Kinchin, Niamh

Overview

Niamh has been with the law school since 2009, beginning as a sessional lecturer before joining the university on a continuing basis in 2015. Her primary teaching areas are Refugee Law, Administrative Law and Constitutional Law. Niamh is currently the Discipline Leader and Academic Program Director for Law.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Administrative Justice in the UN: Procedural Protections, Gaps and Proposals for Reform

Research Areas

1801 - LAW

Research Overview

Niamh’s primary research interests are in technology, refugees and the law, administrative justice, global administrative law and public law within the international and Australian context. Her current research includes projects on law, justice and the digital transformation of the Australian migration and asylum system, and the evolution of constitutional principles in Australia.

Geographic Focus

Australia and International Continent

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Amnesty International: Digital Rights and Refugees Group Steering Committee 2021 -
ICON-S International Society of Public Law Member 2016 -
Australian Institute of Administrative Law Member 2010 -
Legal Education Associate Deans Member 2021 - 2022

Has Collaborator

Kernaghan, Ryan Dr
Tubridy, Kate P. Dr

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	'With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility': Implied Obligations and the Responsibility to Protect Published In International Organizations Law Review
2022	What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Refugee Status Determination? A Proposal for Removing Subjective Fear Published In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFUGEE LAW
2022	What can AI do for RSD? A proposal for removing subjective-fear Published In International Journal of Refugee Law
2021	A "supportive and Catalytic" Supervisor? UNHCR's Role in the Global Compact for Refugees Published In Refugee Survey Quarterly
2021	Can I Leave the House? A Coded Analysis of the Interpretation of the Reasonable Excuse Provision by NSW Police During the COVID-19 Lockdown Published In Federal Law Review
2021	Technology, Displaced? The Risks and Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Fair, Effective, and Efficient Refugee Status Determination�� Published In Law in Context
2020	Assessable Moots in Administrative Law: The Role of Student Feedback in Creating Cohesion Published In Legal Education Review
2016	The implied human rights obligations of UNHCR Published In International Journal of Refugee Law
2007	Mediation and administrative merits review: an impossible goal? Published In Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
2007	More than Writing on a Wall - Evaluating the role that codes of ethics play in securing accountability of public sector decision makers Published In Australian Journal of Public Administration

Book

Year	Title
2018	Administrative Justice in the UN: Procedural Protections, Gaps and Proposals for Reform Publisher United Kingdom
2018	Administrative justice in the UN: Procedural protections, gaps and proposals for reform Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapter

Year	Title
2022	Accountability & the Digital Transformation of International Organizations Published In Handbook on Governance in International Organization Publisher UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc
2018	According to law Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	According to values the community accepts as just Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Introduction: ‘All is forgiven’: administrative decision-making without administrative law Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Table of decisions Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Table of instruments Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The Formal Internal Justice System of the UN Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The Investigations Division of the Office of Internal Oversight Services Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The UN Security Council and targeted sanctions Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	UNHCR and refugee status determination Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2016	UNHCR and the complexity of accountability in the global space Published In UNCHR and the Struggle for Accountability: Technology, Law & Results-Based Management Publisher https://www.routledge.com/UNHCR-and-the-Struggle-for-Accountability-Technology-law-and-results-based/Sandvik-Jacobsen/p/book/9781138911529

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	The Intersectionality of Domestic and Global Accountability: UNHCR and Australian Refugee Status Determination Published In 2016 AIAL National Administrative Law Conference
2014	UNHCR as a Subsidiary Organ of the UN: Plurality, Complexity and Accountability Published In IRPA Working Paper GAL Series n. 4/2013

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2019	2018 Law & Society, Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Conference Awarded by: Ian Potter Foundation Funding Scheme: Conference Grant

Other Research Activities

UOW Advancement and Equity Grant Scheme for Research (AEGiS) 2022 CDI 2022 - 2023

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Refugee Law, Technology and Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law (UN system, Human Rights

Teaching Activities

Refugee Law Subject coordinator 2018 -
Administrative Law Subject coordinator 2009 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Confronting the ghosts and horrible misdeeds of our past: The National Apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and its relationship to leadership, legitimacy and legacy	Bryant, Lachlan
Doctor of Philosophy	The Adoption of Electronic Arbitration System as a Solution for Electronic Commerce Disputes: The Case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Aldosari, Basmah Mubarak A

Professional Service Activities

School of Law, Faculty of Business and Law Discipline Leader/Academic Program Director 2021 - 2022

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Law, University of New South Wales, School of Law, Plurality, Accountability and UNHCR 2008 - 2014
Master of Philosophy in Administrative Law, The University of Sydney, Department of Law 2005 - 2006
LL.B. in Law, Western Sydney University, School of Law, Honours Class 1 1999 - 2003
B.A. in Social Science Tourism and Recreation, University of Newcastle, Faculty of Social Sciences 1991 - 1994

Credentials

Legal Practitioner, NSW, 2002

Awards And Honors

Grotius Visiting Scholar, conferred by University of Michigan, 2019

Teaching Overview

I teach and lead a large, compulsory law subject (Administrative Law) as well as an elective that focuses on a discrete area of law (Refugee Law).

