Dr Gideon Boas

Research Interests

Comparative Law
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure/Criminal Justice
Human Rights
International Human Rights Law
International Law

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Doctoral:

ICC jurisdiction on crimes of aggression: a legal analysis from the Middle East

From Milosevic to Guantanamo Bay, an examination of the construction of the due process norm in the enforcement of International Humanitarian Law

The paradox of legal responsibility: the application of corporate criminal liability to the state

Ambiguities regarding the prerequisites for the exercise of self-defence

Editorial Boards

General Editor, 'Leiden Journal of International Law' (Cambridge University Press)

Faculty Advisor, Monash University Law Review

Grants and Commissions

2010-2012:
Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grant entitled 'International Criminal Justice: Law, Policy and its Relevance to Australia's Security'

2008-2011:
Co-chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grant entitled 'Australia's Post World War II War Crimes Trials: A Systemic and Comprehensive Law Report Series'

2008-2009:
Monash University Faculty of Law Small Grant: for assitance in researching and writing Volume 111 of 'International Criminal Law Practitioner Library: International Criminal Procedure'

2007-2008:
Monash University Faculty of Law Small Grant: for assitance in researching and writing on International Humanitarian Law
and International Criminal Justice

Publications

2010

Other publications by Dr Boas are available at:
http://ssrn.com/author=857192

Boas, G, ‘War crimes prosecutions in Australia and other common law countries: some observations’ (2010) 21(2) Criminal Law Forum 313-330.

Boas, G, ‘Contempt, false testimony and misconduct’ in Andre Klip and Goran Sluiter (eds), Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone 2004-2006 (Intersentia N.V., 2010), 676-682.

Boas, G, ‘Omission liability at the International Criminal Tribunals - a case for reform’ in Shane Darcy and Joseph Powderly (eds), Judicial Creativity at the International Criminal Tribunals (Oxford University Press, 2010), 204-226.

Boas, G, ‘The difficulty with individual criminal responsibility in international criminal law’ in Carsten Stahn and Larissa van den Herik (eds), Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice (T.M.C. Asser Press, 2010), 501-519.

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2010