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Emeritus Professor Andrew Byrnes

Emeritus Professor Andrew Byrnes

Emeritus Professor
Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Andrew Byrnes is Emeritus Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, an associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute and the Ageing Futures Institute at UNSW and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and of the Australian Academy of Law. He was Professor of International Law from May 2005 until he became an emeritus professor at the end of 2020. Previously, he was Professor of Law at the Australian National University (2001-2005) and prior to that was Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, where he was Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and Director of the Master of Laws in Human Rights until his departure in 2001. He served as the Chair of the Advisory/Steering Committee of the Australian Human Rights Centre for much of his tenure.

His publications address women’s human rights, the human rights of older persons, gender and human rights, disability rights, national human rights institutions, economic and social rights, peoples’ tribunals and the incorporation of human rights into domestic law. He has served as President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and
as a Vice-President of the Asian Society of International Law, as also as external legal adviser to the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights  (2012-2014). He serves on the Human Rights Committee of the Law Council of Australia and as a Board member of the Seniors Rights Service (NSW), the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) and the Workers Educational Association (WEA) Sydney. He has served on the board of the Diplomacy Training Program, the Human Rights Committee of the NSW Bar Association and on the advisory committee of the International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia-Pacific and advised many other organisations. Te received the Australian Human Rights Commission's Law Award in 2019 for his contribution to human rights.

He was involved in the drafting of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and has acted as pro bono adviser to the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions during the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He has participated in the UN discussions over a possible new treaty on the human rights of older persons in the United Nations General Assembly Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (2015-2024) and currently in the UN Human Rights Council's Intergovernmental Working Group on Older Persons (2025- ).

He has served on the Asian Development Bank Expert Forum on Gender and Development and acted as a consultant to the United Nations on human rights, most recently as a consultant in the preparation of two studies by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on older persons and the international human rights framework and for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in a project on the harmonization of national laws in the Asia and Pacific region with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Areas of expertise

International law, Human rights law (particularly gender and disability issues and older persons' human rights and UN treaty body processes, Discrimination law, Domestic implementation of human rights standards

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

President, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (2009-2013)

Editorial positions

Australian Yearbook of International Law, Co-Editor (until mid-2007) Member Editorial Board (from mid-2007)

Australian Journal of Human Rights, Editorial Board member (until 2022)

