Dr Susan Harris Rimmer is the Manager of Advocacy and Development Practice at the
Australian Council for International Development, peak body for Australian development
NGOs. She is also a Visting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Justice
in RegNet at the Australian National University. She is the outgoing President of
national voluntary NGO Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, and an outgoing board member
of Un Women National Committee Australia. She has fourteen years experience as a lawyer,
researcher, campaigner and policy analyst (NCCA, ACFID, UNHCR and Parliament), most of
which has been in the human rights, refugee and women’s sectors. She has specialist
knowledge in the fields of international law (especially transitional justice), human
rights and anti-discrimination law and policy, refugee and migration law and policy, law
reform and Parliamentary processes, a rights-based approach to development, social policy
and the strengthening of civil society movements, especially through the promotion of
women’s leadership. 

Articles

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Character as Destiny: The dangers of character tests in Commonwealth law, Weekend of Ideas, Manning Clarke House (2008)
 

Response to Nehal Bhuta - Hamstrung Justice (with John Pace), Alternative Law Journal (2003)
 

Tampering with the Racism Conference., Social Alternatives (2003)
 

Debating the relationship between human rights and aid in Australia (with Jane Hearn), Development Bulletin (2002)
 

Books

Contributions to Books

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Surfacing Gender in the Constitution of Timor Leste, The Constitution of Timor Leste (2009)
 

Beloved Madam: Gender Issues at the Indonesian ad hoc Human Rights Court, Timor-Leste: Issues of Justice and Human Rights. (2008)
 

The Role of UNHCR, The Challenge of Armed Conflict: International Law Responds. (2006)
 

Popular Press

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Australia's Guantanamo dilemma, ABC Unleashed (2009)
 

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Clear case for reform, Canberra Times (2008)
 

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Book Review - Human Rights Overboard, Centre for Policy Development 'InSight' (2008)
 

Research Briefs

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After the Guns Fall Silent: SGBV in TImor Leste, TLAVA Issue Brief 5 (2010)
 

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The Dangers of Character Tests, Discussion Paper 101 (2008)
 

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Spy versus spy: Government control of sensitive information, Australian Parliamentary Library Research Brief (2006)
 

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Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005 (with Ann Palmer, Angus Martyn, Jerome Davidson, Roy Jordan, and Moira Coombs) (2005)
 

Presentations

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Evidence to Inquiry into whistleblowing protections within the Australian Government public sector, House Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (2008)
 

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Diminishing Conflict in Timor Leste, Diminishing Conflict Series (2008)