ProfessorEmily Crawford

Deputy Head of School and Dean

Sydney Law School

BIO

BA (Hons) LLB PhD (UNSW) GradCertEdStudies (Higher Ed) (Sydney)

Emily Crawford is a Professor at the University of Sydney Law School, where she teaches and researches in international law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. She has published widely in the field of international humanitarian law, including three monographs (The Treatment of Combatants and Insurgents under the Law of Armed Conflict (OUP 2010), Identifying the Enemy: Civilian Participation in Hostilities (OUP 2015) and Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law: Efficacy, Legitimacy and Legality (OUP 2021)) and two textbooks (International Humanitarian Law (with Alison Pert, 3rd edition, CUP 2024) and Public International Law (co-edited with Alison Pert and Ben Saul, CUP 2023). In recognition of her outstanding contribution to international law research, she was awarded the Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law in 2023.

SCHOOL

  • Sydney Law School

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FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)