New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, Advisory Board Member



 
Phone
+61 2 9385 2248
E-mail
andrew.byrnes@unsw.edu.au
Location
c/-The Law Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2013
    Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C, 2013, International Law in the New Age of Globalization, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
    Books | 2009
    Byrnes AC; Charlesworth H; McKinnon G, 2009, Bills of Rights in Australia: History, Politics and Law, UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia
    Books | 2008
    Tarantola D; Byrnes AC; Johnson MR; Kemp LA; Zwi A; Gruskin S, 2008, Human Rights, Health and Development: Technical Series Paper #08.1, The UNSW Initiative for Health and Human Rights, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Books | 2005
    Byrnes AC; Emerton R; Adams K; Connors J, 2005, International Women`s Rights Cases - Women`s Human Rights: Leading International and National Cases, Cavendish Publishing, London
  • Book Chapters | 2026
    Byrnes A, 2026, 'Poverty, older persons and human rights', in Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 131 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035350513.00020
    Book Chapters | 2025
    Byrnes A, 2025, 'The struggle for equality, freedom and visibility: The campaign to achieve a new United Nations treaty on the human rights of older persons', in Realising Protection from Age Discrimination International Regional and National Perspectives, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 24 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035341818.00009
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Byrnes A, 2024, 'THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE', in Women and International Human Rights Law Volume 2, pp. 183 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004531123_012
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Byrnes A, 2024, 'USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND PROCEDURES TO ADVANCE WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS', in Women and International Human Rights Law Volume 2, pp. 79 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004531123_008
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Byrnes A; Peisah C; Mitchell W; Bergman A, 2023, '“Public Health Law, Aged Care and Human Rights”', in Bennett B; Freckleton I (ed.), Australian Public Health Law Contemporary Issues and Challenges, Federation Press, Alexandria, NSW, pp. 457 - 4482
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Anthony D, 2022, '"Article 23" [Savings clause]', in Schulz P; Halperin-Kaddari R; Rudolf B; Freeman MA (ed.), The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and Its Optional Protocol, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 745 - 754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780192862815.001.0001
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Byrnes A, 2022, 'Older persons', in Binder C; Nowak M; Janig P (ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781789903621.older.persons
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Campbell M, 2022, '"Article 2" [General obligations]', in The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Optional Protocol, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 109 - 146, https://opil-ouplaw-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/display/10.1093/law/9780192862815.001.0001/law-9780192862815-chapter-4#law-9780192862815-chapter-4-chapterFrontMatter-4
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Campbell M, 2022, '"Article 24"', in Schulz P; Halperin-Kaddari R; Rudolf B; Freeman MA (ed.), The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and Its Optional Protocol, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 755 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780192862815.001.0001
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Kapai P, 2022, '"Article 1" [Discrimination]', in Schulz P; Halperin-Kaddari R; Rudolf B; Freeman MA (ed.), The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and Its Optional Protocol, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 79 - 108
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Byrnes A; Renshaw C, 2022, '‘Within the State’', in Moeckli D; Shah S; Sivakumaran S; Harris D (ed.), International Human Rights Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 505 - 524, https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/international-human-rights-law-9780198860112?cc=us&lang=en
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Byrnes A, 2021, 'An Effective Complaints Procedure in the Context of International Human Rights Law', in Un Human Rights Treaty System in the 21st Century, pp. 139 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004502758_014
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Byrnes A, 2021, 'Poverty, older persons and human rights', in Davis MF; Kjaerum M; Lyons A (ed.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton. MA, pp. 125 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788977517
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Byrnes A, 2020, 'Economic and Social Rights in the Australian Parliamentary Human Rights Scrutiny Process', in Debeljak J; Grenfell L (ed.), Law Making and Human Rights: Executive and Parliamentary Scrutiny across Australian Jurisdictions, LawBook Co, pp. 135 - 173, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/law-making-and-human-rights/productdetail/127563
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Byrnes A, 2020, 'The Committee against Torture and the Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture', in Mégret F; Alston P (ed.), The United Nations and Human Rights A Critical Appraisal, OUP Oxford, Oxford, pp. 477 - 518, https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198298373.001.0001/law-9780198298373-chapter-14
