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Suzannah Linton

Associate Professor

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SUZANNAH LINTON

Since joining the university in 2005, Associate Professor Suzannah Linton has taught courses on Public International Law, International Criminal Law (which includes International Humanitarian Law), International Human Rights Law and Dealing with Legacies of Human Rights Violations. She was the Director of the LL.M Programme in Human Rights at the University of Hong Kong from 2005-2009.

Ms. Linton is qualified as a Solicitor in the United Kingdom, and joined the Faculty of Law in 2005 after many years of practice in international organisations around the world including with United Nations peacekeeping missions, the Mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as international courts and tribunals such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts in Switzerland.  She also served as a prosecutor for Serious Crimes before the Special Panel for Serious Crimes in East Timor and advised the East Timor CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation) on International Law.   Her focus has been on accountability for gross violations of human rights and humanitarian law, and the rebuilding of war-torn nations through rule of law.  She has particular expertise in the Balkans, East Timor, Indonesia and Cambodia.

Ms. Linton has received numerous academic awards, scholarships and fellowships.  She is/has been a member of international bodies such as the International Committee for Human Rights in Sarajevo, the International Legal Assistance Consortium in Sweden, the International Bar Association, the European, Asian and American Societies of International Law, as well as the International Law Association, whose committees on Reparation for Victims of War, Human Rights and Non State Actors she is part of.  Ms. Linton is listed in the WHO'S WHO IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, 2007, 1st Edition.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters

  1. “Completing The Circle: Accountability For The Crimes Of The 1971 Bangladesh War Of Liberation”, Criminal Law Forum , Vol. 21(2) March 2010, pp.1-121 (lead article), already published online by Springer – see http://www.springerlink.com/content/104186/?Content+Status=Accepted.
  2. “Commentary on the ICTR case of Prosecutor v. Kamuhanda”, in Goran Sluiter & Andre Klip (Eds.), Annotated Leading Cases Of International Criminal Tribunals, Vol. XXII , (Intersentia nv, 2009), pp.831-849
  3. “The International Judge In An Age Of Multiple Courts And Tribunals”, Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 9, No. 2, Winter 2008, pp.407-470 (with Firew Kebede Tiba).
  4. Contribution to Antonio Cassese et al (Eds.), Oxford Companion To International Criminal Justice, (Oxford University Press, 2009), pp.307-308.
  5. Chapter 2 (International Criminal Tribunal and Mixed Model) in M. Cherif Bassiouni (Ed.), International Criminal Law, Vol. III (International Enforcement), (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008, 3rd Edition), pp. 257-283.
  6. Chapter 3 (National Prosecutions for International Crimes), in M. Cherif Bassiouni (Ed.), International Criminal Law, Vol. III (International Enforcement), (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008, 3rd Edition), pp. 385-399.
  7. “Putting Cambodia’s Extraordinary Chambers into Context”, Singapore Year Book of International Law, Vol. XI, 2007, pp.195-25
  8. “ASEAN States, their reservations to human rights treaties and the proposed ASEAN Commission on Women and Children”, Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 30(2), May 2008, pp. 436-493.
  9. Book chapter  “The Democracy Debate in Hong Kong”, in Gerd Kaminski & Barbara Kreissl (Eds.), China: Human Rights And Harmony In Society, (Berichte des Oesterreichen Instituts fuer China-und-Suedostasienforschung, Nr. 53, 2008), pp. 89-120.
  10. “Accounting for Atrocities in Indonesia”, Singapore Year Book of International Law, Volume X, 2006, pp.199-231 [translated into Bahasa Indonesia]
  11. “Safeguarding the independence and integrity of the Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers”, Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 4(2) 2006, pp.327-341 [translated into Khmer]
  12. “Unravelling The First Three Trials at Indonesia’s Ad Hoc Court for Human Rights Violations in East Timor”, Leiden Journal of International Law, Volume 17(2), 2004, pp.303-361 [translated into Khmer].
  13. “New Approaches to International Justice in Cambodia and East Timor”, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 845, 31 March 2002, pp.93-119.
  14. “Cambodia, East Timor and Sierra Leone: Experiments in International Justice”, Criminal Law Forum, Volume 12(2) 2001, pp.185-246 [translated into Khmer].
  15. “The evolving jurisprudence of East Timor’s Special Panel for Serious Crimes on admissions of guilt, duress and superior orders”, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Vol. IV, 2001, pp.167-213 (co-authored with Caitlin Reiger).
  16. “Prosecuting Atrocities At The District Court Of Dili”, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Volume 2(2), 2001, pp.414-458.
  17. “Rising From The Ashes: The Creation Of A Viable Criminal Justice System In East Timor”, Melbourne University Law Review, Volume 25(1), 2001, p.122-180 [translated into Khmer].
  18. Correspondent’s commentary on East Timor, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume IV, 2001, pp.492-497.
  19. Correspondent’s commentary on Indonesia, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume IV, 2001, pp.534-544.
  20. Correspondent’s commentary on the USA, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume IV, 2001, pp.637-639.
  21. Correspondent’s commentary on East Timor, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume III, 2000, pp.471-483.
  22. Correspondent’s commentary on Croatia, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume III, 2000, pp.462-466.
  23. Correspondent’s commentary on Indonesia, Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, Volume III, 2000, pp.520-527.
  24. “Righting A Wrong Or Prolonging The Agony?  The Work Of The Claims Resolution Tribunal For Dormant Accounts In Switzerland”, Leiden Journal of International Law, Volume 12(2) 1999, pp.373-389.
  25. “The Case Of Drazen Erdemovic: Unchartered Waters At The International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia”, Leiden Journal of International Law, Volume 12(1) 1999, pp.251-270.

