Financing Human Rights: Global Problems and Possibilities. In global terms, Australia is a rich country with a large aid budget and a strong record of supporting the international advancement of human rights standards, especially in the Asia-Pacific. Australia's private sector also invests heavily in many of our neighbouring states, thereby helping to advance human rights through economic development. But human rights problems persist in many countries in our region. This project seeks to optimi ....Financing Human Rights: Global Problems and Possibilities. In global terms, Australia is a rich country with a large aid budget and a strong record of supporting the international advancement of human rights standards, especially in the Asia-Pacific. Australia's private sector also invests heavily in many of our neighbouring states, thereby helping to advance human rights through economic development. But human rights problems persist in many countries in our region. This project seeks to optimise the impact of the financing of human rights protection in developing countries, and thereby add significantly to the maintenance and promotion of the security, prosperity and welfare of all peoples in our region.Read moreRead less
Debt-for-development Exchanges as a Means to Enhance the Security of Australia and the Region. When Australia currently cancels debts owed to it by poor countries it has little control over how the money saved will be spent. Debt-for-development exchanges offer Australia this control while preserving the sovereignty of the recipient countries. Yet Australia has never undertaken an exchange.
Seven other nations have used this technique effectively to achieve developmental ends. We will analy ....Debt-for-development Exchanges as a Means to Enhance the Security of Australia and the Region. When Australia currently cancels debts owed to it by poor countries it has little control over how the money saved will be spent. Debt-for-development exchanges offer Australia this control while preserving the sovereignty of the recipient countries. Yet Australia has never undertaken an exchange.
Seven other nations have used this technique effectively to achieve developmental ends. We will analyse their experiences to provide a road map for Australia to use this technique to achieve security-enhancing and developmental outcomes.
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Building an intellectual property system: The Indonesian experience. This project aims to provide an independent assessment of the development of the Indonesian intellectual property system over the past 30 years. Economic theory suggests pathways to innovation and ‘tipping points’ in intellectual property (IP) development. This project plans to explore the introduction and operation of IP in Indonesia as a typical example for middle-income developing countries. It plans to analyse hundreds of c ....Building an intellectual property system: The Indonesian experience. This project aims to provide an independent assessment of the development of the Indonesian intellectual property system over the past 30 years. Economic theory suggests pathways to innovation and ‘tipping points’ in intellectual property (IP) development. This project plans to explore the introduction and operation of IP in Indonesia as a typical example for middle-income developing countries. It plans to analyse hundreds of court decisions that have recently become available, as well as the implementing laws and institutions supporting IP. It aims to show the bargaining processes about the future of the system between the government and foreign investors as well as citizens and between different institutions, thereby providing valuable information to Australian businesses and the government.Read moreRead less
Data science in humanitarianism: novel law and policy challenges. This project aims to study how agencies such as the United Nations make use of data science to support decision-making and resource allocation in humanitarian and development work and confront law and policy challenges emergent in this context. Its bridging of socio-legal inquiry and developments in information and communications technology will produce new international law and policy knowledge. Expected outcomes include better i ....Data science in humanitarianism: novel law and policy challenges. This project aims to study how agencies such as the United Nations make use of data science to support decision-making and resource allocation in humanitarian and development work and confront law and policy challenges emergent in this context. Its bridging of socio-legal inquiry and developments in information and communications technology will produce new international law and policy knowledge. Expected outcomes include better insight into the limits of automated decision-support techniques and their perceived legitimacy in different settings, and resulting reform recommendations, as well as building technology-related skills that are important for Australia's changing economy. Aid donors and recipients worldwide will benefit from changes in law and policy designed to ensure the legitimacy of decisions in humanitarian and development work.Read moreRead less