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Byrnes A, 2020, 'The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women', in Mégret F; Alston P (ed.), The United Nations and Human Rights A Critical Appraisal, OUP Oxford, Oxford, UK, pp. 393 - 432, https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198298373.001.0001/law-9780198298373-chapter-12
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Biles J; Biles B, 2019, 'The Older Person', in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing, Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Byrnes A; Simm G, 2018, 'International Peoples’ Tribunals', in Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, Cambridge University Press (CUP), pp. 11 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108368360.002
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Byrnes A; Simm G, 2018, 'International Peoples’ Tribunals: Their Nature, Practice and Significance', in Byrnes A; Simm G (ed.), Peoples’ tribunals and international law, Cambridge Univesrity Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 11 - 41
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Byrnes A; Simm G, 2018, 'Introduction', in Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, Cambridge University Press (CUP), pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108368360.001
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Byrnes A; Simm G, 2018, '‘Reflections on the Past and Future of Peoples' Tribunals’', in Byrnes A; Simm G (ed.), Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 259 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108368360.012
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Byrnes A, 2018, '‘Foreword’', in Tehrani PM; Adam A (ed.), Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session on State Cries Allegedly Committee in Myanmar against the Rohingyas, Kachins and Other Groups, Judgment, Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal/Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, pp. xi - xxi
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Byrnes AC, 2017, ''Australia and International Criminal Law '', in Crawford E; Rothwell D (ed.), International Law in Australia, Lawboo Co/ThomsonReuters, Sydney, pp. 201 - 231
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Byrnes AC, 2016, ''Human Rights and the Anti-Doping Lex Sportiva— The Relationship of Public and Private International Law, ‘Law Beyond the State’ and the Laws of Nation States’', in Haas U; Healey D (ed.), Doping in Sport and the Law, Hart Publiishing, Oxford, pp. 81 - 104
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Byrnes AC, 2016, 'An International Human Rights Law Perspective', in The Critical Judgments Project Re-Reading Monis V the Queen
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Byrnes AC, 2016, 'Human Rights and the Anti-Doping Lex Sportiva— The Relationship of Public and Private International Law, ‘Law Beyond the State’ and the Laws of Nation States', in Haas U; Healey DJ (ed.), Doping in Sport and the Law, Hart Publishing Limited, pp. 81 - 104
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Baker D, 2015, 'Conclusion', in Key Concepts in Military Ethics, UNSW Press
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Byrnes AC; Renshaw C, 2014, 'Within the State', in Moeckli D; Shah S; Sivakumaran S; Harris D (ed.), International Human Rights Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 458 - 475, http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199654574.do
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Byrnes AC, 2014, 'Gender Challenges for International Human Rights', in Rodley N; Sheeran S; Rodley NS (ed.), Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law, Routledge, New York, pp. 615 - 634, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415620734/
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Byrnes AC, 2014, 'The Role of National Human Rights Institutions', in Sabatello M; Schulze M (ed.), Human Rights and Disability Advocacy, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 222 - 238, http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15149.html
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Byrnes AC, 2013, 'The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women', in Hellum A; Sinding Aasen H (ed.), Women's Human Rights: CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 27 - 61, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/womens-human-rights-cedaw-international-regional-and-national-law
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Byrnes AC, 2013, 'The Implementation of the CEDAW Convention in Australia: success, trials, tribulations and continuing struggle', in Hellum A; Sinding Aasen H (ed.), Women's Human Rights: CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 323 - 357, http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/womens-human-rights-cedaw-international-regional-and-national-law
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Michaelsen C; Byrnes A; Hayashi M, 2013, 'Conclusion', in Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C (ed.), International Law in the New Age of Globalization, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Michaelsen C; Byrnes A; Hayashi M, 2013, 'Introduction', in Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C (ed.), International Law in the New Age of Globalization, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 1 - 8
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Michaelsen C, 2013, 'The Competence of the Security Council under the UN Charter to Adopt Sanctions Targeting Private Individuals', in Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C (ed.), International Law in the New Age of Globalization, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 11 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004228818
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Zwi A; Tarantola D; Byrne A; Johnson M; Kemp L; Gruskin S, 2013, 'Human rights, health and Development.', in Grodin MA; Tarantola D; Annas GJ; Gruskin S (ed.), Health and human rights in a changing world., Routledge, New York, pp. 154 - 178
