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Cleo Hansen-Lohrey
Cleo Hansen-Lohrey
Lecturer
Faculty of Law
Room 2.15 , Law School
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Cleo is a Lecturer and doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Law, College of Arts, Law and Education at The University of Tasmania. She is a co-coordinator of the Law Honours Program and a convenor of the faculty’s International Law Discussion Group. Cleo has a background in international and domestic refugee and human rights law, treaty interpretation, Australian public law, and civil and administrative litigation.
Biography
Cleo has taught at the Faculty of Law in varying capacities since 2016, including in the fields of administrative law, constitutional law, foundations of public law, and international law. Before this, Cleo worked for a number of years in the legal, not-for-profit and government sectors. Her previous roles include: Senior Legal Officer for the former Department of Immigration and Border Protection, working in the areas of civil and administration litigation and refugee law; and Humanitarian Observer for the Australian Red Cross’s Immigration Detention Program, leading humanitarian monitoring visits to Australia's mainland and Christmas Island immigration detention facilities. Cleo has been engaged in protection-based advocacy for asylum seekers, refugees and immigration detainees at the local and national levels in Australia.
Cleo's current doctoral research focuses on international and regional refugee law, human rights, treaty interpretation law, and displacement in the context of climate change. Cleo's PhD thesis specifically investigates the scope and application of Africa’s expanded refugee definition and its potential to apply to people displaced in the context of climate change and disasters.
Career summary
Qualifications
Master of Public and International Law, University of Melbourne, 2015
Graduate Certificate of Legal Practice, University of Tasmania, 2007
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, University of Tasmania, 2006
Memberships
Professional practice
Board Director, Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service
Research Affiliate, Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Studies, University of London
Member, Climate Mobility Africa Research Network
Teaching
Teaching expertise
Public Law
Administrative Law
Constitutional Law
Civil Procedure
International Law
Refugee Law
Teaching responsibility
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Expertise
International refugee law
Australian refugee law and policy
Regional refugee law
Climate displacement and migration
Human Rights
Administrative law
Constitutional law
Civil litigation
Awards
Sir Henry Baker Memorial Fellowship, 2022
Current projects
Cleo’s PhD thesis is titled Interpreting and applying the term “public order” in Africa’s expanded refugee definition. Cleo's PhD thesis specifically investigates the scope and application of Africa’s expanded refugee definition and it’s potential to apply to people displaced in the context of climate change and disasters. Her research spans the fields of international and regional refugee law, human rights, treaty interpretation law, the rule of law, and climate-related displacement.
Fields of Research
- Public international law (480310)
- Domestic human rights law (480703)
- Administrative law (480701)
- Migration, asylum and refugee law (480704)
Research Objectives
- Civics and citizenship (230201)
- Legal processes (230406)
- Understanding climate change (190599)
- Justice and the law (230499)
Publications
Total publications
4
Journal Article
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hansen-Lohrey CF, 'Applying refugee law in Africa and Latin America: disasters, climate change and public order', Forced Migration Review, (69) pp. 69-72. ISSN 1460-9819 (2022) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] |
Chapter in Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | McCormack PC, Hansen-Lohrey C, 'Accountability, Government Decisions and Future Generations: Lessons from the Australian Ombudsman', Giving Future Generations a Voice: Normative Frameworks, Institutions and Practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, J Linehan and P Lawrence (ed), UK, pp. 128-148. ISBN 9781839108242 (2021) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: McCormack PC |
Other Public Output
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hansen-Lohrey C, Wood T, 'New immigration detention bill could give Australia a fresh chance to comply with international law', The Conversation, The Conversation Paperpress Ltd, United Kingdom, 11 August 2022, pp. 1-4. (2022) [Newspaper Article] Co-authors: Wood T | |
| 2021 | Wood T, Hansen-Lohrey C, 'Disasters, climate change and public order: a principled application of regional refugee definitions', RLI Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration, Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK, 24 May (2021) [Magazine Article] |