Professor Sarah Williams

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Dr Sarah Williams is a Professor at the University of New South Wales. For further information please see Dr Williams' Faculty profile.

Phone

+61 2 9385 2224

E-mail

sarah.williams@unsw.edu.au

Location

Law Building UNSW Kensington Campus

Publications

Books | 2020

Williams S; Woolaver H; Palmer E, 2020, The Amicus Curiae in International Criminal Justice, Bloomsbury

Books | 2012

Williams S, 2012, Hybrid and Internationalised Criminal Tribunals, Original, Hart Publishing, United Kingdom, http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841136721

Books | 2010

Williams S; Dixon M; Mccorquodale R, 2010, Cases and Materials in International Law, 5, Oxford University Press, Oxford, http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/PublicInternationalLaw/GeneralPublicInternationalLaw/?view=usa&ci=9780199562718

Books | 2010

2010, 40 Years of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Orakhelashvili ; Williams S, (ed.), British Institute of International and Comparative Law, United Kingdom, http://www.biicl.org/publications/view/-/id/137/
Book Chapters | 2024

Lixinski L; Williams S, 2024, 'Cultural Heritage and Conservation and Insecurity Paradigms: International Law in the Pursuit of Social Cohesion', in Bonaviri G; Sadowski M (ed.), Heritage in War and Peace, Springer Cham, pp. 105 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47347-0_8

Book Chapters | 2022

Williams S, 2022, 'ECCC Case 002/02 Judgment Commentary', in Freeland S; Klip A (ed.), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals Extraordinary chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), 16 November 2018. Volume 66

Book Chapters | 2021

Williams S, 2021, 'Hybrid tribunals as a mechanism for reparative justice', in Hybrid Justice: Innovation and Impact in the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes

Book Chapters | 2020

Williams S, 2020, 'Hybrid Courts and Amicus Curiae Briefing', in Weill S; Thuy Seelinger K; Bree Carlson K (ed.), The President on Trial: Prosecuting Hissène Habré, Oxford University Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198858621.001.0001

Book Chapters | 2018

Palmer E; Williams S, 2018, 'A “shift in attitude”? Institutional change and sexual and gender-based crimes at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia', in The Difference that Gender Makes to International Peace and Security, Routledge, pp. 22 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429467080-3

Book Chapters | 2018

Williams S; Simm G, 2018, 'Assistance to Disaster Victims in an Armed Conflict', in Routledge Handbook of Human Rights and Disasters, Routledge, pp. 43 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315115238-4

Book Chapters | 2018

Williams S, 2018, 'Civil Society Participation in Preliminary Examinations', in Bergsmo M; Stahn C (ed.), Quality Control in Preliminary Examinations, Torkel Opsahl Academic Epublisher, pp. 553 - 586, https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Control-Preliminary-Examination-2/dp/8283481118

Book Chapters | 2018

Williams SJ; Simm G, 2018, 'Assistance to disaster victims in an armed conflict: the role of international humanitarian law', in Routledge handbook of human rights and disasters, Routledge Taylor & Francis, London and New York, pp. 43 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315115238

Book Chapters | 2018

Williams SJ, 2018, '“The UN Group of Experts (1998-1999) and International Crimes in Cambodia”', in Meierhenrich J (ed.), International Commissions: The Role of Commissions of Inquiry in the Investigation of International Crimes, Oxford University Press, https://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=UNSWORKS&docid=unsworks_modsunsworks_41591&fromSitemap=1

Book Chapters | 2016

Durbach A, 2016, 'An essential intervention: Civil society responses to redressing and preventing violence against women in post-apartheid South Africa', in Williams S; Woolaver H (ed.), Civil Society and International Criminal Justice in Africa Challenges and Opportunities, JUTA, pp. 202 - 224, https://juta.co.za/products/civil-society-and-international-criminal-justice-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities/