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Byrnes A, 2011, 'The implementation of the cedaw in Australia: Success, trials, tribulations and continuing struggle', in Women S Human Rights Cedaw in International Regional and National Law, pp. 321 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139540841.016
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Byrnes A, 2011, 'Toward more effective enforcement of women's human rights through the use of international human rights law and procedures', in Human Rights of Women National and International Perspectives, pp. 189 - 227
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Byrnes AC; Renshaw C, 2010, 'Within the State', in Moeckli D; Shah S; Sivakumaran S; Harris D (ed.), International Human Rights Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 498 - 517, http://www.oup.com.au/titles/higher_ed/law/academic__and__reference/9780199560257
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Byrnes AC; McKinnon G, 2008, 'The ACT Human Rights Act 2004 and the Commonwealth Anti-Terrorism Act (No 2) 2005: A Triumph for Federalism or a Federal Triumph?', in Gani M; Mathew P (ed.), Fresh Perspectives on the ?War on Terror?, ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 361 - 378
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Byrnes AC, 2008, 'More Law or Less Law? The Resilience of Human Rights Law and Institutions in the ¿War on Terror¿', in Gani M; Mathew P (ed.), Fresh Perspectives on the ?War on Terror?, ANU E-Press, Canberra, pp. 127 - 158
    Book Chapters | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, 'The right to life, the death penalty and human rights law: an international and Australian perspective', in Catholic Social Justice Series, Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, North Sydney, pp. 26 - 45
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Byrnes AC, 2006, 'Reform of the United Nations and Human Rights', in Human Rights 2005: The Year in Review, Castan Centre for Human Rights, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 31 - 56
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Byrnes AC, 2005, 'Introduction', in International Women`s Rights Cases - Women`s Human Rights: Leading International and National Cases, Cavendish Publishing, London, pp. xiii - xliii
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Byrnes AC, 2005, 'Overview of International Law (International Human Rights Law and its Relation to National Law)', in National Human Rights Commission of India, Disability Manual, National Human Rights Commission India, New Delhi, pp. 39 - 56
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Byrnes AC, 2005, 'The Law was Warful: The Iraq War and the Role of International Lawyers in the Domestic Reception of International Law', in Charlesworth H; Chaim M; Howell D; Williams G (ed.), The Fluid State: International Law and National Legal Systems, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 229 - 250
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Byrnes AC, 2005, 'Using International Human Rights Procedures to Advance the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities', in National Human Rights Commission of India, Disability Manual, National Human Rights Commission India, New Delhi, pp. 215 - 242
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Emerton R; Adams K; Byrnes AC; Connors J, 2005, 'Introduction', in International Women`s Rights Cases - Women`s Human Rights: Leading International and National Cases, Cavendish Publishing, London, pp. xiii - xliii
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Byrnes AC, 2004, 'Hong Kong’s Bill of Rights Experience and its (Ir)relevance to the ACT Debate over a Bill of Rights', in Comparative Perspectives on Bills of Rights, National Institute of Social Sciences & Law, Canberra, ACT, pp. 33 - 48
  • Edited Books | 2018
    , 2018, Peoples’ tribunals and international law
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Peisah C; Ayalon L; Wand APF; Rabheru K; Byrnes A; de Mendonca Lima CA, 2024, 'S1: Crossing Oceans and Connecting People to Promote the Human Rights of Older People', International Psychogeriatrics, 36, pp. 5 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610224000991
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mitchell W; Byrnes A; Bergman A; Peisah C, 2021, 'The Human Right to Justice for Older Persons With Mental Health Conditions', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29, pp. 1027 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.07.007
    Journal articles | 2020
    Byrnes A; Herro A, 2020, 'Transcending the Framing Contests over the Human Rights of Older Persons', Australian Year Book of International Law, 38, pp. 253 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26660229_03801012
    Journal articles | 2020
    Byrnes A, 2020, 'Human rights unbound: An unrepentant call for a more complete application of human rights in relation to older persons—And beyond', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39, pp. 91 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12800
    Journal articles | 2020
    Peisah C; Byrnes A; Doron II; Dark M; Quinn G, 2020, 'Advocacy for the human rights of older people in the COVID pandemic and beyond: A call to mental health professionals', International Psychogeriatrics, 32, pp. 1199 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220001076
    Journal articles | 2017
    Byrnes AC, 2017, '‘Time to put on the 3-D glasses: is there a need to expand JSCOT’s mandate to cover “instruments of less than treaty status”?’', Australian International Law Journal, 22, pp. 1 - 14, http://ila.org.au/publications/australian-international-law-journal/
    Journal articles | 2017
    Byrnes AC, 2017, '‘Whose International Law Is It? Some Reflections on the Contributions of Non-State Actors to the Development and Implementation of International Human Rights Law'', Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 59, pp. 14 - 50, http://www.ilajapan.org/jyil/
    Journal articles | 2015
