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Dr Emily Crawford

Profile

Degrees

BA LLB PhD UNSW


Areas of Interest

  • International Law
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • International Criminal Law
  • Non-State Actors


Brief Biographical Detail

Dr Emily Crawford is a post-doctoral fellow and associate at the Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL). Previously at the Law Faculty at the University of New South Wales, Emily completed her Arts and Law degrees before working as a researcher at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, before returning to UNSW to undertake her PhD. Her doctoral thesis on the disparate treatment of participants in armed conflicts was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.

Emily has taught international law and international humanitarian law, and has delivered lectures both locally and overseas on international humanitarian law issues, including the training of military personnel on behalf of the Red Cross in Australia. A member of the International Law Association’s Committee on Non-State Actors, as well as the NSW Red Cross IHL Committee, Emily’s current research project is looking at major developments in the conduct of armed conflicts in the 21st century, such as cyber warfare and targeted assassinations, and the implications for both domestic and international law.

Publications

Books | Book Chapters | Refereed Articles | Book Reviews | Presentations

Books

  • Crawford, E, The Treatment of Combatants and Insurgents under the Law of Armed Conflict, Oxford University Press: New York (2010)


Book Chapters

  • Crawford, E & Rayfuse, R, 'Climate Change and Statehood', in R Rayfuse and S Scott (eds), International Law in the Era of Climate Change, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham (2012) 243-253


Refereed Articles


Book Reviews

  • Crawford, E, ‘The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days’, (2009) 19(10) Law and Politics Book Review 771-773
  • Crawford, E, ‘An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts’, (2008) 15 Australian International Law Journal 297-298
  • Crawford, E, ‘The Use of Nuclear Weapons and the Protection of the Environment during International Armed Conflict’, (2008) 15 Australian International Law Journal 299-300


Presentations

  • Crawford, E, ‘Unequal Before the Law: Eliminating the Distinction between Types of Armed Conflict’, presented at the 18th Annual Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Conference: ‘International Law in the Second Decade of the 21st Century: back to the future or business as usual?’ (on behalf of the ACT Red Cross IHL Committee), Canberra, 24-26 June 2010
  • Crawford, E, ‘The History and Development of IHL’, Australian Red Cross training day for Armed Forces Legal Officers, 22 June 2010
  • Crawford, E, ‘Climate Change, Forced Migration and Statehood: The Challenge for International Law’, presented at GreenCollar Think Tank event series, Sydney, 31 March 2010
  • Crawford, E, ‘The Geneva Conventions in an al-Qaeda Era’, Selbourne Chambers, 7 March 2010
  • Crawford, E, ‘Unequal Before the Law: The Case for the Elimination of the Distinction Between International and Non-International Armed Conflict’, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law Visiting Scholar Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, October 2006
  • Crawford, E, ‘Unequal Before the Law: The Case for the Elimination of the Distinction Between International and Non-International Armed Conflict’, Kalshoven Group IHL Roundtable, The Hague, October 2006
  • Crawford, E, ‘Unequal Before the Law: The Case for the Elimination of the Distinction Between International and Non-International Armed Conflict’, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) Postgraduate Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 June 2006
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