Dr Rosemary Grey
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Dr Rosemary Grey

BA/LLB UNSWPhD UNSW
Senior Lecturer
Co-Director, Sydney Centre for International Law
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F10 - Law School (Camperdown)
The University of Sydney
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Dr Rosemary Grey

Dr Rosemary Grey is a Senior Lecturer at Sydney Law School and Co-Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law. Her work focuses on international criminal law, especially sexual, reproductive, and gender-based crimes. Along with her book Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes in the International Criminal Court(Cambridge University Press 2019), she has published over thirty journal articles and book chapters. Her professional impact includes delivering trainings to the ICC Office of the Prosecutor and judiciary, presenting at the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC, and being cited by theICC Appeals Chamber in its first case on forced pregnancy.

At the University of Sydney, Rosemary teaches in the areas of international criminal law, public international law, international humanitarian law, and use of force. Her current research is funded by two Australian Research Council (ARC) grants for her DECRA project, Reproductive Crimes in International Law: Lesson from Cambodia, and a Discovery Project titled, Reimagining Judging in International Criminal Courts: A Gendered Approach.

In the NGO space, Rosemary often collaborates with the Global Justice Center, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice, and Amnesty International.

  • International criminal law
  • Gender and law
  • Indigenous encounters with law
  • Member, Journal of International Criminal Justice's Editorial Committee (2021 - present)
  • Member, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (2018 - present)
Project titleResearch student
The Manifestation of Hybridity at Hybrid Courts: A Gender and Race Analysis of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaCharlotte CARNEY

Publications

Books

  • Grey, R. (2019). Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Court: Practice, Progress and Potential. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

Book Chapters

  • Grey, R. (2025). "Forced marriage": A positive development for international criminal law? In Kirsten Ainley and Mark Kersten (Eds.), Hybrid Justice: Innovation and Impact in the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Grey, R. (2024). Blurring the Lines: How Are Female Child Soldiers Protected by the Laws of War? In Matt Killingsworth and Tim McCormack (Eds.), Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who do the Laws of War Protect?, (pp. 200-217). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2023). International Criminal Law. In Emily Crawford, Alison Pert and Ben Saul (Eds.), Public International Law, (pp. 320-345). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

Journals

  • Grey, R. (2024). Bred "Like Cattle": Forced Procreation in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, 5(1), 119-146. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2023). A Legal Analysis of Genocide by "Imposing Measures Intended to Prevent Births": Myanmar and Beyond. Journal of Genocide Research, 26(4), 441-462. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Crock, M., Back, J. (2023). Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of Public International Law 2022. Australian Yearbook of International Law, 41(1), 377-474. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Grey, R. (2024). Reproductive violence as genocide. Reproductive Violence in International Criminal Law, Conference presenter and co-convenor: International Institute for Social Studies. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2018). Forced marriage: A world of challenges for international criminal law. Pluricourts Seminar, Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo.
  • Grey, R. (2017). Reproductive crimes: Emerging and unexamined issues. Fifth International Criminal Law Workshop 2017: "Where are we now? Looking Forward to the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute", Melbourne, Australia: Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne.

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

  • Grey, R., Killean, R. (2022). A UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge crimes just confirmed the conviction of key leader Khieu Samphan. What now? The Conversations. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2012). Tribunal's ruling is real alternative to trial by vigilante. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]

Other

  • Grey, R., Oosterveld, V. (2024), Al Hassan: The International Criminal Court’s First Judgment on Gender Persecution (Part 1). [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Oosterveld, V. (2024), Al Hassan: The International Criminal Court’s First Judgment on Gender Persecution (Part 2). [More Information]
  • Tann, B., Grey, R. (2024), Symposium on Reproductive Violence in International Law: Glimpses of Reproductive Violence in the ECCC – Forced Breeding, Destruction of Maternal Healthcare, and ‘Ritualcide’. [More Information]

2025

  • Grey, R. (2025). "Forced marriage": A positive development for international criminal law? In Kirsten Ainley and Mark Kersten (Eds.), Hybrid Justice: Innovation and Impact in the Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2024

  • Grey, R., Oosterveld, V. (2024), Al Hassan: The International Criminal Court’s First Judgment on Gender Persecution (Part 1). [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Oosterveld, V. (2024), Al Hassan: The International Criminal Court’s First Judgment on Gender Persecution (Part 2). [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2024). Blurring the Lines: How Are Female Child Soldiers Protected by the Laws of War? In Matt Killingsworth and Tim McCormack (Eds.), Civility, Barbarism and the Evolution of International Humanitarian Law: Who do the Laws of War Protect?, (pp. 200-217). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

2023

  • Grey, R. (2023). A Legal Analysis of Genocide by "Imposing Measures Intended to Prevent Births": Myanmar and Beyond. Journal of Genocide Research, 26(4), 441-462. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Crock, M., Back, J. (2023). Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of Public International Law 2022. Australian Yearbook of International Law, 41(1), 377-474. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Killean, R. (2023). Communicating Justice: Cambodian Press Coverage of the ECCC's Final Judgment. International Criminal Law Review, 23(4), 487-521. [More Information]

2022

  • O'Donohue, J., Grey, R. (2022). 'Gender-Inclusivity' in the International Criminal Court's First Reparation Proceedings. In Indira Rosenthal, Valerie Oosterveld, and Susana SáCouto (Eds.), Gender and International Criminal Law, (pp. 291-323). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Killean, R. (2022). A UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge crimes just confirmed the conviction of key leader Khieu Samphan. What now? The Conversations. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2022), Amici Curiae Observations on the Rome Statute's definition of 'forced pregnancy' by Dr Rosemary Grey, Global Justice Center, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice and Amnesty International. [More Information]