    Byrnes AC, 2015, 'The Meanings of International Law: Government Monopoly, Expert Precinct or Peoples' law?', Australian Yearbook of International Law
    Journal articles | 2014
    Simm GA; Byrnes A, 2014, 'International Peoples' Tribunals in Asia: Political Theatre, Juridical Farce, or Meaningful Intervention?', Asian Journal of International Law (online), 4, pp. 103 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2044251313000246
    Journal articles | 2013
    Byrnes AC; Simm G, 2013, 'PEOPLES’ TRIBUNALS, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE USE OF FORCE', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 36, pp. 711 - 744
    Journal articles | 2013
    Williams S; Byrnes A, 2013, 'Foreword', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 11, pp. 1023 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqt056
    Journal articles | 2012
    Byrnes A; Goldblatt B, 2012, 'Justice for All? Ten Years of the International Criminal Court', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 18, pp. 69 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323-238X.2012.11882107
    Journal articles | 2010
    Byrnes AC, 2010, 'Second-Class Rights Yet Again? Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Report of the National Human Rights Consultation', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 33, pp. 193 - 238, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=337295027329957;res=IELFSC
    Journal articles | 2010
    Renshaw C; Byrnes AC; Durbach A, 2010, 'Human Rights Protection in the Pacific: The Emerging Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Region', NZ Journal of Public and International Law, 8, pp. 117 - 144, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=334611879468776;res=IELHSS
    Journal articles | 2009
    Durbach A; Byrnes AC; Renshaw C, 2009, 'A tongue but no teeth? The emergence of a regional human rights mechanism in the Asia Pacific region', Sydney Law Review, 31, pp. 211 - 238
    Journal articles | 2009
    Durbach A; Renshaw C; Byrnes A, 2009, '‘A tongue but no teeth?’: The emergence of a regional human rights mechanism in the Asia Pacific region', Sydney Law Review, 31, pp. 212 - 238
    Journal articles | 2009
    Renshaw C; Byrnes AC; Durbach A, 2009, 'Implementing human rights in the Pacific through the work of national human rights institutions: the experience of Fiji', Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 40, pp. 251
    Journal articles | 2008
    Byrnes AC; Bath E, 2008, 'Violence Against Women, the Obligation of Due Diligence and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women', Human Rights Law Review, 8, pp. 517 - 533
    Journal articles | 2008
    Byrnes AC; Durbach A; Renshaw C, 2008, 'Joining the Club: The Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, the Paris Principles, and the Advancement of Human Rights Protection in the Region', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 14, pp. 63 - 98
    Journal articles | 2008
    Byrnes AC, 2008, 'Health, Human Rights and Development', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 13, pp. 1 - 32
    Journal articles | 2007
    Byrnes AC; Durbach A, 2007, 'Continuing Engagement : the AHRC looks forward', Human Rights Defender, 16, pp. 5 - 6
    Journal articles | 1997
    Milner Davis JR, 1997, 'Introduction', Special issue of the Australian Journal of Comedy, 3, pp. 1 - 158
  • Working Papers | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, State Obligation and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against women, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, http://dx.doi.org
  • Reports | 2022
    Byrnes A, 2022, Harmonization of National Laws with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Overview of Trends in Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, ST/ESCAP/3047, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28585, https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/d8files/knowledge-products/CRPD%20publication_final.pdf
    Reports | 2022
    Byrnes A, 2022, “ASEAN and the human rights of older persons” in ASEM Global Ageing Center, ASEM Partners’ Adoption of Human Rights-Based Elements in Elder Law: Five Case Studies (2022) 6-40, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28586, http://asemgac.org/bbs/bbs/view.php?bbs_no=48&data_no=5670&page_no=1&sub_id%20=
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Chappell L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully JL; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, Submission to Federal Attorney General, Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020, https://www.allenshub.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/UNSW%20Submission%20to%20AG%20Porter%20re%20COVIDSafe.pdf
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully J; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, COVIDSafe App - Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3595109
    Reports | 2020
    Bennett Moses L; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes A; Scully J; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, Submission to Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 re Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020, https://unsw.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/LawResearchSupport/ETsj6l0D8oBKhaCitN3nhssBB1QHxQsaXLMp9_9rXmF9vQ?e=46zOJ3
    Preprints | 2020
    Moses LB; Churches G; Zalnieriute M; Byrnes AC; Scully JL; Kemp K; Greenleaf G, 2020, COVIDSafe App - Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3595109
    Preprints | 2016
    Byrnes AC, 2016, Time to Put on the 3-D Glasses: Is There a Need to Expand JSCOT's Mandate to Cover ‘Instruments of Less than Treaty Status’?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2755328
    Reports | 2012