Book Chapters | 2016

Williams SJ; Palmer E, 2016, 'Civil society and amicus curiae interventions in the International Criminal Court', in Williams S; Woolaver H (ed.), Civil Society and International Criminal Justice in Africa Challenges and Opportunities, JUTA, pp. 40 - 65, https://juta.co.za/products/civil-society-and-international-criminal-justice-in-africa-challenges-and-opportunities/

Book Chapters | 2016

Williams SJ; Woolaver H, 2016, 'Foreward:', in Civil Society and International Criminal Justice in Africa, edn. 1, pp. 6

Book Chapters | 2015

Williams SJ, 2015, 'Commentary on the Closing Order, Prosecutor v. Chea, Samphan, and Thirith', in Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 2010-2011

Book Chapters | 2015

Williams SJ, 2015, '‘Commentary: Fitness to Stand Trial’', in Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 2007-2010

Book Chapters | 2014

Williams SJ, 2014, 'Hybrid International Criminal Tribunals', in Oxford Bibliographies Online: International Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. online, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199796953-0069

Book Chapters | 2010

Williams S, 2010, 'The Modern Prosecutor and International Cooperation', in McCorquodale R (ed.), The Rule of Law in International and Comparative Context, edn. Original, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, United Kingdom, pp. 217 - 242, http://www.biicl.org/publications/view/-/id/139/

Book Chapters | 2009

Williams S; Gliste J, 2009, 'Protection of Cultural Property in Times of Armed Conflict: UK Ratification of the Hague Convention 1954', in Dixon M (ed.), Modern Studies in Property Law - Volume 5, edn. Original, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 337 - 362, http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841139609

Book Chapters | 2009

Williams S, 2009, 'Internationalized tribunals: A search for their legal bases', in International Law and Power: Perspectives on Legal Order and Justice: Essays in Honour of Colin Warbrick, pp. 455 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004175877.i-594.103

Book Chapters | 2009

Williams S, 2009, 'The legal bases of the internationalised criminal tribunals', in Kaikobad KH; Bohlander M (ed.), International Law and Power: Perspectives on Legal Order and Justice: Essays in Honour of Colin Warbrick, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 455 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004175877.i-594.103
Edited Books | 2016

Williams SJ; Dixon M; McCorquadale R, 2016, Cases and Materials in International Law 6th edition, OUP, UK

Edited Books | 2016

Williams SJ; Woolaver H, 2016, International Criminal Justice and Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, https://juta.co.za/products/acta-juridica-2016
Journal articles | 2025

Williams S, 2025, 'A ‘proxy war crimes trial’: defamation proceedings as a mechanism for producing narratives about responsibility for war crimes', Australian Journal of Human Rights, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238x.2025.2462349

Journal articles | 2022

Mulder T; Simm G; Williams S, 2022, 'Regime Interaction and the Protection of Refugees during COVID-19', Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, 3, pp. 92 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26662531_00301_005

Journal articles | 2021

Williams S, 2021, 'Amicus Curiae before International Courts and Tribunals', British Yearbook of International Law

Journal articles | 2020

Naidu N; Williams S, 2020, 'The function and dysfunction of the pre-trial chamber at the extraordinary chambers in the Courts of Cambodia', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 18, pp. 665 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa034

Journal articles | 2020

Williams S; Woolaver H, 2020, 'The Role of State Amici Curiae in the Article 19(3) ICC Statute Proceedings', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 18, pp. 891 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaa047

Journal articles | 2018

Williams S, 2018, 'Limits of Representations of Tuol Sleng in the Judicial Process', Memoires en Jeu (Memories at Stake)

Journal articles | 2017

Durbach A; Chappell L; Williams S, 2017, 'Foreword: special issue on ‘transformative reparations for sexual violence post-conflict: prospects and problems’^†', International Journal of Human Rights, 21, pp. 1185 - 1192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2017.1366622

Journal articles | 2017

Williams S; Opdam J, 2017, 'The unrealised potential for transformative reparations for sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone', International Journal of Human Rights, 21, pp. 1281 - 1301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2017.1360020

