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DrBruce Chen

(He/him)

Senior Lecturer, Law

Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School

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  • Senior Lecturer, Law
    Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Law School
  • +61 3 924 45945 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Deputy Chair, LIV Human Rights Committee
    2 May 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member, Law Institute of Victoria (LIV); and LIV Human Rights Committee
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Report Finds ‘Clear Need’ for an Australian Human Rights Act. What Difference Would It Make? (opens in a new tab)⁠
    31 May 2024
    Co-authored with Associate Professor Julie Debeljak and Adjunct Professor Pamela Tate AM KC
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  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Vaccine Rule Challenge will Exceed 100 Plaintiffs. The Age (Melbourne)
    23 Oct 2021
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Why Vax Mandate is Delicate. Herald Sun (Melbourne)
    4 Oct 2021
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Our Human Rights Still Remain. Herald Sun (Melbourne)
    17 Sep 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Civil Liberties have been put at Risk. The Australian (Sydney)
    26 Aug 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Andrews is Walking a Fine Line with Victorians’ Trust by Moving to Extend the State of Emergency. Herald Sun (Melbourne)
    25 Aug 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Masks are Fit for Purpose. Herald Sun (Melbourne)
    11 Aug 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Vaccine Rule Challenge will Exceed 100 Plaintiffs
    Cameron Houston and Tammy Mills, Vaccine Rule Challenge will Exceed 100 Plaintiffs, The Age (Melbourne), 23 October 2021 (interviewed)
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Why Vax Mandate is Delicate
    Bruce Chen, Why Vax Mandate is Delicate, Herald Sun (Melbourne), 4 October 2021
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Our Human Rights Still Remain
    Bruce Chen, 'Our Human Rights Still Remain', Herald Sun (Melbourne), 17 September 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Civil Liberties have been put at Risk
    Nicola Berkovic, Civil Liberties have been put at Risk, The Australian (Sydney), 26 August 2020 (interviewed)
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Andrews is Walking a Fine Line with Victorians Trust by Moving to Extend the State of Emergency
    Bruce Chen, Andrews is Walking a Fine Line with Victorians Trust by Moving to Extend the State of Emergency, Herald Sun (Melbourne), 25 August 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Masks are Fit for Purpose
    Bruce Chen, 'Masks are Fit for Purpose', Herald Sun (Melbourne), 11 August 2020
  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Premier to be applauded for pursuing Human Rights Act
    Bruce Chen, Premier to be applauded for pursuing Human Rights Act, The Courier Mail (Brisbane), 2 November 2016
  • EXPERT WITNESS
    Invited expert testimony to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, 25 August 2023
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Australian Institute of Administrative Law
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, International Society of Public Law (Australia and New Zealand chapter)
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Australasian Human Rights Scholars' Network
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Law, Health and Society (LHS) research unit
  • AFFILIATION
    Member, Centre for Law as Protection, Protection from Inequality, Marginality, and Deprivation stream
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2021-23)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Winner, Emeritus Professor HP Lee Students' Publication Prize, Monash University (2019)
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Charter Education Project (Team Member), shortlisted finalist for Australian Human Rights Commission's Government Award (2018)