Areas of expertise

• International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) 180116
• Comparative Law 180106
• Criminal Law And Procedure 180110
• Administrative Law 180103

Research interests

Publications

• McLaughlin, R 2017, 'Maritime Crime: A manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners', in (ed.), Maritime Crime: A Manual for Criminal Justice Practitioners, UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, New York, pp. 1-130pp.
• McLaughlin, R & Drew, P 2016, 'Handbook on the Use of Force for Private Security Companies', in (ed.), Oceans Beyond Piracy, Oceans Beyond Piracy, Online, pp. 1-98pp.
• McLaughlin, R 2016, 'BLOG - Common Article 2 as a paradigmatically challenging threshold for the application of IHL'.
• Letts, D & McLaughlin, R 2016, 'Call-Out Powers for the Australian Defence Force in an Age of Terrorism: Some Legal Implications', Australian Institute of Administrative Law Forum, vol. 85, no. -, pp. 63-82pp.
• McLaughlin, R & Nasu, H 2016, 'The Law's Potential to Break-Rather Than Entrench-the South China Sea Deadlock?', Journal of Conflict and Security Law, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 305-337.
• McLaughlin, R & Paige, T 2016, 'The Role of Information Sharing in Counter-piracy in the Horn of Africa region: A Model for Transnational Criminal Enforcement Operations', Journal of International Law and international Relations, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 82-119pp.
• McLaughlin, R 2016, 'Towards a more effective counter-drugs regime in the Indian Ocean', Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 24-38.
• Letts, D & McLaughlin, R 2016, 'Law of naval warfare', in Rain Liivoja and Tim McCormack (ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 264-281.
• McLaughlin, R 2016, 'The impact of the 'civilianisation' of military administrative law on the 'command power'' Military Justice in The Modern Age, Duxbury, A and Groves, G eds, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp130-156
• McLaughlin, R and Letts, D, 2016, Path needs to be cleared so Defence Force can respond to terror attacks.
• McLaughlin, R 2015, 'The Continuing Conundrum of the Somali Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone', The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 305-334.
• McLaughlin, R 2015, 'Belligerency and Use of Force in NIAC Contexts', Non-International Armed Conflicts: Developments and Challenges, Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Sydney.
• McLaughlin, R 2015, 'International Security in 2014', International Law 2014: The Year in Review, Sydney Centre for International Law, Sydney.
• McLaughlin, R 2015, 'United Nations Security Council Practice in Relation to Use of Force in No-Fly Zones and Maritime Exclusion Zones', in Marc Weller (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law, Oxford University Press, oxford and New York, pp. 251-271.
• Nasu, H & McLaughlin, R, eds, 2014, New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands.
• McLaughlin, R & Paige, T 2014, 'The role of information sharing in counter piracy in the Horn of Africa region: a model for transnational criminal enforcement operations', American Society of International Law Mid-Year Meeting and Research Forum, American Society of International Law, Chicago.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'The Strategic Leading Seaman in UN maritime Operations', The strategic corporal re-visited: challenges for combatants in twenty-first century warfare, Australian National University, Canberra.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'Customary International Law on maritime insurgencies as a guide to filling a gap in the modern Law of Armed Conflict', International Law Association British Branch Spring Conference, Kings College, London, London.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'The Rules-Based Order and the South China Sea', Strengthening a rule-based order in the Asia Pacific: Perspectives from ASEAN, Japan, and Australia, Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific, Canberra.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'Unmanned Naval Vehicles and the Law of Naval Warfare', in Hitoshi Nasu, Robert McLaughlin (ed.), New technologies and the law of armed conflict, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 229-246.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'The Emerging Paradigm for Operational Incident Investigation', in David W Lovell (ed.), Investigating Operational Incidents in a Military Context: Law, Justice, Politics, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 197-220.