Books and Monographs

  1. Post Conflict Justice in Asia, in M. Cherif Bassiouni (Ed.), The Pursuit of International Criminal Justice: A World Study on Conflicts, Victimisation and Post-Conflict Justice, (Brussels: Intersentia NV, 2010), Vol. 2, Part III (pp.515-753 – 238 pages). [see pre-publication draft]
  2. Mempertanggungjawabkan kekejaman-kekejaman di Indonesia, Paper No. 1/2010 (Series Editor: Eddie Sius Riyadi), (Jakarta: ELSAM, 2010) (entire volume, 94 pages) [Bahasa Indonesia].
  3. Putting Things Into Perspective: The Realities of Accountability in East Timor, Indonesia and Cambodia, (Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies Vol. 3, 2005) (entire volume, 90 pages).
  4. Reconciliation In Cambodia, (Documentation Centre of Cambodia, 2004) (256 pages). [translated into Khmer].

Edited Collections

  1. Guest Editor, Criminal Law Forum, Special Edition on Bangladesh, Vol. 21(2) March 2010 (already published online by Springer – see http://www.springerlink.com/content/104186/?Content+Status=Accepted), including Editorial.

Conference Proceedings

  1.  “Dealing with the Legacies of the Past: Thoughts on the Way Forward” in Mofidul Hoque (Ed.), Bangladesh Genocide 1971 and the Quest for Justice: Papers Presented at the Second International Conference on Genocide, Truth and Justice, 30-31 July 2009 (Liberation War Museum, 2009), pp.155-163.

Forthcoming

  1. Article: “The Role of Judges in Processes of Dealing with the Past”, The Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2009 (50 pages) (in production, pre-publication version available at the SSRN website). [see SSRN for pre-publication draft]
  2. Book chapter: “Sources of protection for the human person in armed conflict: clarifying the terminology” in Michael Crowley (ed), International Humanitarian Law (Hong Kong Red Cross, 2010) (forthcoming).
  3. Book chapter: “Evolving international approaches to human rights in armed conflict” in Michael Crowley (ed), International Humanitarian Law (Hong Kong Red Cross, 2010) (forthcoming).
  4. “China” in Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice (forthcoming 2010).