2021

  • Crock, M., Grey, R., Appleford, F., Chen, W., Charak, S., Cieplik, C., Gunawardhana, A., Jerogin, J., Liskowski, A., Mitchell, J., Morris, O., Nguyen, A., Tini-Brunozzi, B., Touw, A., Zou, K. (2021). Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of Public International Law 2020. Australian Yearbook of International Law, 39(1), 353-430. [More Information]
  • Crock, M., Grey, R., Jerogin, J. (2021). Cases before International Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of Public International Law Involving Australia 2020. Australian Yearbook of International Law, 39(1), 431-464. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., McLoughlin, K., Chappell, L. (2021). Gender and Judging at the International Criminal Court: Lessons from 'Feminist Judgment Projects'. Leiden Journal of International Law, 34(1), 247-264. [More Information]

2020

  • Grey, R., Chappell, L. (2020). Re-writing sex and gender in international criminal law. In Margaretde Guzman and Valerie Oosterveld (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to the International Criminal Court, (pp. 363-386). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2020). Seen and unseen: sexual and gender-based crimes in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal's Case 002/02 judgment. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 25(3), 466-487. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., Yim, S., Kum, S. (2020). The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's first reparation for gender-based crimes. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 25(3), 488-497. [More Information]

2019

  • Grey, R., Chappell, L. (2019). 'Gender-just judging' in international criminal courts: New directions for research. In S. Harris Rimmer, K. Ogg (Eds.), Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law, (pp. 213-239). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
  • Grey, R., O'Donohue, J., Rosenthal, I., Davis, L., Llanta, D. (2019). Gender-based Persecution as a Crime Against Humanity: The Road Ahead. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 17(5), 957-979. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2019). Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Court: Practice, Progress and Potential. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

2018

  • Grey, R. (2018), Evidence of sexual violence against men and boys rejected in the Ongwen case. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2018). Forced marriage: A world of challenges for international criminal law. Pluricourts Seminar, Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo.
  • Grey, R. (2018), Gendering the Khmer Rouge period: last Friday's judgment. [More Information]

2017

  • Grey, R. (2017), Gender-based persecution on the International Criminal Court's radar. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2017), ICC Appeals Chamber issues 'unprecedented' decision on war crimes of rape and sexual slavery. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2017). Interpreting international crimes from a 'female perspective': opportunities and challenges for the international criminal court. International Criminal Law Review, 17(2), 325-350. [More Information]

2016

  • Grey, R. (2016), In conversation with Michelle Jarvis, Deputy to the Prosecutor at the ICTY. Book launch.
  • Grey, R. (2016). Prosecuting sexual and gender-based violence at the International Criminal Court. Prosecuting sexual and gender based violence crimes at international courts and tribunals (Workshop), Sydney, Australia: UNSW.
  • Grey, R. (2016). Women and the laws of war: An incomplete evolution. Laws of War Symposium, University of Tasmania: University of Tasmania.

2015

  • Grey, R. (2015). Gendering international criminal law: Interpreting and applying the Rome Statute crimes without discrimination on gender grounds. 3rd Australian Workshop on International Criminal Law 2015, Canberra, Australia: ANU RegNet.
  • Grey, R. (2015). Prosecuting sexual and gender-based crimes at the ICC: progress and challenges. Inaugural Asia-Pacific Conference on Gendered Violence & Violations, Gendered Violence Research Network (GVRN), UNSW.
  • Grey, R. (2015), Protecting child soldiers from sexual violence by members of the same military force: A reconceptualisation of international humanitarian law?. [More Information]

2014

  • Grey, R. (2014). Conflicting interpretations of 'sexual violence' in the International Criminal Court: Recent cases. Australian Feminist Studies, 29(81), 273-288. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2014), De facto immunity for Kenyan President? Deadlock in the Kenyatta case at the International Criminal Court. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2014), Emerging Voices: Sexual violence as war crime: Controversial issues in the International Criminal Court. [More Information]

2013

  • Grey, R., Shepherd, L. (2013). "Stop Rape Now?": Masculinity, Responsibility, and Conflict-related Sexual Violence. Men and Masculinities, 16(1), 115-135. [More Information]
  • Grey, R. (2013). Evaluating the diffusion of gender justice norms through the complementarity principle of the International Criminal Court. 54th International Studies Association Annual Convention ISA 2013, San Francisco, USA: International Studies Association (ISA).
  • Chappell, L., Grey, R., Waller, E. (2013). The gender justice shadow of complementarity: Lessons from the International Criminal Court's preliminary examinations in Guinea and Colombia. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 7(3), 455-475. [More Information]

2012

  • Grey, R. (2012). The sexual exploitation of the child soldier. International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN) 2012 Hague Conference: The Lubanga Trial - Lessons Learned, The Hague, Netherlands: International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN).
  • Grey, R. (2012). Tribunal's ruling is real alternative to trial by vigilante. Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]

2011

  • Grey, R. (2011). The gender justice shadow of complementarity. 19th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) 2011: The Promise and Limits of International Law, Canberra, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

2010

  • Maddison, S., Grey, R. (2010). New feminist generations: The inter-generational conversation continues. Australian Feminist Studies, 25(66), 485-492. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2022

  • Translating Atrocity: Bridging language barriers in Cambodia's war crimes tribunal, Grey R, Killean R, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre/EMCR Seed Grant

2020

  • Reimagining Judging in International Criminal Courts: A Gendered Approach, Chappell L, Grey R, McLoughlin K, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
  • Reproductive crimes in international law: Lessons from Cambodia, Grey R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
  • Gender-sensitivity training specific to Cambodia, Grey R, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre/Pivot Grant

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