• McLaughlin, R & Stephens, D 2014, 'International Humanitarian Law in the Maritime Context: Conflict Characterization in Judicial and quasi-Judicial Contexts', in D Jinks, J N Maogoto, S Solomon (ed.), Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 103-132.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'Key Developments in International Humanitarian Law', Attorney-General's Department International Law Colloquium: Cross-Cutting Issues in International Law, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra.
• McLaughlin, R 2014, 'The Law Applicable to Naval Mine Warfare in a Non-International Armed Conflict', International Law Studies, vol. 90, no. 2014, pp. 474-498.
• McLaughlin, R & Nasu, H 2014, 'Introduction: Conundrum of New Technologies in the Law of Armed Conflict', in Hitoshi Nasu, Robert McLaughlin (ed.), New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 1-17.
• Nasu, H & McLaughlin, R 2014, 'Conclusion: Challenges of New Technologies for the Law of Armed Conflict', in Hitoshi Nasu, Robert McLaughlin (ed.), New Technologies and the Law of Armed Conflict, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 247-254
• McLaughlin, R 2012, 'Giving' Operational Legal Advice: Context and Method', Military Law and the Law of War Review, vol. 50, no. 1-2, pp. 99-125.
• McLaughlin, R 2012, 'An Australian Perspective on Non-International Armed Conflict: Afghanistan and East Timor', in Kenneth Watkin and Andrew J. Norris (ed.), International Law Studies: Non-International Armed Conflict in the Twenty-first Century, U.S. Government Printing Office, Newport, RI, USA, pp. 293-319.
• McLaughlin, R 2012, 'Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflict Through Rules of Engagement', in D W Lovell, I Primoratz (ed.), Protecting Civilians During Violent Conflict: Theoretical and Practical Issues for the 21st Century, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, pp. 119-140.
• McLaughlin, R 2012, 'Legal-Policy Considerations and Conflict Characterisation at the Threshold Between Law Enforcement and Non-International Armed Conflict', Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 94-121.
• McLaughlin, R 2012, ''Terrorism' as a Central Theme in the Evolution of Maritime Operations Law Since 11 September 2011', Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 14, no. 2012, pp. 391-409.
• McLaughlin, R 2012, 'Dangerous waters and international law: the Corfu Channel case, warships, and sovereignty irritants', in Karine Bannelier, Theodore Christakis and Sarah Heathcote (ed.), The ICJ and the Evolution of International Law: the enduring impact of the Corfu Channel case, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London UK, pp. 164-180.
• McLaughlin, R 2011, 'Unmanned Naval Vehicles at Sea: USVs, UUVs, and the Adequacy of the Law', Journal of Law, Information and Science, vol. 21, pp. EAP1-EAP16.
• McLaughlin, R 2011, 'The Changing Character of Public Legal Scrutiny of Operations', in Raul A 'Pete' Pedrozo and Daria P Wollschlaeger (ed.), International Law and the Changing Character of War, Naval War College Press, Newport, Rhode Island, pp. 415-426.
• McLaughlin, R 2011, 'The Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law: Some Paradigmatic Differences and Operational Implications', Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, vol. 2011, pp. 213-243.
• McLaughlin, R 2011, 'International Humanitarian Law, new forms of armed violence and the use of force', in Marco Odello and Gian Luca Beruto (ed.), Global Violence: Consequences and Responses, Franco Angeli, Milan, Italy, pp. 115-123.
• McLaughlin, R 2009, United Nations Naval Peace Operations in the Territorial Sea, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Netherlands.
• Moore, C & McLaughlin, R 2009, 'Australian Defence Force Operations', New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review, vol. 9, pp. 172-184.
• Cole, A, Drew, P, McLaughlin, R, Mandsager, D 2009, Rules of Engagement Handbook, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, USA.
• McLaughlin, R 2009, 'The Use of Lethal Force by Military Forces on Law Enforcement Operations: Is There a 'Lawful Authority?', Federal Law Review, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 441-469.
• McLaughlin, R 2008, 'The Legal Regime Applicable to Use of Lethal Force When Operating under a United Nations Security Council Chapter VII Mandate Authorising 'All Necessary Means'', Journal of Conflict and Security Law, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 389-417.
• Waddell, J, McLaughlin, R & Moore, C 2008, 'Australian Defence Force Operations', New Zealand Armed Forces Law Review, vol. 8, pp. 147-158.
• McLaughlin, R & Oswald, B 2007, '''WILFUL KILLING'' DURING ARMED CONFLICT: IS THERE A DEFENCE OF PROPORTIONALITY IN AUSTRALIA?', Criminal Law Forum, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1-41.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• A Legal Analysis of Australia's Future Engagement with Asia-Pacific Security Institutions (Secondary Investigator)