Rate My Professor Emma Palmer

Palmer's academic interests encompass international criminal law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, public international law, and comparative law, with emphasis on Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. Her current ARC DECRA-funded project (DE250100597) examines universal jurisdiction for prosecuting international crimes in the Asia-Pacific. Key publications include her monograph Adapting International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia: Beyond the International Criminal Court (Cambridge University Press, 2020); co-authored book The Amicus Curiae in International Criminal Justice (Hart Publishing, 2020); and co-edited volume Futures of International Criminal Justice (Routledge, 2022). Prominent articles feature "Roads and Rules: What Does Infrastructure Reveal about International Law?" (Asian Journal of International Law, 2024), "Regulating Infrastructure: Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar" (Human Rights Law Review, 2021), "Transformative Reparations for Women and Girls at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia" (International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2016), and "A shift in attitude?: Institutional change and sexual and gender-based crimes at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia" (Leiden Journal of International Law, 2017). Through her research, Palmer influences discourse on international accountability, gender justice, and norm contestation by civil society actors.