ANU COLLEGE OF LAW

Qualifications	BA (Hons) (Syd), M Int Law, LLB (ANU); Barrister and Solicitor High Court and Supreme Court ACT.
Biography	Kevin Boreham has been teaching at the ANU College of Law since 2002. Kevin is convening International Law of Human Rights and lecturing in International Law in 2008-2009. Kevin practised as a solicitor in private practice in Canberra from 1999-2001. He provided pro bono assistance at the Legal Advice Bureau, ACT Law Society, from 1999-2005. Kevin’s first career was as an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He served in Australia’s diplomatic missions in Colombo, Hanoi, Manila, Tehran and New York, where he was Australian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1987-9. Kevin’s work in Canberra specialised in multilateral and regional issues. Among other appointments, Kevin was Assistant Secretary, International Organisations Branch from 1992-94.
Scholarly Interests	International law, particularly human rights and the use of force, and Australian public law.
Recent Publications	‘Wide and Unmanageable Discretions’: The Migration Amendment (Detention Arrangements) Act 2005 (Cth) (Comment) (2006) 17 Public Law Review 16. 'International Law as an influence on the development of the common law: Evans v New South Wales' (2008) 19 Public Law Review 271.
Representative Publications	‘The Environment and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)’ (1999) 18 Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Journal (AMPLAJ) (with Patrick Brazil); ‘The Liability of Company Officers for Corporate Breaches of the New Federal Environment Legislation’ (2000) 19 (AMPLAJ) (with Patrick Brazil); ‘Terrorism and the Right of Self Defence’ (Paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Annual Conference, Canberra, 16 June 2002).

Name	Kevin Boreham
Room	214
Tel	+61 2 6125 8526
Email	kevin.boreham@anu.edu.au