Adapting International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia

Emma Palmer is Lecturer at Griffith Law School, Griffith University, Queensland. Palmer was awarded her Ph.D. from University of New South Wales (UNSW) Law, Sydney, where she was a Research Assistant for two Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects focused on international criminal law. She has worked as a lawyer and analyst.

• 1. Localising International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia; 2. Engaging with International Criminal Law alongside an Internationalised Tribunal: Cambodia; 3. Implementing International Criminal Accountability in the Philippines; 4. Engaging with International Criminal Law as a Non-State Party: Indonesia; 5. International Criminal Justice in “Transition” – Myanmar; 6. Adapting International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia; Appendix A. Table of Ratifications; Appendix B. Table of Interviews; Appendix C. Southeast Asia: Domestic Legislation, Bills and Regulations and Sources; List of references; Index.

'At a time when support for the ICC has waned in regions where it was once strong, Emma Palmer explores the impact of international criminal justice in a region which has the world’s lowest rate of Rome Statute ratifications. Just as the conviction of Habre in Dakar, and the removal and prosecution of Bashir in Khartoum, gives us hope for justice outside The Hague, Palmer’s excellent in-depth research of four countries resistant to the formal global system shows that international norms are being adapted and having a protective impact at the local level.' Stephen Rapp, former US Ambassador for global criminal justice, and international prosecutor for Rwanda and Sierra Leone