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Professor Sarah Williams

Professor Sarah Williams

Professor
Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Sarah is a specialist in international law and a Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice at ʹڲƱ Sydney, an Associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute and an Associate of the Centre for Criminology, Law & Justice. She is also the Chair of the NSW International Humanitarian Law Committee for the Australian Red Cross. 

Prior to joining ʹڲƱ, Sarah was the Dorset Fellow in Public International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (from 2008 - 2010), a Senior Legal Researcher at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (from 2006 - 2007) and a Lecturer at Durham Law School, University of Durham (from 2003 - 2008). She has been a consultant for a range of organisations and civil society actors, including the European Commission, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the British Red Cross and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Her areas of expertise include international criminal law, international humanitarian law and disaster law.

Phone
+61 2 9385 2224
Location
Law Building ʹڲƱ Kensington Campus
  • 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,
    Books | 2010
    Williams S; Dixon M; Mccorquodale R, 2010, Cases and Materials in International Law, 5, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
    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,
  • 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,
    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, Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 298 - 328,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
  • 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,
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Williams S, 2024, 'A ‘proxy war crimes trial’: defamation proceedings as a mechanism for producing narratives about responsibility for war crimes', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 30, pp. 279 - 299,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Williams S, 2017, 'Humanitarian Assistance and Changing Notions of State Sovereignty', Netherlands International Law Review, 64, pp. 183 - 187,
    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,
    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,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Williams S, 2016, 'Hybrid Tribunals: A Time for Reflection', International Journal of Transitional Justice, 10, pp. 538 - 547,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Williams SJ, 2016, 'MH17 and the International Criminal Court: A Suitable Venue?', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 17, pp. 1 - 28,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Williams SJ, 2016, 'The Specialist Chambers of Kosovo: The Limits of Internationalization?', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 14, pp. 25 - 51,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Williams S, 2015, 'The Severance of Case 002 at the ECCC', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 13, pp. 815 - 843,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Williams S; Byrnes A, 2013, 'Foreword', Journal of International Criminal Justice, 11, pp. 1023 - 1027,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Williams S; Cross ME, 2009, 'Recent Developments at the International Criminal Court', Human Rights Law Review, 9, pp. 267 - 287,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    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,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Williams S,