Overview
Background
Simon McKenzie is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland School of Law. Simon's current research focuses on the legal challenges connected with the defence and security applications of science and technology, with a particular focus on the impact of autonomous systems. His broader research and teaching interests include the law of armed conflict, international criminal law, and domestic criminal law.
Prior to joining the University of Queensland, Simon was a policy officer in the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety, working in a team responsible for reforming the criminal justice system to better respond to family violence. He has held teaching roles at the Melbourne Law School and as a researcher at the Supreme Court of Victoria where he completed a major research project on the management of expert evidence in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceedings, the largest class action in Victoria's history. He has also worked as a researcher at the International Criminal Court assisting the Special Advisor to the Prosecutor on international humanitarian law. He began his career in 2011 at a large commercial law firm in Melbourne.
Simon graduated in 2011 from the University of Tasmania with a combined Arts and Law Degree with First Class Honours in Law and was admitted to practice in Victoria later that year. He received his PhD in international criminal law from the University of Melbourne in 2018.
Availability
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2019
Conference Publication
Military uses of maritime autonomous devices and international law
McKenzie, Simon (2019). Military uses of maritime autonomous devices and international law. International Legal Studies Research Group Research Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 11-12 December 2019.
2017
Conference Publication
IHL, the law of occupation, and international criminal law: problems in translation
McKenzie, Simon (2017). IHL, the law of occupation, and international criminal law: problems in translation. Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 28-30 June 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Assessing the interpretation of the Statute in the Ntaganda Appeals Chamber decision
McKenzie, Simon (2017). Assessing the interpretation of the Statute in the Ntaganda Appeals Chamber decision. Australian International Criminal Law Workshop, University of Melbourne, 4-5 September 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Old laws in new contexts: the protection of real property in Occupied Territory and the crimes of the Rome Statute
McKenzie, Simon (2017). Old laws in new contexts: the protection of real property in Occupied Territory and the crimes of the Rome Statute. ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group, Auckland, New Zealand, 5 May 2017.
2017
Conference Publication
Assessing the interpretation of the Statute in the Ntaganda Appeals Chamber decision
McKenzie, Simon (2017). Assessing the interpretation of the Statute in the Ntaganda Appeals Chamber decision. Australian International Criminal Law Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 4 September 2017.
2016
Other Outputs
Black Saturday: the lessons of expert advice
McKenzie, Simon (2016, 04 13). Black Saturday: the lessons of expert advice Pursuit
2016
Other Outputs
Concurrent evidence in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Concurrent evidence in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding. Supreme Court of Victoria Law Research Series Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Supreme Court of Victoria.
2016
Other Outputs
Pre-trial management of expert evidence in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Pre-trial management of expert evidence in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Supreme Court of Victoria.
2016
Other Outputs
Expert conferences in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Expert conferences in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding. Supreme Court of Victoria Law Research Series Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Supreme Court of Victoria.
2016
Other Outputs
Assessors in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Assessors in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding. Supreme Court of Victoria Law Research Series Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Supreme Court of Victoria.
2016
Conference Publication
Untransformed law: the protection of real property in Occupied Territory
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Untransformed law: the protection of real property in Occupied Territory. Early Career Workshop on Humanitarianism and the Transformation of International Law, Melbourne, Australia, 4 August 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Common purpose liability and the crime of transfer of population in Article 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute
McKenzie, Simon (2016). Common purpose liability and the crime of transfer of population in Article 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute. Australian International Criminal Law Workshop, Perth, WA, Australia, 15-16 September 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
The Appropriation and Seizure of Real Property in Occupied Territory and the Rome Statute
McKenzie, Simon (2016). The Appropriation and Seizure of Real Property in Occupied Territory and the Rome Statute. ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group, Sydney, Australia, 22 April 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
What can we learn from the management of experts in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding?
McKenzie, Simon (2016). What can we learn from the management of experts in the Kilmore East Bushfire Proceeding?. Innovation in litigation: lessons from the Kilmore-East Kinglake Litigation, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 13 April 2016.
2015
Conference Publication
Continuing crimes in International Criminal Law
McKenzie, Simon (2015). Continuing crimes in International Criminal Law. Australian International Criminal Law Workshop, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 15-16 October 2015.
2014
Conference Publication
Does International humanitarian law apply to the West Bank?
McKenzie, Simon (2014). Does International humanitarian law apply to the West Bank?. Australian International Criminal Law Workshop, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 25-26 September 2014.
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