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Dr Noam Peleg

Dr Noam Peleg

Senior Lecturer

LLB (TAU), LLM (Public Law, TAU), LLM (Human Rights Law, UCL), PhD (UCL)

Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Noam Peleg is a Senior LecturerÌýand Director – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Faculty of Law and Justice. Noam's work in international children’s rights law, human rights law, childhood studies, and family law. His latest research has focused on questions of identity, development, paternalism and childhood. His book ‘The Child’s Right to Development’ was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019.ÌýTogether with the Diplomacy Training Programme (DTP) and Youth Law AustraliaÌýNoam has established the “Monitoring Children’s Rights Capacity Building Programme’ and he is a board member of the DTP Since 2023.ÌýNoamÌýhas been on the editorial board of the International Journal of Children’s Rights since 2013 and is the Journal’s Book Review Editor since 2018. In 2020 he was Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School (NYC). Before moving to academia, Noam practiced law in several human rights NGOs.

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E-mail
n.peleg@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2019
    Peleg N, 2019, The Child's Right to Development, Cambridge University Press,
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Peleg N; Lundy L; Fokala E, 2024, 'The UDHR, Children’s Rights and the Global South', in Borhan UK; Bhuiyan MJH (ed.), Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Brill, pp. 366 - 380
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Peleg N, 2023, ''Conversion Therapy' and Children's Rights', in Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’: Legal and Policy Perspectives, Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 110 - 126,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Peleg N, 2023, 'A Children’s Rights Dilemma – Paternalism versus Autonomy', in The Rights of the Child: Legal, Political and Ethical Challenges, Brill, pp. 7 - 12,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Peleg N, 2023, '‘Conversion Therapy’ and Children’s Rights', in Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 110 - 126,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Peleg N, 2022, 'Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Edward Elgar Publishing,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Peleg N; Tobin J, 2019, 'Article 6: The Rights to Life, Survival and Development', in Tobin J (ed.), The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child A Commentary, Oxford University Press, pp. 186 - 236,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Peleg N, 2019, 'International Children’s Rights Law: General Principles', in International Human Rights, Springer Singapore, pp. 135 - 157,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Peleg N, 2018, 'Developing the Right to Development', in Children’s Rights: New Issues, New Themes, New Perspectives, pp. 109 - 123,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Peleg N, 2018, 'Developing the Right to Development', in Freeman M (ed.), Children's Rights: New Issues, New Themes, New Perspectives, Brill, pp. 109 - 123,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Peleg N, 2017, 'Commentary on Re T (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment)', in Stalford H; Hollingsworth K; Gilmore S (ed.), REWRITING CHILDREN'S RIGHTS JUDGMENTS: FROM ACADEMIC VISION TO NEW PRACTICE, HART PUBL, pp. 245 - 251
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Diduck A; Peleg N; Reece H, 2015, 'About the Contributors', in Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy, Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 667 - 677,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Diduck A; Peleg N; Reece H, 2015, 'Introduction', in Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Michael Freeman, pp. 1 - 11,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Diduck A; Peleg N; Reece H, 2015, 'Introduction', in Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy, Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 1 - 11,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Diduck A; Peleg N; Reece H, 2015, 'Preliminary Material', in Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy, Brill | Nijhoff, pp. i - vii,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Peleg N; Diduck A; Reece H, 2015, 'Introduction', in Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy, pp. 1 - 11,
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Peleg N, 2014, 'Reconceptualising the child's right to development: Children and the capability approach', in The Future of Children's Rights, pp. 386 - 404,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Peleg N, 2012, 'Time to Grow Up: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's Jurisprudence of the Right to Development', in Law and Childhood Studies: Current Legal Issues,
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Peleg N, 2012, 'What Do We Mean When We Speak About Children’s Right to Development?', in The Sovereignty of Children in Law, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 134 - 156
  • Edited Books | 2021
    Peleg N; Stalford H; Lundy L, (eds.), 2021, Special Issue: COVID-19 and Children’s Rights: Space for Reflection, Tracing the Problems and Facing the Future,
    Edited Books | 2015
    Diduck A; Peleg N; Reece H, 2015, Law in Society: Reflections on Children, Family, Culture and Philosophy Essays in Honour of Michael Freeman, Brill - Nijhoff
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Maxwell F; Salter M; Peleg N, 2024, '‘To say report it, well, it seems a little useless’: Evaluating Australians' expectations of online service providers and reducing online child sexual exploitation', Policy and Internet, 16, pp. 384 - 410,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lixinski L; Peleg N, 2023, 'Paternalism in International Human Rights Law', Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 33, pp. 1 - 43,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lundy L; Stalford H; Peleg N, 2023, 'Dealing with Rejection', International Journal of Children's Rights, 31, pp. 299 - 300,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Peleg N; Lundy L; Stalford H, 2021, 'COVID-19 and children’s rights: Space for reflection, tracing the problems and facing the future', International Journal of Children's Rights, 29, pp. 255 - 259,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Peleg N, 2021, 'Book Review: Same-Sex Parenting and the Best Interests Principle', The International Journal of Children's Rights, 29, pp. 249 - 254,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Peleg N, 2021, 'Child-Centred Analysis of National Immunisation Laws – Australia as a Case Study', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 27, pp. 40 - 57,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Peleg N; Hanson K, 2020, 'Waiting for Children’s Rights Theory', international journal of children’s rights, 28, pp. 15 - 35,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Peleg N, 2020, 'Incarcerated childhood and the politics of unchilding', Journal of Genocide Research, 23,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Peleg N, 2018, 'Illusion of inclusion: challenging universalistic conceptions in international children’s rights law', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 24, pp. 326 - 344,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Peleg N, 2018, 'Marginalisation by the Court: The Case of Roma Children and the European Court of Human Rights', Human Rights Law Review, 18, pp. 111 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Peleg N, 2017, 'Developing the Right to Development', international journal of children’s rights, 25, pp. 380 - 395,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Peleg N, 2015, 'A Guide to Resources', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDRENS RIGHTS, 23, pp. 477 - 478,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Peleg N, 2013, 'Reconceptualising the child's right to development: Children and the capability approach', International Journal of Children's Rights, 21, pp. 523 - 542,
  • Reports | 2023
    Salter M; Woodlock D; Whitten T; Tyler M; Naldrett G; Breckenridge J; Nolan J; Peleg N, 2023, Identifying and understanding child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes among Australian men, UNSW, Sydney,
    Other | 2021
    Peleg N, 2021, Book Review: Adults and Children in Postmodern Societies: A Comparative Law and Multidisciplinary Handbook, Oxford University Press,
    Reports | 2021
    Salter M; Wong T; Breckenridge J; Scott S; Cooper S; Peleg N, 2021, Production and distribution of child sexual abuse materials by parental figures, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, ACT, 616
    Reports | 2019
    Peleg N; Salter M, 2019, Submission to the Online Safety Charter consultation,
    Reports | 2015
    McGarrity N; Hardy KA; Ananian-Welsh R; Tulich T; Peleg N; Lynch A, 2015, Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Inquiry into Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2015, Australia
    Reports | 2015
    Peleg N; Hunter , 2015, Children’s Champions and Pre-Recording of Evidence
    Other | 2014
    Peleg N, 2014, Book review: Reconceptualizing Children’s Rights in International Development,
    Other | 2012
    Peleg N, 2012, Book Review: Children and Youth in the Digital Media Culture From a Nordic Horizon,
    Preprints |
    Hanson K; Peleg N, Waiting for Children’s Rights Theory,
    Preprints |
    Lixinski L; Peleg N, Paternalism in International Human Rights Law,
    Preprints |
    Peleg N, Child-centred Analysis of National Immunization Laws – Australia as a Case Study,
    Preprints |
    Peleg N, Illusion of Inclusion: Challenging Universalist Conceptions in International Children’s Rights Law,
  • Media | 2023
    Peleg N, 2023, Climate change threatens the rights of children. The UN just outlined the obligations states have to protect them,
    Media | 2021
    Peleg N, 2021, In debates about opening schools, we’re neglecting an important voice: our children’s,
    Media | 2019
    Peleg N; Gordon F, 2019, ‘The Australian government is not listening’: how our country is failing to protect its children,