    Byrnes AC; Freeman M, 2012, The Impact of the CEDAW Convention: Paths to equality”,  Background paper prepared for the World Development Report 2012 (2011), http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2012/Resources/7778105-1299699968583/7786210-1322671773271/Byrnes-and-Freeman-FINAL-18-May-2011-with%20acknowledgements.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C, 2010, 'International Law in the New Age of Globalization CONCLUSION', in Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C (eds.), INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE NEW AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, MARTINUS NIJHOFF, JAPAN, pp. 425 - 429, presented at 3rd Four Societies Conference, JAPAN, 27 August 2010 - 28 August 2010, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000323328300017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C, 2010, 'International Law in the New Age of Globalization INTRODUCTION', in Byrnes A; Hayashi M; Michaelsen C (eds.), INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE NEW AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, MARTINUS NIJHOFF, JAPAN, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 3rd Four Societies Conference, JAPAN, 27 August 2010 - 28 August 2010, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000323328300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Byrnes AC, 2010, 'The Convention and the Committee: Reflections on their role in the Development of International Human Rights Law and as a Catalyst for National Legislative and Policy Reform', New York, presented at UN Commission on the Status of Women, 54th session, New York, 01 March 2010 - 12 March 2010, http://law.bepress.com/unswwps/flrps10/art17/
    Reports | 2010
    Byrnes AC, 2010, Final Report of the Australian Capital Territory Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project, September 2010
    Reports | 2009
    Byrnes AC; Charlesworth H; Harris Rimmer S; Durbach A, 2009, Submission into the Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, conducted by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, February 2009, SCOT Report No 99
    Reports | 2009
    Byrnes AC; Charlesworth H; Thilagaratnam R; McKinnon G, 2009, The Human Rights Act 2004: The First Five Years of Operation , A Report to the ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety prepared by the ACT Human Rights Act Research Project, May 2009
    Reports | 2009
    Byrnes AC; Durbach A, 2009, Submission of the Australian Human Rights Centre to the National Consultation on Human Rights, 15 June 2009
    Reports | 2009
    Byrnes AC; Thilagaratnam R, 2009, Submission to the National Consultation on Human Rights, 15 June 2009
    Reports | 2008
    Byrnes AC; Durbach A; Renshaw C, 2008, Submission to the Inquiry into Human Rights Mechanisms and the Asia-Pacific, 20 November 2008, Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
    Reports | 2007
    Byrnes AC; Charlesworth H; McKinnon G; Pham K, 2007, Submission to the Consultation Committee for a Proposed WA Human Rights Act, August 2007, Consultation Committee for a Proposed Western Australian Human Rights Act
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, 'Disability, Human Rights and Development: Biwako, the Convention and Beyond', presented at High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 September 2007 - 21 September 2007
    Reports | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, Drug Offences, the Death Penalty, and Indonesia¿s Human Rights Obligations in the case of the Bali 9: Opinion submitted to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia
    Reports | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, International and National Monitoring and Implementation Procedures Under UN Human Rights Treaties, Vietnam-Australia Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program
    Preprints | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, Law, Lawyers and Lattes: The (Ir)Relevance of the Chattering Classes in a Time of Insecurity, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.957937
    Reports | 2007
    Byrnes AC, 2007, UN Human Rights Treaties: Obligations and Content, Vietnam-Australia Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program, Hanoi
    Conference Presentations | 2005
    Byrnes AC, 2005, 'United Nations Reform and Human Rights', presented at Human Rights 2005: Year in Review, Melbourne, Victoria, 02 December 2005
    Reports | 2003
    Byrnes AC; Kho CL, 2003, Bangkok Draft: Proposed Elements of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    Byrnes AC, 2003, 'Changing reality: all roads lead to equality?', presented at 97th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 02 April 2003 - 05 April 2003
    Conference Presentations | 2003
    Byrnes AC, 2003, 'Unilateralism vs Multilateralism: Is there hope for international institutions?', presented at 11th Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Wellington, New Zealand
    Reports | 2003
    Byrnes AC, 2003, Reflections on the proposed international convention on the human rights of persons with disabilities in the light of existing international human right standards: form, process and substance
    Preprints |
    Byrnes AC; Freeman M, The Impact of the CEDAW Convention: Paths to Equality, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2011655
    Preprints |
    Byrnes AC; Graterol MH; Chartres RL, State Obligation and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1001553
    Preprints |
    Byrnes AC, Drug Offences, the Death Penalty, and Indonesia's Human Rights Obligations in the Case of the Bali 9: Opinion Submitted to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.997178
    Preprints |
    Byrnes AC, The Disability Discrimination Ordinance, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Beyond: Achievements and Challenges after Ten Years of Hong Kong Anti-Discrimination Legislation, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1392061
    Preprints |
    Charlesworth H; Byrnes AC; Thilagaratnam R; Young K, Final Report of the Australian Capital Territory Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Research Project, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1724397