Journal articles | 2017

Williams S, 2017, 'Humanitarian Assistance and Changing Notions of State Sovereignty', Netherlands International Law Review, 64, pp. 183 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40802-017-0074-5

Journal articles | 2017

Williams SJ; Palmer E, 2017, '"A "shift in attitude"? Institutional Change and Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia"', International Feminist Journal of Politics, 19, pp. 22 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2017.1283247

Journal articles | 2016

Williams S; Palmer E, 2016, 'Transformative reparations for women and girls at the extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia', International Journal of Transitional Justice, 10, pp. 311 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijw006

Journal articles | 2016

Williams S, 2016, 'Hybrid Tribunals: A Time for Reflection', International Journal of Transitional Justice, 10, pp. 538 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijw015

Journal articles | 2016

Williams SJ, 2016, 'MH17 and the International Criminal Court: A Suitable Venue?', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 17, pp. 1 - 28, http://law.unimelb.edu.au/mjil/issues/issue-archive/171

Journal articles | 2016

Williams SJ, 2016, 'The Specialist Chambers of Kosovo: The Limits of Internationalization?', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 14, pp. 25 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqv081

Journal articles | 2015

Williams S; Palmer E, 2015, 'The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Developing the Law on Sexual Violence?', International Criminal Law Review, 15, pp. 452 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01503006

Journal articles | 2015

Williams S, 2015, 'Aggression, affectedstates,and a right to participate:A Response to koh and buchwald', AJIL Unbound, 109, pp. 246 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2398772300001537

Journal articles | 2015

Williams S, 2015, 'Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia', JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, 13, pp. 660 - 663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqv028

Journal articles | 2015

Williams S, 2015, 'The Severance of Case 002 at the ECCC', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 13, pp. 815 - 843, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqv037

Journal articles | 2013

Williams S; Byrnes A, 2013, 'Foreword', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 11, pp. 1023 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqt056

Journal articles | 2013

Williams S, 2013, 'The extraordinary African chambers in the senegalese courts: An African solution to an African problem?', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 11, pp. 1139 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqt060

Journal articles | 2012

Williams S, 2012, 'Arresting Developments? Restricting the Enforcement of the UK's Universal Jurisdiction Provisions', Modern Law Review, 75, pp. 368 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.2012.00905.x

Journal articles | 2011

Williams S; Stefanelli J, 2011, 'Disaster Strikes: Overcoming Barriers to the effective delivery of international disaster assistance within the EU', Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 2, pp. 53 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187815211X586188

Journal articles | 2010

McGoldrick D; Williams S; Meyer M; Garraway C, 2010, 'I. The Geneva conventions and united nations personnel (PROTOCOLS) ACT 2009: A move away from the minimalist approach', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 59, pp. 171 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020589309990121

Journal articles | 2010

Williams S; Cross ME, 2010, 'Prosecutor v Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui: A Boost for 'Cooperative Complementarity'?', Human Rights Law Review, 10, pp. 336 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngq001

Journal articles | 2009

Williams S; Cross ME, 2009, 'Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea: Conflicted Thinking In The Al-Saadoon Affair', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 58, pp. 689 - 702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002058930900133X

Journal articles | 2009

Williams S; Cross ME, 2009, 'Recent Developments at the International Criminal Court', Human Rights Law Review, 9, pp. 267 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngp008

Journal articles | 2009

Williams S; Sherif L, 2009, 'The Arrest Warrant for President al-Bashir: Immunities of Incumbent Heads of State and the International Criminal Court', Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 14, pp. 71 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcsl/krp015

Journal articles | 2009

Williams S, 2009, 'Louise Mallinder, AMNESTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL TRANSITIONS: BRIDGING THE PEACE AND JUSTICE DIVIDE Oxford: Hart Publishing (www.hartpub.co.uk), Studies in International Law vol 21, 2008. xlvi + 586 pp. ISBN 9781841137711. £60.', Edinburgh Law Review, 13, pp. 551 - 553, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e1364980909000833

