By Associate Professor Bassina Farbenblum

Reports

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S, 2013, Improvement and Expansion of Migrant Worker Mediation Services: A Policy Brief for the Indonesian National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Migrant Workers

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S, 2013, Justice for Indonesia’s Millions of Migrant Workers: A Policy Brief for the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S, 2013, Strengthening Embassy Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers: A Policy Brief for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Farbenblum B, 2012, Submission No 3 to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012

Farbenblum B; Jansyn J, 2009, Crossing the Line: Damaging Immigration Enforcement Practices by New Jersey Police Following Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2007-3

Media

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2020, ‘Garbage’ and ‘cash cows’: temporary migrants describe anguish of exclusion and racism during COVID-19, https://theconversation.com/garbage-and-cash-cows-temporary-migrants-describe-anguish-of-exclusion-and-racism-during-covid-19-146098

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2020, ‘I will never come to Australia again’: new research reveals the suffering of temporary migrants during the COVID-19 crisis, https://theconversation.com/i-will-never-come-to-australia-again-new-research-reveals-the-suffering-of-temporary-migrants-during-the-covid-19-crisis-143351

Preprints

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 'We Might not Be Citizens but We Are Still People': Australia’s Disregard for the Human Rights of International Students during COVID-19, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3829511

Berg L; Farbenblum B, As if We Weren't Humans: The Abandonment of Temporary Migrants in Australia during COVID-19, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3709527

Farbenblum B; Berg L, International Students and Wage Theft in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3663837

Berg L; Farbenblum B, Living Precariously: Understanding International Students' Housing Experiences in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3550890

Farbenblum B; Berg L, Migrant Workers’ Access to Justice for Wage Theft: A Global Study of Promising Initiatives, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4012343

Farbenblum B; Berg L, Migrant Workerss Access to Remedy for Exploitation in Australia: The Role of the National Fair Work Ombudsman, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3130410

Farbenblum B; Nawaz M; Barton C; Djasmeini J; Farrell H; Meikle P; Melrose L; Ortner J; Santhukumar M; Wang WP, No Place Like Home: Addressing Exploitation of International Students in Sydney's Housing Market, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3426935

Yu A; Lo A; Clarke R; Farbenblum B; Joyce D; De Leeuw M; Bennett Moses L; Manwaring K; Nolan J; Zalnieriute M, Response to Issues Paper on Human Rights and Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3346196

Berg L; Farbenblum B, Wage Theft in Australia: Findings of the National Temporary Migrant Work Survey, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3140071

Farbenblum B; Berg L, Wage Theft in Silence: Why Migrant Workers Do Not Recover Their Unpaid Wages in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3289002

Other

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2020, Submission No 32 to NSW Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education Inquiry into Future Development of the NSW Tertiary Education Sector, https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lcdocs/submissions/68339/0032%20Assoc%20Prof%20Berg%20and%20Assoc%20Prof%20%20Farbenblum.pdf

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2020, Submission No 33 to Senate Select Committee on Temporary Migration Inquiry into the impact temporary migration has on the Australian economy, wages and jobs, social cohesion and workplace rights and conditions, https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=82c81f56-64f8-4967-aa1f-e06fcd2ff714&subId=679599

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2020, Submission 102 to Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into unlawful underpayment of employees' remuneration, https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=6b544409-06cf-4896-9fee-67aafb489d3d&subId=679903

Farbenblum B; Berg L; Kintominas A, 2018, Submission to Australian Human Rights Commission Consultation into Human Rights and Technology, https://tech.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/110%20-%20Migrant%20Worker%20Initiative%20UNSW.pdf

Farbenblum B; Berg L, 2018, Submission No 21 to Senate Standing Committees on Education and Employment Inquiry into the exploitation of general and specialist cleaners working in retail chains for contracting or subcontracting cleaning companies (2018)

Farbenblum B; Laurie B, 2018, Submission No 42 to Queensland Education, Employment and Small Business Committee Inquiry into Wage Theft in Queensland, https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/committees/EESBC/2018/Wagetheft/submissions/042.pdf

Nolan J; Farbenblum B, 2014, Is the World Cup Worth Dying For?

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S; Sijapati B, 2014, Policy Brief: Labor Migration Agents in Nepal: Regulation, Accountability and Alternatives

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S; Sijapati B, 2014, Policy Brief: Overseas Assistance for Nepali Migrant Workers Seeking Justice Abroad

Farbenblum B; Taylor-Nicholson E; Paoletti S; Sijapati B, 2014, Policy Brief: The Exploitation-Trafficking Continuum in Labor Migration and the Need for Reform in Nepal

Farbenblum B, 2012, Submission No 11 to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into Detention of Indonesian Minors in Australia

Farbenblum B, 2011, Smuggling Prosecutions: Unfair and Costly

Farbenblum B, 2011, Submission No 15 to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011

Farbenblum B, 2011, Submission No 4 to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011

Farbenblum B, 2010, Australia’s Role in the Interception and Detention of Asylum Seekers in Asia: Advocating for Transparency and Accountability

Farbenblum B, 2010, Afghan and Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers in Limbo: Setting a Poor Regional Example

Farbenblum B; McAdam J, 2010, Submission 23 to Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010

Farbenblum B, 2009, Supreme Court of the United States, 2009 - Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights and Religious Organizations, Al-Marri v. Spagone

Farbenblum B, 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 2008 - Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of International Humanitarian Law, Saleh v. Titan; Ibrahim v. Titan

Farbenblum B, 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2008 - Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars of International Human Rights Law, Khouzam v. Chertoff

Farbenblum B, 2008, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2008 - Brief of Amici Curiae New Jersey Institute for Social Justice et al., Delrio-Mocci v. Connolly Properties

Farbenblum B, 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2006 - Brief of Amici Curiae Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch et al., Yusupov v. Attorney General

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