Representative publications

·       “ The struggle for equality, freedom and visibility: the campaign to achieve a new United Nations treaty on the human rights of older persons” in Helen Meenan and Christa Tobler (eds), Realising Protection from Age Discrimination: International, Regional, and National Perspectives (Elgar, 2025) 24-54

·       (with C Peisah, W Mitchell and A Bergman), “Public Health Law, Aged Care and Human Rights” in B Bennett and I Freckleton (eds), Australian Public Health Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Federation Press, 2023) 457- 482

·       (with Catherine Renshaw), “Within the State” in Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumaran and David Harris (eds), International Human Rights Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th ed  2022) 505-524

·       “The protection and enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights” in Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan (eds), Critical Perspectives on Human Rights Law in Australia, vol 1 (Lawbook Co, 2nd ed, 2021) 133-161

·       “The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women” in Frédéric Mégret and Philip Alston (ed), The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed 2020) 393-438

·       “Economic and social rights in the Australian Parliamentary human rights scrutiny process” in Julie Debeljak and Laura Grenfell (eds), Law Making and Human Rights: Executive and Parliamentary Scrutiny across Australian Jurisdictions (Thomson Reuters, 2020) 135-173

·       Andrew Byrnes and Gabrielle Simm (eds), Peoples' Tribunals and International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)

·       “Australia and International Criminal Law” in Emily Crawford and Donald R Rothwell (eds), International Law in Australia (Thomson Reuters, 3rd ed 2017) 201-231

·       “Whose International Law Is It? Some Reflections on the Contributions of Non-State Actors to the Development and Implementation of International Human Rights Law” (2016) 59 Japanese Yearbook of International Law 14-50

·       “The Meanings of International Law: Government Monopoly, Expert Precinct or Peoples’ Law?” (2014) 32 Australian Yearbook of International Law 11-32

·       “The Role of National Human Rights Institutions” in Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze (eds), Human Rights and Disability Advocacy (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) 222‐238, 279‐285

·       “Gender Challenges for International Human Rights”, Chapter 34 in Scott Shearan and Nigel Rodley (eds) Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law (Routledge, 2014) 615-634

·       (with C Renshaw and A Durbach), “Testing the Mettle of National Human Rights Institutions: A Case Study of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia” (2011) 1 Asian Journal of International Law 165‐198

·       “The Asian Development Bank and the Role of Human Rights in the Pursuit of Just and Sustainable Development in the Asia Pacific Region: an Advocacy Role for Australia?” (2011) 19 Australian International Law Journal 1-22

·       (with Hilary Charlesworth and Gabrielle McKinnon), Bills of Rights in Australia – History, Politics and Law (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2009)

·       “More Law or Less Law? The Resilience of Human Rights Law and Institutions in the ‘War on Terror’” in Miriam Gani and Pene Mathew (eds), Fresh Perspectives on the ‘War on Terror’ (ANU E-press, 2008) 127-158 

·       Andrew Byrnes and Johannes Chan (eds), Hong Kong Public Law and Human Rights Documents: A Sourcebook (Singapore: Butterworths, 1993) 

·       “Women, Feminism and International Human Rights Law -- Methodological Myopia, Fundamental Flaws or Meaningful Marginalisation” (1992) 12 Australian Yearbook of International Law 205-240

·       “The Implementation of Treaties in Australia After the Dams Case: The External Affairs Power and the Influence of Federalism” (1985) VIII Boston College International & Comparative Law Review 275-339.