her research has been cited extensively in reports of parliamentary inquiries and law reform commissions and her expert legal advice has led to changes in legislation.
Areas of Expertise
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Human Rights Law
Refugee Law
Reproductive Rights
Torts
Research interests
Human Rights
International Human Rights Law
International Law
Refugee Law
Torts
Monash teaching commitment
LAW4303 Civil procedure SEM1/T2
LAW 5359 International human rights law and women SEM1/T2
Projects
The Indigenous Club of Learning at Port Phillip Prison
Penovic, T., Trounson, J. & Munro-Harrison, E.
31/08/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Prison Homework Club
Joseph, S., Trounson, J., Munro-Harrison, E. & Penovic, T.
1/07/17 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
Research Output
Anti-abortion protest and the effectiveness of Victoria's safe access zones: an analysis
Sifris, R. & Penovic, T., 2018, In : Monash University Law Review. 44, 2, p. 317-340 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Expanding the feminisation dimension of international law: targeted anti-abortion protest as violence against women
Penovic, T. & Sifris, R., 2018, In : Cambridge International Law Journal. 7, 2, p. 241-267 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Advancing reproductive rights through legal reform: the example of abortion clinic safe access zones
Sifris, R., Penovic, T. & Henckels, C., 2020, In : University of New South Wales Law Journal. 43, 3, p. 1078-1097 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials
Colbran, S., Spender, P., Douglas, R. N., Jackson, S., O'Brien, M. T. & Penovic, T., 2019, 7th ed. Chatswood NSW Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths. 1192 p.Research output: Book/Report › Textbook › Other
Lexis Nexus Study Guide: Civil Procedure
Colbran, S., Spender, P., Jackson, S., O'Brien, M. T. & Penovic, T., 2019, 2nd ed. Australia: Lexis Nexis. 436 p.Research output: Book/Report › Textbook › Other › peer-review
Prizes
Certificate of Recognition for contribution to a large teaching unit whivh scored above the Faculty average
Penovic, Tania (Recipient), 1 Sep 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Commendation by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education) for outstanding unit evaluation Monash University Award
Penovic, Tania (Recipient), 7 Sep 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean's Award for Research Impact (Economic and Social Impact) 2020
Penovic, Tania (Recipient) & Sifris, Ronli (Recipient), 12 Aug 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Faculty of Law Teaching Award in recognition of outstanding teaching performance in the Monash Faculty of Law
Penovic, Tania (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Highly Commended for Research Impact (Economic and Social Impact)
Penovic, Tania (Recipient) & Sifris, Ronli (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Expert contribution to High Court proceedings
Tania Penovic (Contributor), Ronli Sifris (Contributor) & Caroline Henckels (Contributor)
Aug 2018
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Civil Justice Teaching and Research Conference University of New South Wales
Tania Penovic (Organiser)
13 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Submission to the OHCHR Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls: Women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in situations of crisis
Karin Frode (Contributor), Andrea Jones (Contributor), Tania Penovic (Contributor) & Ronli Sifris (Contributor)
Aug 2020
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Reproductive Rights and Liberties Workshop
Tania Penovic (Organiser)
7 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Feminist Perspectives on Reproductive Rights 2019
Tania Penovic (Organiser)
29 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
Bachelor of Laws (LLB): Explore the course in more detail with our interactive video.
31/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
• Rebecca DiGirolamo, ‘Abortion law change ‘distressing’’, The Advertiser, 21 July 2020
21/07/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch), ‘Silent prayer will shame pregnant women’ 21 July 2020
21/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Australia and New Zealand to loosen abortion laws
9/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature