Professor Steven Freeland
Director of Research & HDR (July - Dec), School of Law
LLM, LLB, BComIndRel UNSW Contact details
Career Profile
Steven Freeland is Professor of International Law at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, where he teaches both postgraduate and undergraduate students in International Criminal Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, Commercial Aspects of Space Law, and International Moot Court. He is also Co-Director of Research and HDR at the School of Law, and coordinator of the School’s International Law Mooting Program.
He is a Visiting Professor in International Law at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and at the University of Vienna, Austria, a Permanent Visiting Professor at the iCourts Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Denmark, a Member of Faculty of the London Institute of Space Policy and Law, and an Expert Assessor of Research Proposals to the Australian Research Council, Australia and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. He has taught courses and presented guest lectures at Universities in The Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Denmark, United States, Australia, Turkey, France and Singapore.
He has been a Visiting Professional within the Appeals Chamber at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, and a Special Advisor to the Danish Foreign Ministry in matters related to the International Criminal Court.
Among other appointments, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the US-based Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, a member of the Space Law Committee of the London-based International Law Association, a Director and member of the Directorate of Studies of the Paris-based International Institute of Space Law, a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law and a Fellow of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade and Finance.
He sits on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Human Rights, the Australian International Law Journal and the China-based Space Law Review, and on the Advisory Board of the India-based Asian Journal of Air and Space Law and the UK-based Journal of Philosophy of International Law, as well as a series of books entitled Studies in Space Law. He is also a Co-Editor of Annotated Leading Cases of the International Criminal Tribunals, a long-established series of casebooks annotating the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor.
He has published extensively on various aspects of International Law and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, having been invited to present conference papers and keynote speeches in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam and United States.
Awards and Recognition
- Appointed Visiting Professional (Appeals Chamber), the International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands (2005-2006)
- Appointed Visiting Professor of International Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2005-continuing)
- Appointed Visiting professor of International Law, University of Vienna, Austria (from 2013)
- Appointed Permanent Visiting Professor, ‘iCourts Centre of Excellence for International Courts’, Denmark (from 2013)
- Appointed as Special Advisor to the Danish Government in relation to the International Criminal Court and International Law (2005)
- Appointed as a member of the Danish Government Delegation to the Fourth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands 30 November 2005 - 3 December 2005
- Appointed Visiting Scholar, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (2007- continuing)
- Appointed as Member of Faculty, London Institute of Space Policy and Law (2010-continuing)
- Appointed as part of the official Australian Government delegation to attend a Meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), Vienna, 15 February 2010
- Elected Director of the International Institute of Space Law, Paris (since 2010)
- Appointed as Expert Assessor of Research Proposals by the Australian Research Council, Australia (since 2011)
- Appointed as an independent expert by the Dutch Government (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) to assess academic grant applications (since 2011)
Interests
Learning and Teaching Interests
Public International; Law; International Criminal Law; The International Criminal Legal System - Policy and Process; Human Rights Law; Space Law - Commercial Aspects; International Advocacy
Research Interests
International Criminal Law; Human Rights Law; Public International Law; Space Law; International Environmental Law
Engagement Interests
Member of the Advisory Board, Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression, USA (since 2010)
Chair, International Law Action Group, Lawyers Reform Association, Australia (2003-2008)
Member of Committee on Transnational Enforcement of Environmental Law, International Law Association, London (2003-2007)
Member of Committee on Space Law, International Law Association, London (since 2005)
Member of the International Institute of Space Law, Paris (since 2001)
Elected Member of the Directorate of Studies, International Institute of Space Law, Paris (since 2007)
Director of the International Institute of Space Law, Paris (since 2010)
Member of the Executive Committee, International Law Association (Australian Branch) (2002-2008)
Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (since 2003)
Fellow of the Tim Fischer Centre for Global Trade & Finance, Australia (since 2003)
Invited Member of the SUR Human Rights University network established by the United Nations Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004-2008)
Co-Editor of Annotated Leading Cases of the International Criminal Tribunals (since 2012)
Member of the Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Human Rights (since 2002)
Member of Editorial Board, Australian International Law Journal (since 2002)
Member of the Editorial Board, Space Law Review (since 2010)
Member of Advisory Board for a series of books Studies in Space Law, Brill Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands (since 2006)
Member of the Advisory Board of the Asian Journal of Air and Space Law (since 2011)
Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Philosophy of International Law (since 2012)
Selected Publications
Books
Contemporary Issues for National and International Space Law: Commentary and Source Materials
2011 AMG Publishing, Bulgaria (ISBN 978-954-9696-39-4) (with Rada Popova and Solomon Passy) (also translated into Bulgarian)
Book Chapters (selected)
Whose Mess is it Anyway? Regulating the Environmental Consequences of Commercial Launch Activities
in (2011) Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 318-326, 2012 Eleven International Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands (ISBN 978-94-90947-69-9) (with Donna Lawler)
The Regulation of Space Activities and the Space Environment
in Shawkat Alam, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Tareq M.R. Chowdhury and Erika J. Techera (eds) Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law 375-391, 2012 Routledge, UK (ISBN 978-0-415-68717-1) (with Ulrike M. Bohlmann)
International Criminal Governance: Will the International Criminal Court be an ‘Effective’ Mechanism for Justice?
in Michael Head, Scott Mann and Simon Kozlina (eds), Transnational Governance: Emerging Models of Global Legal Regulation, 213-243, 2012 Ashgate, Great Britain (ISBN 978-1-409-41826-9)
The Role of ‘Soft Law’ in Public International Law and its Relevance to the International Legal Regulation of Outer Space
in Irmgard Marboe (ed), Soft Law in Outer Space: The Function of Non-binding Norms in International Space Law, 9-30, 2012 Bohlau Publishing, Vienna, Austria (ISBN 978-3-205-78797-6)
The Development of National Space Law
in Steven Freeland, Rada Popova and Solomon Passy (eds), Contemporary Issues for National and International Space Law: Commentary and Source Materials, 12-35, 2012 AMG Publishing, Bulgaria (ISBN 978-954-9696-39-4) (also translated into Bulgarian)
Foreign Relations (revised)
in Halsbury Laws of Australia Volume 14, 2011 LexisNexis Australia, pages 392-001 to 392-768 (296 pages) (ISBN 0 409 30458 1)
Lost in Space? The Changing Nature of Australia's Space Policy
in (2010) Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 388-397, 2011 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, USA (ISBN 978-1-60086-785-9)
Matching Detail with Practice: The Essential Elements of National Space Legislation
in (2010) Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 540-550, 2011 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, USA (ISBN 978-1-60086-785-9)
The Appropriateness of the Moon Agreement for Lunar Exploration and Use
in (2010) Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law, 562-568, 2011 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC, USA (ISBN 978-1-60086-785-9) (with Ram Jakhu and Stephan Hobe)
A Contemporary Review of the Air Space and Outer Space Regimes: The Thin Lines between Law, Policy and Emergent Challenges
in Sanford Silverburg (ed), International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Problems, 2011 Westview Press, USA, 300-317 (ISBN 978-0-8133-4471-3) (with Jackson Maogoto)
Debt-for-Nature Exchanges
in Ross P. Buckley (ed), Debt-for-Development Exchanges: History and New Applications, 2011 Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, 17-40 (ISBN 978-1-107-00942-4) (with Ross P. Buckley)
United States Debt Exchanges
in Ross P. Buckley (ed), Debt-for-Development Exchanges: History and New Applications, 2011 Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, 51-66 (ISBN 978-1-107-00942-4) (with Ross P. Buckley)
International Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty
in Jon Yorke (ed), The Right to Life and the Value of Life: Orientations in Law, Politics and Ethics, 2010 Ashgate Publishing, UK, 193-231 (ISBN 978-0-7546-7761-1)
Commentary on Emmanuel Ndindabahizi v. The Prosecutor, Case No. ICTR-01-71-A, 16 January 2007
in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds) Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XXV, The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2006-2007, 2010 Intersentia, Antwerp, 671-678 (ISBN 978-90-5095-916-2)
Regulation of Space Activities in Australia
in Ram Jakhu (ed), National Regulation of Space Activities, 2010 Springer, The Netherlands, 37-59 (ISBN 978-90-481-9007-2) (with Noel Siemon)
Space Tourism and the International Law of Outer Space
in Sandeep B. Bhat (ed), Space Law in the Era of Commercialization, 2010 EBC Publishing, India, 16-38 (ISBN 81-7012-995-8)
Introduction – Manfred Lachs’ The Law of Outer Space Revisited
in Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Stephan Hobe (eds), Manfred Lachs, The Law of Outer Space: An Experience in Contemporary Law-Making (special reprint), 2010 Martinus Nijhoff, Netherlands / USA, ix-xii (ISBN 978-9004-18667-5) (with Stephan Hobe and Ram Jakhu)
The 2008 Russia / China Proposal for a Treaty to Ban Weapons in Space: A Missed Opportunity or an Opening Gambit?
(2008) 51 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 261-271 (ISBN 978-1-60086-717-0)
The Internationalization of Criminal Justice
in Stephan Hobe (ed), Globalisation – the State and International Law, 2009 Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 117-121 (ISBN 978-3-515-09375-0)
Article II of the 1969 Outer Space Treaty
in Stephan Hobe, Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd and Kai-Uwe Schrogl (eds), Cologne Commentary on Space Law, Volume I – Outer Space Treaty, 2009 Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, 44-63 (ISBN 978-3-452-27185-3) (with Ram Jakhu)
The 21st Century Space Arms Race: Curtailing Heavenly Thunderbolts through the Shield of the ‘Peaceful Purposes’ Mantra
in Sandeep B. Bhat (ed), Outer Space Law: From Theory to Practice, 2009 ICFAI Books, India, 79-105 (ISBN 978-81-314-2453-7) (with Jackson Maogoto)
Foreign Relations
in Halsbury Laws of Australia Volume 14, pages 392-001 to 392-767 (261 pages) (ISBN 0 409 304581) (with Christine Chinkin)
Introduction– the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in Timor Leste
in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XIII, Timor Leste - The Special Panels for Serious Crimes, 2001-2003, 2008 Intersentia, Antwerp, 15-27 (ISBN 978-90-5095-673-4) (with Andre Klip, Goran Sluiter and Sergey Vasiliev)
Law of Outer Space
in Roland Robertson and Jan Aart Scholte (eds), Encyclopaedia of Globalization 2007 Routledge, New York, 722-724 (ISBN 0-415-97314-7) (with Alexis Goh)
Crimes against the Environment - A Role for the International Criminal Court?
in Alberto Costi and Yves-Louis Sage (eds), Droit de l'Environnement dans le Pacifique: Problématiques et Perspectives Croisées/Environmental Law in the Pacific: International and Comparative Perspectives 2005 New Zealand Association for Comparative Law/Association de Législation Comparée des Pays du Pacifique, RJP Hors Série no V, Wellington, 335-372 (ISBN 0-473-10630-2) (also translated into French)
Australia and the International Criminal Court
in Gabriel A Moens and Rudolphe Biffot (eds), The Convergence of Legal Systems in the 21st Century – An Australian Approach, 2002 The Australian Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law, The University of Queensland, 285-308 (ISBN 1-8763-4409-1) (with Alexis Goh)
Difficulties of Implementing National Space Legislation Exemplified by the Australian Approach
in Stephan Hobe, Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd and Kai-Uwe Schrogl (eds), ‘Project 2001 Plus’ - Global and European Challenges for Air and Space Law at the Edge of the 21st Century, 2006 Carl Heymanns Verlag, Köln, Germany, 65-92 (ISBN 3-452-26090-9)
The Significance of the Nordic Experience for Indigenous Governance in Australia
in Garth Nettheim, Gary D Meyers and Donna Craig (eds), Indigenous Peoples and Governance Structures: a Comparative Analysis of Land and Resource Management Rights, 2002 Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, Canberra, 185-188 (ISBN 0 85575 379 X) (with Donna Craig)
Indigenous Governance by the Inuit of Greenland
in Garth Nettheim, Gary D Meyers and Donna Craig (eds), Indigenous Peoples and Governance Structures: a Comparative Analysis of Land and Resource Management Rights, 2002 Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, Canberra, 189-208 (ISBN 0 85575 379 X) (with Donna Craig)
Indigenous Governance by the Sámi of Scandinavia
in Garth Nettheim, Gary D Meyers and Donna Craig (eds), Indigenous Peoples and Governance Structures: a Comparative Analysis of Land and Resource Management Rights, 2002 Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS, Canberra, 209-237 (ISBN 0 85575 379 X) (with Donna Craig)
The Use of the Non-Equity Debt Exchange Mechanism to Promote Sustainable Development
Chapter 23 ‘Financing Sustainable Development’ in Craig, Robinson and Lian (eds), Capacity Building for Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific Region: Approaches and Resources, 2003 Asian Development Bank, Manila, 914-929 (1st ed - ISBN 971-561-423-X), (2nd ed – ISBN 971-561-504-X)
The Applicability of the Jus in Bello Rules of International Humanitarian Law to the Use of Outer Space
(2006) 49 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 2007 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 338-347 (ISBN 1-56347-877-3)
The Impact of Space Tourism on the International Law of Outer Space
(2005) 48 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 2006 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 178-189 (ISBN 1-56347-827-7)
The Australian Regulatory Regime for Space Launch Activities: Out to Launch?
(2004) 47 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 2005 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 56-65 (ISBN 1-56347-783-1)
The Crystallisation of General Assembly Space Declarations into Customary International Law
(2003) 46 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 2004 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 122-130 (ISBN 1-56347-673-8) (with Ricky J Lee)
Property and Mining Rights for Lunar Mining Operations in the Absence of International Consensus on the Moon Agreement
(2003) 2 Proceedings of 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law, 247-257 (with Ricky J Lee)
The Impact of Arms Limitation Agreements and Export Control Regulations on Launch Activities
(2002) 45 Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, 2003 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 321-330 (ISBN 1-56347-625-8) (with Ricky J Lee)
Peer-Reviewed Scholarly International Journal Articles (selected)
Reshaping Australia’s Space Policy and Regulation – Recent Developments
(2012) 61:1 German Journal of Air and Space Law / Zeitschrift fur Luft- und Weltraumrecht 99-110 (ISSN 0340-8329)
The International Criminal Court – An Opportunity for the Asia Pacific
(2011) 20:3 Human Rights Defender 2-4 (ISSN 1039-2637)
Legal Regulation of the Military Use of Outer Space
(2011) 41 Collegium – the Journal of the College of Europe 87-97 (also translated into French)
For Better or For Worse? The Use of ‘Soft Law’ within the International Legal Regulation of Outer Space
(2011) XXXVI Annals of Air and Space Law 409-445 (ISSN 0701-158XXXVI)
U.S Debt-for-Development Legislation: A Missed Opportunity to Enhance United States National Security?
(2011) 26:2 Banking & Finance Law Review 233-257 (ISSN 0832-8722) (with Ross Buckley)
In Heaven as on Earth? The International Legal Regulation of the Military Use of Outer Space
(2011) 8:3 US-China Law Review 272-287 (ISSN 1548-6605)
Can International Criminal Justice be Effective in Preventing War Crimes?’
(2011) 1 International Humanitarian Law Magazine 22-25, published by the Australian Red Cross
Sensing a Change? The Re-Launch of Australia’s Space Policy and Some Possible Legal Implications
(2010) 36:2 Journal of Space Law 381-413 (ISSN 0095-7577)
No Longer Acceptable: The Exclusion of the Death Penalty under International Criminal Law
(2010) 15:2 Australian Journal of Human Rights 1-34 (ISSN 1323-238X)
Between Heaven and Earth: The Legal Challenges of Human Space Travel
(2010) 66:11/12 Acta Astronautica 1597-1607 (ISSN 0094-5765) (with Tanja Masson-Zwaan)
More than Hot Air: Reflections on the Relationship between Climate Change and Human Rights
(2010) 14 University of Western Sydney Law Journal 101-135 (ISSN 1446-9294) (with Laura Horn)
A Prosecution too far? Reflections on the Accountability of Heads of State under International Criminal Law
(2010) 41:2 Victoria University Wellington Law Review 179-204 (ISSN 1171-042X)
Fly me to the Moon? How will International Law cope with Commercial Space Tourism?
(2010) 11:1 Melbourne Journal of International Law 90-118 (ISSN 1444-8602)
Debt-for-Development-Exchanges: Using External Debt to Mitigate Environmental Damage in Developing Countries
(2010) 16:1 West Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 77-101 (ISSN 1080-0735) (with Ross P. Buckley)
From Star Wars to Space Wars - The Next Strategic Frontier: Paradigms to Anchor Space Security
(2008) 33 Air and Space Law 10-37 (ISSN 0927-3379) (with Jackson Maogoto)
Mere Children or Weapons of War - Child Soldiers and International Law
(2008) 29 University of La Verne Law Review 19-55 (ISSN 0160-2098)
Space Weaponization and the United Nations Charter: A Thick Legal Fog or a Receding Mist?
(2007) 41:4 The International Lawyer 1091-1119 (ISSN 0020-7810) (with Jackson Maogoto)
The Internationalization of Justice – A Case for the Universal Application of International Criminal Norms
(2007) 4 New Zealand Yearbook of International Law 45-66 (ISSN 1176-6417)
The Final Frontier: The Laws of Armed Conflict and Space Warfare
(2007) 23(1) Connecticut Journal of International Law 165-195 (ISSN 0897-1218) (with Jackson Maogoto)
Teaching International Law Across an Urban Divide: Reflections on an Improvisation
(2007) 57(4) Journal of Legal Education 539-561 (ISSN 0022-2208) (with Fleur Johns)
Towards Universal Justice – Why Countries in the Asia / Pacific Region should Embrace the International Criminal Court
(2007) 5 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 49-76 (ISSN 1176-3930)
How Open Should the Door Be? - Declarations by non-States Parties under Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
(2006) 75(2) Nordic Journal of International Law 211-241 (ISSN 0902-7351)
Educating Lawyers for Transnational Challenges – The Globalizaton of Legal Regulation
(2005) 55(4) Journal of Legal Education 500-506 (ISSN 0022-2208)
Co-operation or Chaos? - Article 65 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Future of the International Whaling Commission
(2005) 2 Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law 1-36 (ISSN 1448-8345) (with Julie Drysdale)
Up, Up and …. Back: The Emergence of Space Tourism and its Impact on the International Law of Outer Space
(2005) 6(1) Chicago Journal of International Law 1-22 (ISSN 1529-0816)
Human Rights, the Environment and Conflict – Addressing Crimes against the Environment
(2005) 2 United Nations SUR International Journal on Human Rights 112-139 (ISSN 1806-6445) (also translated into Spanish and Portuguese)
Child Soldiers and International Crimes – How Should International Law be Applied?
(2005) 3 New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 303-328 (ISSN 1176-3930)
Crossing the Language and Cultural Divide - The Challenges of Educating Asian Law Students in a Globalising World
(2004) 14(2) Legal Education Review 219-238 (ISSN 1033-2839) (with Grace Li and Angus Young)
and
(2005) 41(1) Beijing College of Political Science and Law Journal 50-58 (ISSN 1672-9285) (translated into Chinese by Shi Yubing)
The International Court of Justice and Recent Orders on Provisional Measures
(2004) 11 Australian International Law Journal 47-66 (ISSN 1325-5029) (with Alexis Goh)
When Laws are Not Enough – the Stalled Development of an Australian Space Launch Industry
(2004) 8 University of Western Sydney Law Journal 79-95 (ISSN 1446-9294)
The Bombing of Kosovo and the Milosevic Trial: Reflections on Some Legal Issues
(2002) Australian International Law Journal 150-175 (ISSN 1325-5029)
Turning to a Trusted Friend: Using Debt Exchanges for Environmental and Development Purposes
(2001) Australian International Law Journal 90-142 (ISSN 1325-5029)
Universal Jurisdiction in the Netherlands – the right approach but the wrong case? Bouterse and the December Murders
(2001) 7(2) Australian Journal of Human Rights 91-96 (ISSN 1323-238X) (with Pita Schimmelpennick)
The Kyoto Protocol – An Agreement Without a Future?
(2001) 24(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 532-542 (ISSN 0313-0096)
and
(2001) 7(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal Forum 2-8
There’s a Satellite in My Backyard – MIR and the Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects
(2001) 24(2) University of New South Wales Law Journal 462-484 (ISSN 0313-0096)
Conferences/Public Speeches
(selected – from 2007)
2012
The Legal Regulation of the Environment of Outer Space
Presentation (invited) Faculty of Law, the University of Vienna, Vienna, 17 January 2012
The Fragmentation of International Law Principles?
Presentation (invited) Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Vienna, 19 January 2012
Crimes against the Environment under International (Criminal) Law
Presentation (invited) Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, 22 March 2012
Is the International Criminal Court a Good Idea at All? - A Discussion on the Supposed Justifications of International Criminal Justice
Presentation (invited) sponsored by the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Excellence on International Courts and Tribunals, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, 23 April 2012
How International Law Impacts on the Legal Regulation of Outer Space
Presentation (invited) as Chair at symposium ‘In Heaven as on Earth?’ The Interaction of Public International Law on the Legal Regulation of Outer Space’ sponsored by the German Aerospace Centre, Bonn and the University of Cologne Institute of Air and Space Law, Cologne, held in Bonn, Germany, 1-2 June 2012
Technology and the Evolution of the Battlefield – the Challenges for International Humanitarian Law
Public speech (invited) at the 2012 Humanitarian Law Perspectives Lecture ‘Drones, Cyber Warfare and Space – the Evolution of the Battlefield’ sponsored by the Australian Red Cross, King & Wood Mallesons and PWC, Sydney 22 August 2012
Torture under International Law – a Living Norm?
Presentation (invited) at symposium ‘Torture and Sovereignty: interrogating State violence in the modern age’ sponsored by Justice Research Group, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, University of Western Sydney, Sydney 7-8 September 2012
The International Criminal Court – past, present and future
Public speech (invited) sponsored by the Legal Studies Association of NSW Inc, Sydney 11 September 2012
The Relationship between the United Nations Space Treaties and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Presentation (invited) at 55th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, Naples, Italy 2 October 2012 (with Ram Jakhu)
Space and International Humanitarian Law
Public lecture (invited) at University of Wollongong, sponsored by the Australian Red Cross and University of Wollongong, Wollongong 24 October 2012
International Law and Justice in the Asia-Pacific Region – The Role of the International Criminal Court Treaty Regime
Presentation (invited) at Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) / Asian Society of International Law (ASIL) Joint Conference 2012 ‘International Law and Justice’, Sydney 25-26 October 2012
Deciphering a More Effective Way forward for International Criminal Justice
Presentation (invited) at ‘Research Snapshots’, symposium sponsored by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW and the Justice Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Banco Court, Supreme Court of NSW, Sydney 12 December 2012
2011
The International Criminal Court – Recent Developments and Future Challenges
Presentation (invited) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Vienna, 17 January 2011
Regulation of the Military Uses of Outer Space
Presentation (invited) to sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) Legal Sub-Committee, Vienna, 19 January 2011
United Nations Initiatives to Regulate the Military Uses of Outer Space
Presentation (invited) Faculty of Law, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 24 February 2011
The Role of ‘Soft Law’ in Public International Law
Presentation (invited) at conference entitled “Soft Law’ in Outer Space: The Function of Non-binding Norms in International Space Law’ to the Legal Sub-committee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, sponsored by the University of Vienna, United Nations, Vienna, 2 April 2011
International Humanitarian Law and Codifying Constraints on Space Warfare
Presentation (invited) at 10th Annual Space Security Conference, sponsored by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, United Nations, Geneva, 4-5 April 2011
Commercial Space Regulation in Australia – a Mismatch between Form and Need? Presentation (invited) at 5th Annual Lincoln Space Law Conference, University of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 18 -19 April 2011
The International Criminal Court – Recent Developments and Future Challenges
Public Lecture (invited) University of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 20 April 2011
The Next Twenty Years of International Criminal Justice
Public lecture (invited) sponsored by the Atlantic Club, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20 May 2011
Preventing and Arms Race in Space
Public lecture (invited) sponsored by the University of Sofia and Space Challenges 2011, Sofia University, Bulgaria, 20 May 2011
The International Law of Outer Space – Major Challenges for Future Legal Regulation
Public Lecture (invited) sponsored by the Italian Society for International Organization, the Italian Space Agency and the Institute for International Legal Studies, Rome, 30 May 2011
The Law of the International Criminal Tribunals: Am Amalgam of Common Law and Civil Law?
Public Lecture (invited) sponsored by the National Council of Research for Italy and Faculty of Law, La Sapienza University, Rome, 31 May 2011
The Diversity of Approach within International Criminal Tribunals: A Road to (in)Consistency?
Public Lecture (invited) sponsored by the Danish Centre of Legal and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen, 7 June 2011
Dancing with the Stars: What the Legal Regulation of Outer Space Means for You
Faculty Presentation (invited) Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, 8 June 2011
The Effectiveness of International Criminal Justice - 'Success' Despite the Limitations?
Presentation (by invitation) at 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL), 'The Promise and Limits of International Law', Canberra, 23-25 June, 2011
Referrals to the International Criminal Court: A (Political) Pathway to Peace and Justice?
Humanitarian Law Perspectives 2011, sponsored by the Australian Red Cross, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sydney 18 August 2011
Whose Mess is it Anyway? Regulating the Environmental Consequences of Commercial Launch Activities
54th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, Cape Town, South Africa, 5 October 2011 (with Donna Lawler)
The Effectiveness of International Criminal Justice - 'Success' Despite the Limitations?
in house presentation (invited) School of Law, University of Western Sydney, 17 October 2011
Commercial Aspects of Space Related Transactions
Williams Roberts, lawyers, Sydney 8 November 2011
International Criminal Justice
University of Western Sydney ‘10K Youth Leadership Mater Class’, Sydney 10 December 2011
2010
The International Law of Outer Space – Some Contemporary Issues
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 22 January 2010
Perspectives on the Relationship between the International Criminal Tribunals and the International Court of Justice
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Faculty of Law, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 22 January 2010
The Military Uses of Outer Space
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 11 February 2010
Legal Aspects of NEO Threat Response and Related Institutional Issues
Presentation to a plenary session of the 47th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), United Nations Offices, Vienna, 15 February 2010
Matching Detail with Practice: The Essential Elements of National Space Legislation
Presentation to a plenary session of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), sponsored by the International Institute of Space Law (based in Paris) and the European Centre for Space Law (based in Vienna), United Nations Offices, Vienna, 22 March 2010
The International Law of Outer Space – Some Contemporary Issues
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the University of Sofia and The Atlantic Club, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 25 May 2010
The Appropriateness of the Moon Agreement for Lunar Exploration and Use
Invited conference presentation to the United Nations Global Lunar Conference, co-sponsored by the International Astronautical Federation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics, Beijing 31 May-3 June 2010 (with Ram Jakhu and Stephan Hobe)
Sensing a Change? The re-launch of Australia’s Space Policy and Some Possible Legal Implications
Workshop presentation to ‘Earth Observation, the Environment, Space, and Remote Sensing Law in the Pacific Rim’, sponsored by The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, University of Mississippi, held in Hawaii 16 – 18 June 2010
Perspectives on the Relationship between the International Criminal Tribunals and the International Court of Justice
Public Speech (invited) given to Legal Studies Students from 9 schools in the northern suburbs (240 students), St Ives High School, Sydney, 6 September 2010
Lost in Space? The Changing Nature of Australia’s Space Policy
Presentation (invited) at 53rd Colloquium on the International Law of Outer Space, The International Institute of Space Law, Prague, 27 September-1 October 2010
Legal Regulation of the Military use of Outer Space: What role for International Humanitarian Law Presentation (by invitation) at 11th Annual Bruges Colloquium on International Humanitarian Law ‘Technological Challenges for the Humanitarian Law Framework’, sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva) and the College of Europe (Bruges), Bruges, Belgium, 21-22 October 2010
Developing the Procedural Law of the International Criminal Tribunals
Public speech (invited) sponsored by the Australian Red Cross and Mallesons, Sydney, 13 October 2010
Prosecuting Heads of State
Public speech (by invitation) sponsored by Middletons, Solicitors, Sydney 9 November 2010
2009
Crimes Against the Environment – A Role for the International Criminal Court?
Presentation (by invitation) Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, 27 January
The Role of Developing Countries in the Development of the International Law of Outer Space
Public Lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, 27 February 2009
Australia and Denmark – A Comparative Analysis of International Law Perspectives
Presentation (by invitation) Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 January 2009
International Law and the Commercial Uses of Outer Space
Public lecture (by invitation) to the European Law Students Association, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5 February 2009
The Law of the International Criminal Tribunals – an Amalgam of Common Law and Civil Law?
Presented address (by invitation) at a conference entitled ‘Comparative Law and Legal Cultures’ sponsored by the University of Copenhagen, Denmark and the University of Lund, Sweden, Helsingor, Denmark, 29 March 2009
The Implementation of the United Nations Space Debris Guidelines
Presentation (by invitation) at a conference ‘International Interdisciplinary Congress on Space Debris’ sponsored by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (Vienna, Austria), The McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law (Montreal, Canada), The Cologne University Institute of Air and Space Law (Cologne, Germany), The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (Katwijk, The Netherlands), Montreal 7-9 May 2009
The International Criminal Court – Challenges for the Future
Presentation (invited) at an in-house seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 18 May 2009
The Internationalization of Justice and the Bashir Arrest Warrant
Presentation (invited) at an in-house seminar, Faculty of Law, University of Padua, Italy, 22 May 2009
The Moon Agreement
Conference presentation (invited) at the Second Authors’ Workshop of the Cologne Commentary on Space Law (CoCoSL), sponsored by the Institute of Air and Space Law (Cologne, Germany), the German Aerospace Centre (Bonn, Germany) and the European Space Policy Institute, Bonn, Germany 18 June 2009 (with Stephan Hobe and Ram Jakhu)
The Problems of Space Debris
Presentation (invited) at an in-house seminar, Institute of Air and Space Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cologne, Germany, 22 June 2009
Child Soldiers and International Law
Public speech (by invitation) sponsored by the NSW Young Lawyers Association and DLA Phillips Fox, Sydney, 15 July 2009
The International Law of Outer Space – Some Contemporary Issues
Presentation (by invitation) to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Canberra, 17 July 2009
Impunity and Immunity? Prosecuting Heads of State
Public Speech (by invitation) sponsored by the Australian Red Cross and Mallesons, Solicitors, Sydney, 4 August 2009
The International Law of Outer Space: Finding Solutions to Contemporary Issues
Public Speech (by invitation) sponsored by the National Space Society of Australia, Power House Museum, Sydney, 8 September 2009
The International Criminal Court: Challenges for the Future
Public Speech (by invitation) sponsored by the Legal Studies Teachers Association of NSW, Sydney, 14 September 2009
Australia’s Growing Role in Outer Space Activities – A Future Imperative
Public Speech (by invitation) sponsored by the Italian Embassy and the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 21 October 2009
2008
The “Non-Appropriation” Principle under Space Law and its place within International Law
Presented (by invitation) at the First Authors’ Workshop of the Cologne Commentary on Space Law (CoCoSL), Vienna, Austria 10-11 January 2008, sponsored by the Institute of Air and Space Law (Cologne, Germany), the German Aerospace Centre (Bonn, Germany) and the European Space Policy Institute (Vienna, Austria)
The Application of International Humanitarian Law to the Military Uses of Outer Space
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by The Red Cross of The Netherlands, the T.M.C. Asser Institute and the Amsterdam Centre for International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, 21 February 2008
International Law at the Cross-Roads?
Public Lecture (by invitation) University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 15 February 2008
The Relevance of International Space Law for Global Issues of Concern
Public Lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Danish Branch of the Comité Maritime International and International Law Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14 May 2008
The Implications of Space Tourism for the Insurance Industry
Seminar (by invitation) sponsored by Swiss Re, Zurich, Switzerland, 7 May 2008
Private Human Access to Space - Legal Challenges and Possibilities
Presentation (by invitation) of conference paper at 1st IAA Symposium on Private Manned Access to Space, Arcachon, France, May 28 – 30, 2008 (with Tania Masson-Zwaan)
The International Law of Outer Space and its Relevance for Space Business
Presentation (by invitation) of conference paper at 10th Australian Space Development Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 21-23 July 2008
The 2008 Russia / China Proposal for a Treaty to Ban Weapons in Space: A Missed Opportunity or an Opening Gambit?
Presentation (by invitation) of paper for presentation at 51st Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, Glasgow, Scotland, 1 October 2008
The International Criminal Court: Challenges for the Future
Public Lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Sydney Centre for International Law and the International Law Association, Sydney, 28 October 2008
Article Thirty-Nine
Guest Speaker (by invitation) at a concert to raise funds for former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 23 November 2008
The International Responsibility to Protect
Guest speaker (by invitation) at ‘Breaking Down Barriers’, a student social justice conference, Sydney University, 30 November 2008
The International Criminal Court – Recent Developments
Public speech (by invitation) sponsored by Middletons, Solicitors, Sydney 20 November 2008
2007
Current Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court
In-house seminar (by invitation) School of Law, University of New South Wales 22 October 2007
Child Soldiers and International Law
The ‘Solferino Lecture’ (by invitation) sponsored by the Centre for International and Public Law and the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the Australian Red Cross, Canberra, Australia, 27 September 2007
The Application of International Humanitarian Law to the Military Uses of Outer Space
Keynote address (by invitation) at seminar ‘New Developments in International Humanitarian Law’ sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, New Zealand Red Cross and Victoria University, Wellington, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, 1 September, 2007
Challenges Facing the International Criminal Court
Public seminar (by invitation) to the International Law Division of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra, Australia, 27 September 2007
The Recruitment of Child Soldiers – How International Law Has Reacted
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Solicitors, Sydney, Australia, 14 August 2007
The Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to the Weaponization of Outer Space
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the T.M.C. Asser Centre and the Grotius Centre for International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, 7 June 2007
International Criminal Court: Challenges for the Future
Public lecture (by invitation) sponsored by the Danish Foreign Ministry, The Danish International Law Association and the Comité Maritime International, Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 May 2007
Space Law and Aviation Law – a Marriage Made (not quite) in Heaven?
Keynote address (by invitation) at 28th Annual Conference of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia, 2-4 May 2007
Newspaper Opinion Pieces (from 2005)
International courts send strong message against impunity
The Canberra Times 30 May 2012, page 9 col. 1
Ensuring that tyrants can no longer act with impunity
The National Times 30 May 2012
A US Moon Colony? Does Newt Gingrich’s Idea have a Legal Basis?
The Conversation 30 January 2012
Catching up in the space race
The Canberra Times, 11 April 2011, page 9 col. 1
We lack laws to combat the most grave of violations
Weekendavisen (Danish National newspaper), 10 September 2010, page 13 col 1 (in Danish) (with Pernille Walther)
Furthering the reach of international justice
The National Times 16 July 2010
The Hague is working to ‘put an end to impunity’
The Canberra Times 14 July 2010, page 19 col 1
Taking Japan to Court puts more Whales in Danger
The Australian, 21 June 2010, page 14 col 3
Compromise may be the best means of protecting whales
The Canberra Times 18 June 2010, page 23 col 1
Dearth of Australian space presence highlighted
The Canberra Times 12 June 2010, page 27 col 1
Space jump better late than never
The Age 7 June 2010, page 11 col 1
Children with Kalashnikovs
Jyllands-Posten 18 May, 2010, page 16 col 1 (in Danish) (with Pernille Walther)
Innocence lost as recruitment of children continues
The Sydney Morning Herald 15 February 2010, page 11 col 2
Australia can lead on child soldiers
The Canberra Times 12 February 2010, page 21 col 7
It’s time to talk about human rights in the climate debate
The Age 10 December 2009, page 23 col 1
One small step for man, a giant leap for lawyers
The Sydney Morning Herald 20 July 2009, page 11 col 1 (with Donna Lawler)
The race we should contest
The Courier-Mail 20 July 2009, page 24 col 1 (with Donna Lawler)
The stark truth of foreign prisons
The Sydney Morning Herald 13 July 2009, page 11 col 1
Regulating Wars – The Rights of Innocents
Berlingske 25 June 2009, page 9 col 1 (in Danish) (with Pernille Walther)
War laws need an upgrade
The Canberra Times 24 June 2009, page 11 col 1
A mixed report card on human rights anniversary
The Canberra Times 10 December 2008 at 13 col 1
Our fundamental human rights can never be taken for granted
The Age 10 December 2008 at 15 col 1
Destroying the environment is also a war crime
The Canberra Times 6 November 2008 at 23 col 1
World justice in state of evolution
The Courier-Mail 16 July 2008 at 28 col 2
World’s political will to eradicate evil is on trial
The Australian 16 July 2008 at 14 col 1
Whale saviours face hard choices
The Courier-Mail 20 November 2007 at 24 col 2
Armed killers of childhood
The Canberra Times 4 October 2007 at 19 col 1
Law plays catch-up on child soldier issue
The Courier-Mail 25 September 2007 at 25 col 1
Think local for global justice
The Courier-Mail 13 July 2007 at 30 col 2
Commission must compromise for sake of world’s whales
The Canberra Times 28 May 2007 at 17 col 1
Justice on trial
The Courier-Mail 7 November 2006 at 21 col 1
Is it Iraqi justice – or revenge?
The Canberra Times 7 November 2006 at 9 col 1
Saddam trial underlines need to take tough stand on genocide
The Canberra Times 29 August 2006 at 11 col 1
Management a better option than stalemate
The Canberra Times 8 June 2006 at 11 col 1
Milosevic will not cheat the verdict of historians
The Canberra Times 14 March 2006 at 11 col 1
Rule of law should not be applied selectively
The Canberra Times 23 February 2006 at 15 col 1
Going wrong on rights
The Age 21 February 2006 at 11 col 1
Commercial whaling will return, like it or not
The Canberra Times 22 June 2005 at 17 col 1
Harpoons will keep on flying
The Australian 20 June 2005 at 15 col 6
Corby case a lesson
The Courier-Mail 25 May 2005 at 19 col 1
Corby case a timely reminder of travel risks
The Canberra Times 25 May 2005 at 17 col 1
Plans for terror court put legal rights at risk
The Age 30 March 2005 at 27 col 7
Alone in the dock
The Australian 29 March 2005 at 11 col 1
No legal short-cuts to containing terrorism
The Canberra Times 24 March 2005 at 19 col 5
All Australians, no matter where, have a right to a fair trial
The Canberra Times 8 March 2005 at 9 col 1
Inaction over Darfur Inexcusable
The Canberra Times 11 February 2005 at 15 col 1
