Staff List

Ms Sarah Williams, BCom, LLB, MJur, Solicitor (England and Australia)

Biography

Sarah Williams has been a Lecturer in the Department of Law since September 2003. During 2006 Sarah was a Legal Researcher at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In this role Sarah appeared before various United Nations committees and commissions, and advised the British Government on issues of international, foreign and domestic law. Sarah is currently undertaking research at the University of Sydney.

Prior to undertaking postgraduate studies at Durham University in 2001, Sarah practised as a commercial lawyer in Sydney and London. She is admitted as a legal practitioner to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, and as a solicitor in England and Wales. Sarah is a member of the International Law Association, the European Society of International Law, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and the American Society of International Law.

Teaching Areas

Public International Law
Interscholastic Mooting
International Criminal Law
International Human Rights

Research Interests

• Public International Law
• Transitional justice
• International Criminal Law
• International Human Rights
• The legal response to terrorism
• Law of the sea, in particular issues concerning the continental shelf and maritime terrorism

Publications

Books: sections

• Williams, S.J 2007. The Completion Strategies of the ICTY and the ICTR. In International Criminal Justice: A Critical Analysis of Institutions and Procedures. Bohlander, M. London: Cameron May. (Additional information)
• Willams, S.J. 2006. Mixed Tribunals: The Iraqi Special Tribunal. In Defence in International Criminal Proceedings: Cases and Materials. Bohlander, M., Boed, R & Wilson, R
• Williams, S. J. 2005. Addressing property issues in Post-conflict societies. In Modern Studies in Property Law. Cooke, E. Hart Publishing. 3: 271-295. (Additional information)

Journal papers: academic

• Williams, S. J. 2006. ICTY Referrals to National Jurisdictions: A Fair Trial or a Fair Price? Criminal Law Forum 17(2): 177-222. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Williams, S. J. & Woolaver, H 2006. The role of the amicus curiae before international criminal tribunals. International Criminal Law Review 6(2): 151-189. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Williams, S. J. 2005. Amnesties in International Law: The Experience of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Human Rights Law Review 5(2): 271-309. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Williams, S. J. 2005. Genocide: The Cambodian Experience. International Criminal Law Review 5(3): 1-15. (Additional information)
• Williams, S. J. 2003. The Cambodian Extraordinary Chambers - a dangerous precedent for international justice? International and Comparative Law Quarterly 53(1): 227-245. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Williams, S. J. & Shah, S. 2002. Bankovic and others v Belgium and 16 other Contracting States. European Human Rights Law Review 6: 773-781.