Rebecca Bates
Profile
Degrees
BMedia LLB (Hons) Macq; LLM Syd
Courses Taught
- Administrative Law
- Public Law
- Torts
Areas of Interest
- Water Law
- Privatisation
- Environmental Law
- Globalisation
- International Environmental Law
- International Trade Law
Brief Biographical Detail
Rebecca is a graduate of the University of Sydney and Macquarie University and is currently completing her doctorate within the Faculty. Her thesis explores the issue of water privatisation in the current era of globalisation and takes into account its relationship with human rights, trade liberalisation and regulation. Rebecca has a particular research interest in the issues associated with privatisation and the physical realisation of human and environmental rights.
Rebecca has previously worked at a leading commercial law firm and at the University as a research assistant on an ARC Discovery Project. She has also spent time volunteering at the Environmental Defender’s Office. Rebecca is admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles | Conference Papers
- Bates, R, ‘The Trade in Water Services: How does GATS apply to the water and sanitation services sector?’ (2009) 31(1) Sydney Law Review 121-142
- Bates, R, ‘Water and Survival – Does International Law Recognise a Human Right to Water?’, University of Sydney Postgraduate Law Research Conference, 2008
- Bates, R, ‘GATS and Water: Are Member States Obliged to Liberalise their Water and Sanitation Markets’, University of Sydney Postgraduate Law Research Conference, 2007