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: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

International law:
Israel/Palestine conflict
Whether to prosecute child soldiers
Enforcement of international sanctions
Extraordinary rendition and the Convention Against Torture

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

Due process in international law
The paradox of individual and collective responsibility for international crimes

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

2009

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

Boas G, 'Lessons Learned - International Criminal Court Gap Study', prepared on behalf of International Criminal Law Services for the Foreign and Comonwealth Office, United Kingdom Government.

Boas G, 'Trying tyrants for mass atrocity' (2009) 34(2) Alternative Law Journal

Boas G and McCormack T H L, 'Learning the lessons of the Milošević trial’ (2009) 9 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 65-85.

Boas G, ‘Forms of responsibility in International Criminal Law – Some Problems and Answers’ in van den Herik, L. et al. (eds.), Future Perspectives on International Criminal Justice, Asser Press/ Cambridge University Press (2009)

Boas G, ‘Review of contempt and misconduct proceedings’, in Klip, A., and Sluiter, G. (eds.) Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals, Volume XXI, Intersentia (2009) 

2008

Boas G, Bischoff J L and Reid N L, Elements of Crimes Under International Law Cambridge University Press, 2008

Boas G, ‘The case for a new appellate jurisdiction for International Criminal Law’, in Sluiter G and  Vasiliev S, (eds.), International Criminal Procedure: Towards A Coherent Body of Law, Cameron, May, 2008

Boas G, ‘Moving on from Milošević ’  (2008) 75 The European Lawyer 54-55

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008