Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Tania Penovic is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and a Deputy Director of the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. She teaches civil procedure, torts and a number of areas of international and domestic human rights law, including women's rights and refugee law. She has published widely on human rights, including the rights of asylum seekers, access to civil justice and women's and children's rights. Tania has been involved in a number of enquiries into federal and Victorian law reform and in professional human rights training programs for judges and Australian and international government officials.
Areas of Expertise
Civil Procedure
Human Rights Law
Refugee Law
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 2017 2020
The Indigenous Club of Learning at Port Phillip Prison
Joseph, S., 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 2003 2019
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
Tania Penovic (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
Tania Penovic (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
Tania Penovic (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Highly Commended for Research Impact (Economic and Social Impact)
Tania Penovic (Recipient) & Ronli Sifris (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2004 2019
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
Re-treating Literature and Politics through Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains
Tania Penovic (Invited speaker)22 May 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Panellist, Reproductive Rights Insights panel, Prison Legal Education and Assistance (PLEA) Project, with Dr Sue Matthews, Chief Executive, Royal Women’s Hospital and Sam Habteslassie, Maurice Blackburn, Melbourne Law School, 22 October 2019
Tania Penovic (Contributor)22 Oct 2019
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
XXXVI International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Rome
Tania Penovic (Speaker)22 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Global Negotiations on Refugee Rights: Isolationism and the Development of Legal Norms,
Tania Penovic (Invited speaker)11 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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