
Overview
Background
Dr Eve Massingham was a Senior Research Fellow with the School of Law, The University of Queensland looking at the diverse ways in which the law constrains or enables autonomous functions of military platforms, systems and weapons from September 2019 - August 2022. She is the co-editor of Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law (Routledge, 2020) and she has published a number of book chapters and journal articles in the fields of international humanitarian law and international law and the use of force. Eve is currently the International Committee of the Red Cross' Regional Legal Adviser for the Pacific. Eve has also worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross as the Regional Legal Adviser for East Africa and as a Policy Adviser in the Legal Division in Geneva as well as for Australian Red Cross as an International Humanitarian Law officer. She began her career at (then) Freehills (admitted 2004) and was an Associate to Justice Collier at the Federal Court of Australia. Eve has also served as an Australian Army Reserve Officer. Eve holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from Queensland University of Technology, a Master of International and Community Development from Deakin University, an LLM (Distinction) from King's College London and a PhD from the University of Queensland.
Availability
- Dr Eve Massingham is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2016
Journal Article
International humanitarian law in East Africa: a regional perspective on why these binding rules are as important as ever
Massingham, Eve (2016). International humanitarian law in East Africa: a regional perspective on why these binding rules are as important as ever. Zanzibar Yearbook of Law.
2015
Conference Publication
Towards international peace and security through respect for international humanitarian law: a weapons law perspective
Massingham, Eve (2015). Towards international peace and security through respect for international humanitarian law: a weapons law perspective. ANZSIL International Peace and Security Interest Group Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 20 March 2015.
2015
Book Chapter
Moving From The Mechanics Of Accountability To A Culture Of Accountability: What More Can Be Done In Addition To Prosecuting War Crimes?
Durham, Helen and Massingham, Eve (2015). Moving From The Mechanics Of Accountability To A Culture Of Accountability: What More Can Be Done In Addition To Prosecuting War Crimes?. Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Essays in Honour of Tim McCormack. (pp. 267-281) edited by Petrovic, Jadranka. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315769554
2015
Conference Publication
The obligation to respect and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law: a potential source of assistance in combating cross-border challenges in the 21st century
Massingham, Eve (2015). The obligation to respect and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law: a potential source of assistance in combating cross-border challenges in the 21st century. Global Order and Disorder, Governance and Regulation in the 21st Century, Transnational, International and Comparative Law Policy Network Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-8 August 2015.
2014
Journal Article
Promoting Access to Health Care in 'other Situations of Violence': Time to Reignite the Debate on International Regulation
Massingham, Eve and Thynne, Kelisiana (2014). Promoting Access to Health Care in 'other Situations of Violence': Time to Reignite the Debate on International Regulation. Journal of Humanitarian Legal Studies, 5 (1), 105-129. doi: 10.1163/18781527-00501003
2013
Conference Publication
Conflict without casualties … a note of caution: non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law
Massingham, Eve (2013). Conflict without casualties … a note of caution: non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law. New technologies and warfare - the challenges for IHL, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 19 November 2013.
2012
Journal Article
Conflict without casualties ... a note of caution: non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law
Massingham, Eve (2012). Conflict without casualties ... a note of caution: non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law. International Review of the Red Cross, 94 (886), 673-685. doi: 10.1017/s1816383112000720
2012
Book Chapter
Who is protected under international humanitarian law: finding a definition for 'direct participation in hostilities'
Durham, Helen and Massingham, Eve (2012). Who is protected under international humanitarian law: finding a definition for 'direct participation in hostilities'. Protecting civilians in violent armed conflict: theoretical and practical issues for the 21st century. (pp. 103-118) edited by David W. Lovell and Igor Primoratz. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
2011
Conference Publication
Regulating internal armed conflicts and ‘other situations of violence’: challenges and opportunities in a changing world
Massingham, Eve (2011). Regulating internal armed conflicts and ‘other situations of violence’: challenges and opportunities in a changing world. Human Rights and Governance Colloquium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25 November 2011.
2011
Conference Publication
Non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law
Massingham, Eve (2011). Non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law. 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law: The Promise and Limits of International Law, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 23-25 June 2011.
2010
Conference Publication
Life, Liberty and the Responsibility to Protect: a legal challenge to sovereignty?
Massingham, Eve (2010). Life, Liberty and the Responsibility to Protect: a legal challenge to sovereignty?. Owning the Past: 29th Australian and New Zealand Law and History Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 13-15 December 2010.
2010
Journal Article
Protecting civilians during violent conflict
Durham, Helen and Massingham, Eve (2010). Protecting civilians during violent conflict. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 1 (2), 401-404. doi: 10.1163/187815211x555371
2009
Journal Article
Military intervention for humanitarian purposes: does the Responsibility to Protect doctrine advance the legality of the use of force for humanitarian ends?
Massingham, Eve (2009). Military intervention for humanitarian purposes: does the Responsibility to Protect doctrine advance the legality of the use of force for humanitarian ends?. International Review of the Red Cross, 91 (876), 803-831. doi: 10.1017/s1816383110000068
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
African Union (AU) Approach to International Law: Divergent, Complementary or Rhetoric?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Cassimatis
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Prevention of Atrocity Crimes: Legal Obligations and State Responsibility
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alexander Bellamy, Professor Anthony Cassimatis
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