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5725-3162 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Administrative Justice in the UN: Procedural Protections, Gaps and Proposals for Reform

Research Areas

1801 - LAW

Research Overview

Niamh’s primary research interests are in technology, refugees and the law, administrative justice, global administrative law and public law within the international and Australian context. Her current research includes projects on law, justice and the digital transformation of the Australian migration and asylum system, and the evolution of constitutional principles in Australia.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	'With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility': Implied Obligations and the Responsibility to Protect Published In International Organizations Law Review
2022	What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Refugee Status Determination? A Proposal for Removing Subjective Fear Published In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFUGEE LAW
2022	What can AI do for RSD? A proposal for removing subjective-fear Published In International Journal of Refugee Law
2021	A "supportive and Catalytic" Supervisor? UNHCR's Role in the Global Compact for Refugees Published In Refugee Survey Quarterly
2021	Can I Leave the House? A Coded Analysis of the Interpretation of the Reasonable Excuse Provision by NSW Police During the COVID-19 Lockdown Published In Federal Law Review
2021	Technology, Displaced? The Risks and Potential of Artificial Intelligence for Fair, Effective, and Efficient Refugee Status Determination�� Published In Law in Context
2020	Assessable Moots in Administrative Law: The Role of Student Feedback in Creating Cohesion Published In Legal Education Review
2016	The implied human rights obligations of UNHCR Published In International Journal of Refugee Law
2007	Mediation and administrative merits review: an impossible goal? Published In Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
2007	More than Writing on a Wall - Evaluating the role that codes of ethics play in securing accountability of public sector decision makers Published In Australian Journal of Public Administration

Book

Year	Title
2018	Administrative Justice in the UN: Procedural Protections, Gaps and Proposals for Reform Publisher United Kingdom
2018	Administrative justice in the UN: Procedural protections, gaps and proposals for reform Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapter

Year	Title
2022	Accountability & the Digital Transformation of International Organizations Published In Handbook on Governance in International Organization Publisher UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc
2018	According to law Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	According to values the community accepts as just Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Introduction: ‘All is forgiven’: administrative decision-making without administrative law Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Table of decisions Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	Table of instruments Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The Formal Internal Justice System of the UN Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The Investigations Division of the Office of Internal Oversight Services Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	The UN Security Council and targeted sanctions Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2018	UNHCR and refugee status determination Published In Administrative Justice in the UN Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
2016	UNHCR and the complexity of accountability in the global space Published In UNCHR and the Struggle for Accountability: Technology, Law & Results-Based Management Publisher https://www.routledge.com/UNHCR-and-the-Struggle-for-Accountability-Technology-law-and-results-based/Sandvik-Jacobsen/p/book/9781138911529

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	The Intersectionality of Domestic and Global Accountability: UNHCR and Australian Refugee Status Determination Published In 2016 AIAL National Administrative Law Conference
2014	UNHCR as a Subsidiary Organ of the UN: Plurality, Complexity and Accountability Published In IRPA Working Paper GAL Series n. 4/2013

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018 - 2019	2018 Law & Society, Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ) Conference Awarded by: Ian Potter Foundation Funding Scheme: Conference Grant

Other Research Activities

UOW Advancement and Equity Grant Scheme for Research (AEGiS) 2022 CDI 2022 - 2023

Potential Supervision Topics

Refugee Law, Technology and Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, International Law (UN system, Human Rights

Teaching Activities

Refugee Law Subject coordinator 2018 -
Administrative Law Subject coordinator 2009 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Confronting the ghosts and horrible misdeeds of our past: The National Apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and its relationship to leadership, legitimacy and legacy	Bryant, Lachlan
Doctor of Philosophy	The Adoption of Electronic Arbitration System as a Solution for Electronic Commerce Disputes: The Case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Aldosari, Basmah Mubarak A

Professional Service Activities

School of Law, Faculty of Business and Law Discipline Leader/Academic Program Director 2021 - 2022

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Law, University of New South Wales, School of Law, Plurality, Accountability and UNHCR 2008 - 2014
Master of Philosophy in Administrative Law, The University of Sydney, Department of Law 2005 - 2006
LL.B. in Law, Western Sydney University, School of Law, Honours Class 1 1999 - 2003
B.A. in Social Science Tourism and Recreation, University of Newcastle, Faculty of Social Sciences 1991 - 1994

Credentials

Legal Practitioner, NSW, 2002

Awards And Honors

Grotius Visiting Scholar, conferred by University of Michigan, 2019

Teaching Overview

I teach and lead a large, compulsory law subject (Administrative Law) as well as an elective that focuses on a discrete area of law (Refugee Law).

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5725-3162 (confirmed)

Overview

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Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Credentials

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Identity

Orcid Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Research Overview

Geographic Focus

Affiliation

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Book

Chapter

Conference Paper

Funding

Investigator On

Other Research Activities

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Service

Professional Service Activities

Background

Education And Training

Credentials

Awards And Honors

Teaching Overview

Identity

Orcid Id

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Research Areas

Geographic Focus