Journal articles | 2006

Williams S; Woolaver , 2006, 'The Role of the Amicus Curiae before International Criminal Tribunals', International Criminal Law Review, 6, pp. 151 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157181206778050697

Journal articles | 2006

Williams S, 2006, 'ICTY Referrals to National Jurisdictions: A Fair Trial or a Fair Price?', Criminal Law Forum, 17, pp. 177 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10609-006-9015-4

Journal articles | 2005

Williams S, 2005, 'Amnesties in International Law: The Experience of the Special Court for Sierra Leone', Human Rights Law Review, 5, pp. 271 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngi016

Journal articles | 2005

Williams S, 2005, 'Genocide: The Cambodian Experience', International Criminal Law Review, 5, pp. 447 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1571812054940166

Journal articles | 2004

Williams S, 2004, 'Public International Law', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 53, pp. 227 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iclq/53.1.227

Journal articles | 2004

Williams S, 2004, 'The Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers: A Dangerous Precedent for International Justice?', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 53, pp. 227 - 227

Journal articles | 2002

Williams S; Shah S, 2002, 'Bankovic and others v Belgium and 16 other Contracting States', European Human Rights Law Review, 6, pp. 775 - 775
Reports | 2019

Williams S, 2019, International Humanitarian Law Handbook for Commonwealth Parliamentarians

Reports | 2016

Williams S; Grey R, 2016, Amicus Curiae, brief filed in Response to Call for Amicus Curiae Briefs in Cases 003 and 004 (19 April 2016)

Reports | 2016

Williams S; Simm G, 2016, Submission to the CEDW Committee on draft General Recommendation No 35 on the Gender-related Dimensions of Disaster Risk Reduction in a Changing Climate

Reports | 2016

Williams SJ; Palmer E; Woolaver H, 2016, The Amicus Curiae in International Criminal Justice, Bloomsbury Academic, http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509913350

Reports | 2015

Williams SJ; Palmer E; Hyde M, 2015, Transformative Reparations for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Reflections, Recommendations and Next Steps, ECCC, http://www.ahrcentre.org/sites/ahrcentre.org/files/mdocs/ECCC%20Report%202015%20for%20web.pdf

Reports | 2015

Williams SJ; Palmer E; Woolaver H, 2015, Civil Society and International Criminal Justice in Africa: Overview and Reflections, http://www.ahrcentre.org/topics/civil-society-and-international-criminal-tribunals

Reports | 2015

Williams SJ; Simm G, 2015, Disasters and International Law in the Asia-Pacific, http://www.ahrcentre.org/sites/ahrcentre.org/files/mdocs/2015%20Disaster%20Law%20Workshop%20Report.pdf

Reports | 2010

Williams SJ; Stefanelli J, 2010, Analysis of Law in the EU and a Selection of Member States pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief, Synthesis Report and Recommendations,, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, http://www.ifrc.org/en/

Reports | 2010

Williams SJ; Stefanelli J, 2010, Analysis of Law in the European Union pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief, IFRC, http://www.ifrc.org/en/

Reports | 2010

Williams SJ; Stefanelli J, 2010, Analysis of Law in the United Kingdom pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief, British Red Cross, IFRC, http://www.ifrc.org/en/

Reports | 2009

Williams S, 2009, Institutional Scope of National Human Rights Protections: A Comparative Study in Relation to 'Public Authorities, UK Ministry of Justice

Reports | 2009

Williams SJ; Cross M; Stubbins Bates E, 2009, Implementation of international humanitarian law and human rights law in the United Kingdom, European Commission, article 46, http://projetatlas.univ-paris1.fr/spip.php?article46

Reports | 2009

Williams SJ; Mitchell P, 2009, Implementation of international humanitarian law and human rights law in the Republic of Ireland, European Commission, http://projetatlas.univ-paris1.fr/spip.php?article53

Reports | 2009

Williams SJ; Stefanelli J; Medjouba F, 2009, The role of the European Union in the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law and human rights law,, European Commission

Reports | 2009

Williams SJ, 2009, Implementation of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Hungary, European Commission, article 54

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