Lyal S. Sunga

Lyal S. Sunga is a well-known specialist on international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.

Career

Sunga is a visiting professor in

Sunga has been a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Visiting Professor in faculties of law at

Sunga holds a

• Redress for Victims of
  Terrorist
  Acts in a Deteriorating International Political Climate, co-authored with Ilaria Bottigliero, in Research Handbook on Int’l Law and Terrorism, (ed. Ben Saul), Elgar Publishers (2020) 479-491.
• Review of Noam Chomsky, Yugoslavia: Peace, War & Dissolution, Davor Džalto (ed.), PM Press, Oakland, (2018)in 30(3) Philosophy & Society (Filozofija i Društvo) (2019):433-442.
• Can
  NGOs Be Trusted in the Corridors of the United Nations
  and International Criminal Justice Institutions?, in Partnerships in International Policy-Making, Palgrave (2017) 107-129.
• Has the ICC Unfairly Targeted Africa or Has Africa Unfairly Targeted the ICC?, in The ICC in Search of Its Purpose and Identity, Routledge (2015) 147-173.
• Victims' Redress amidst Terrorism’s Changing Tactics and Strategies, in Research Handbook on Terrorism and International Law, Elgar Publications, (co-authored with Ilaria Bottigliero) (2014) 538-552.
• Can international criminal investigators and prosecutors afford to ignore information from UN human rights sources? in Bergsmo (ed.) Quality Control in International Fact-Finding (2013) 359-401.
• The Human Rights Council, in An Institutional Approach to Responsibility to Protect: Cambridge (2013) 156-178.
• Humanitarian Space in the Arab Spring, in Humanitarian Space: Webster University (2011) 282-320.
• What Should Be the
  UN Human Rights Council
  ’s Role in Investigating Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity? in New Challenges for the UN Human Rights Machinery (2011) 319-349.
• What Makes Democracy Good? in "Making Peoples Heard", Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2011) 81-98.
• Does the Concept of '
  Human Security
  ' Add Anything of Value to International Legal Theory or Practice? in “Power and Justice in International Relations” Ashgate (2009) 131–146.
• What Effect If Any Will the
  UN Human Rights Council
  Have on Special Procedures? in International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms (2nd ed.)(2009)169–183.
• Ten Principles for Reconciling
  Truth Commissions
  and Criminal Prosecutions, in The Legal Regime of the ICC, Brill (2009) 1071–1104.
• Is
  Humanitarian Intervention
  Legal?, on“e-international relations website” 13 October 2008.
• Dilemmas of
  NGO Involvement in Coalition-Occupied Iraq, in Bell and Coicaud, Ethics in Action: The Ethical Challenges of International Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations, United Nations University
  (2007) 99–116.
• The Role of
  International Peace and Security
  : Guarantee or Threat? Int’l Progress Organization & Google Books (2006) 41–79.
• NGO Involvement in International Human Rights Monitoring, in International Human Rights Law and
  Non-Governmental Organizations
  , Bruylant (2005) 41–69.
• International Criminal Law Protection of Minority Rights, in Skurbaty (ed), Beyond a One-Dimensional State: An Emerging Right to Autonomy
  ? Brill (2004).
• Independence and Fairness of the ICC, in Study on Major Issues Relating to the International Criminal Court (People's Court Press) (2003) 24–30 (in Putonghua).
• US
  Anti-Terrorism
  Policy and Asia's Options, in Johannen, Smith and Gomez, (eds.) September 11 & Political Freedoms: Asian Perspectives (Select) (2002) 242–264.
• Full Respect for the Rights of Suspect, Accused and Convict: from Nuremberg and Tokyo to the ICC, in Henzelin and Roth (eds), Le droit pénal à l’épreuve de l’internationalisation, (Bruylant) (2002) 217–239.
• The Special Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: Should They Be Scrapped?, in Alfredsson (ed), International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms (Kluwer) (2001) 231–275.
• A Competência Ratione Materiae da Corte Internacional Criminal: Arts. 5 a 10 Do Estatuto de Roma, in Ambos and Choukr (eds.) Tribunal Penal Internacional (Editora RT) (2000) 191 – 219 (in Portuguese).
• La Jurisdicción ratione materiae de la Corte Penal Internacional (parte II, arts. 5° a 10°), in Ambos (eds.) El Estatuto de Roma: de la Corte Penal Internacional (Universidad externado de Colombia) (1999) 233–268 (in Spanish).

Law journal articles

• Two Years On, Why Hasn't Anyone Been Prosecuted for Domestic
  January 6, 2021
  Capitol Attack? International Affairs Forum (2023) 50-60.
• Чи вбʼє війна Росії верховенство права в Україні та Європі?, Verfassungsblog (Dec 2022) (in Ukrainian).
• Will
  Rule of Law in Ukraine and Europe?, Verfassungsblog
  (Dec 2022).
• Why
  Australian Broadcasting Corp
  . (July 2022).
• Can
  War Crimes Trials in Ukraine
  Convince Russians to Stop Supporting the War? Opinio Juris (June 2022).
• How Should UN Standards Guide International Judicial Training in Post-Conflict Situations?: Personal Reflections Twenty Years after the Rwandan genocide, 2 Int’l Org. for Judicial Training (2014).
• Does
  Climate Change
  worsen Resource Scarcity and Cause Violent Ethnic Conflict? 21 International Journal of Minority and Group Rights (2014) 1-24.
• Commentary on Judgement of the
  ICTR
  's Case of Prosecutor v. Zigiranyirazo, 32 Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (2011) 240-258.
• Does Climate Change Kill People in Darfur? 2(1) Journal of Human Rights and the Environment (March 2011) 64-85.
• How Can UN Human Rights Special Procedures Sharpen ICC Fact-Finding? 15(2) The International Journal of Human Rights (2011) 187-204.
• Introduction to the “Lund Statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Human Rights Special Procedures” 76 Nordic Journal of International Law (2007) 1–20.
• The
  Kordic
  and Cerkez Trial Chamber Judgment: A Comment on the Main Legal Issues 7 Series of Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals (2004) 490–511.
• The International Community's Recognition of Certain Acts as ‘Crimes under International Law’, International Review of Penal Law (Erès) Proceedings of the International Conference held in Siracusa, Italy, 28 November – 3 December 2002, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of ISISC (2004) 303–315.
• Can International Humanitarian Law Play an Effective Role in Occupied Iraq? 3 Indian Society of International Law Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law (2003) 1–21.
• Musings on ‘The Future of International Criminal Justice’, (Review Article) 11(2) Asia Pacific Law Review (2003) 217–232.
• Will the International Criminal Court be Fair and Impartial?, 2 (1) Article 2 (February 2003) 9–20.
• The Attitude of Asian Countries Towards the International Criminal Court, 2 Indian Society of International Law Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law (2002) 18–57.
• The United Nations System for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights with Special Reference to
  National Human Rights Commission
  , 4 Sang Saeng (Summer 2002) 45–50.
• The
  Celebici
  Case: A Comment on the Main Legal Issues in the ICTY's Trial Chamber Judgement, 13 Leiden Journal of International Law (2000) 105–138.
• The Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court: (Part II, Articles 5 – 10), 6/4 European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (1998) 377–399.
• The First Indictments of the
  ICTR
  , 18 Human Rights Law Journal (1997) 329–340.
• The Comm’n of Experts on Rwanda and Creation of the ICTR 16 Human Rights Law Journal (1995) 121–124.

Selected reports for the United Nations and European Union

• The
  Sustainable Development
  in Pacific Island Countries (Lead Expert) 2021, 56 p.
• A Critical Appraisal of Laws relating to Sexual Offences in Bangladesh (with Kawser Ahmed) 2015, 48 p.
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  (with Kawser Ahmed) 2013-2015.
• Report of
  CEDAW
  on the Government's 2015 State Report 2015, 39 p.
• Toolkit on Implementing UN Human Rights Recommendations and UPR, UNDP-Ankara, Turkey 2014. 119 p.
• National Human Rights Institutions
  in Federal States for UNOHCHR, Geneva, May–July 2011, 85 p.
• Expert Background Papers for the 12th
  NGO Human Rights Forum, 12–13 July 2010 in Brussels, Belgium
  .
• Expert Background Paper for Workshop on International Criminal Justice Education for the Rule of Law at the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 12–19 April 2010 in Salvador, Brazil — UN Doc. A/CONF.213/12 of 5 February 2010.
• In-Depth Study on the Linkages between Anti-
  United Nations Development Program
  Including ‘Concept Note’ and Appendix (2007, pp 79).
• Expert Background Paper "Impunity as a Threat to Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law", presented at the UN Office of the
  High Commissioner for Human Rights
  Expert Seminar on the interdependence between democracy and human rights, 28 February – 2 March 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Report of the Second Expert Seminar on "Democracy and the Rule of Law" (Geneva, 28 February – 2 March 2005); UN Doc. E/CN.4/2005/58 of 18 March 2005.

References

• Home Page for lyalsunga.com - Lyal S. Sunga's Website
• Lyal S. Sunga - Raoul Wallenberg Institute
• Is Humanitarian Intervention Legal?
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• Project DIANA : Doe v. Karadzic : Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants
• [2]