Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Tania Penovic is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Acting 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 and refugee law. 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 → 30/08/20
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
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
Leave granted to appear as amicus curiae in the case of Clubb v Edwards
Penovic, T., Sifris, R. & Henckels, C., 2018, 11 p.Research output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access
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)
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
Entrenching the protection of privacy, safety and dignity: safe access zones in Australia
Tania Penovic (Contributor)
29 Aug 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Children by Choice
Tania Penovic (Speaker)
1 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Oral testimony elaborating on our submission to the committee (authored with Dr Caroline Henckels)
Tania Penovic (Speaker), & Ronli Sifris (Speaker)
29 Oct 2019
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Submission to Government of Western Australia, Safe Access Zones: Proposal for Reform in WA on behalf of Castan Centre for Human Rights Law
Tania Penovic (Contributor), & Ronli Sifris (Contributor)
16 May 2019
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press / Media
Australia and New Zealand to loosen abortion laws
9/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Just Cases Podcast; EPISODE 14: "Now free speech has been killed as well" 12 July 2019 (with Dr Caroline Henckels, co-hosted by Melissa Castan and James Pattison)
Tania Penovic, Caroline Henckels, Melissa Castan & James Pattison
12/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
Abortion centre safe access zones upheld in High Court
12/04/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
‘High Court delivers landmark ruling validating abortion clinic ‘safe access zones’ The Conversation, 12 April 2019
Caroline Henckels, Ronli Sifris & Tania Penovic
12/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Anti-abortion activists lose High Court challenge to scrap buffer zones
10/04/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment