Dr Joanna Kyriakakis - Researcher Profile

Biography

Joanna joined the Law Faculty as a Lecturer in 2010. Her research interests lie at the intersection of corporate accountability, international criminal law, human rights, transitional justice, and legal theory.

Joanna’s doctoral thesis (awarded in 2009) looked at the relationship between the global mining industry and international crimes, particularly in conflict zones. It examined the application of international criminal law to corporations and the possibility of including corporations within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. She has published articles and book chapters on this and related subjects, including in the Journal of International Criminal Justice, the Netherlands International Law Review and the Criminal Law Forum. She has held visiting fellowships at Columbia University and the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.

Joanna also holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and history and a first class honours Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice from Flinders University. She has previously worked with the South Australian Crown Solicitor’s Office and in both private and community legal practice.

A selection of Joanna's publications is available on-line at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=%20805943

Research & Supervision Interests

Corporations and human rights

International criminal law and justice

Transitional justice

Animal Law

Keywords

animal law, corporations and human rights, international criminal law and justice, torts law, transitional justice

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF JURIDICAL SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2009

BACHELOR OF LAWS & LEGAL PRACTICE, WITH HONOURS

Institution: Flinders University of South Australia

Year awarded: 2001

BACHELOR OF ARTS - PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Flinders University of South Australia

Year awarded: 2000

Publications

Books

Kyriakakis, J., May, L. (eds), 2010, Criminal Law and Philosophy, Springer Netherlands, The Netherlands.

Book Chapters

Kyriakakis, J., 2012, Justice after war: economic actors, economic crimes, and the moral imperative for accountability after war, in Morality, Jus Post Bellum, and International Law, eds Larry May and Andrew T. Forcehimes, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 113-138.

Kyriakakis, J., 2010, Prosecuting corporations for international crimes: the role for domestic criminal law, in International Criminal Law and Philosophy, eds Larry May and Zachary Hoskins, Cambridge University Press, New York USA, pp. 108-137.

Joseph, S., Kyriakakis, J., 2010, The United Nations and human rights, in Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law, eds Sarah Joseph , Adam McBeth, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 1-35.

Journal Articles

Kyriakakis, J., 2010, Introduction to the Special Edition, Criminal Law and Philosophy [E], vol 4, issue 3, Springer Netherlands, Houten, Netherlands, pp. 245-247.

Kyriakakis, J., 2009, Corporate Criminal Liability and the ICC Statute: The Comparative Law Challenge, Netherlands International Law Review [P], vol 56, issue 3, T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 333-366.

Kyriakakis, J., 2008, Corporations and the International Criminal Court: The Complementarity Objection Stripped Bare, Criminal Law Forum, vol 19, issue 1, Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, pp. 115-151.

Kyriakakis, J., 2007, Australian Prosecution of Corporations for International Crimes: The Potential of the Commonwealth Criminal Code, Journal of International Criminal Justice, vol 5, issue 4 (September 2007), Oxford University Press, http://jicj.oxfordjournals.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/cgi/reprint/5/4/809, pp. 809-826.

Kyriakakis, J., 2005, Freeport in West Papua: bringing corporations to account for international human rights abuses under Australian criminal and tort law, Monash University Law Review, vol 31, issue 1, Monash University, Faculty of Law, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 95-119.

Other

Kyriakakis, J., 2011, Securency charges will finally test our unused foreign bribery laws, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Limited, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Kyriakakis, J., 2011, Why Australian firms should be made accountable for overseas crimes, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Limited, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Kyriakakis, J., 2009, Australia and international criminal law: the responsibilities of companies to abide by international criminal law, Article in 'Journal of International Peace Operations'. The publication was originally submitted as a C4 but confirmation could not be obtained that the articles are assessed by an editorial board., International Peace Operations Association, Washington, DC, USA.

Teaching Commitment

Torts A (LAW2201)

Torts B (LAW2202)

Principles of torts (LAW7266)

International criminal law 406 (LAW4184)

Animal Law (LAW4230)

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

To be or not to be property? The weak foundations of the current legal status of animals and alternative models for recognising animals within the legal framework.

Supervisors:

Gerber, P (Joint-co), Kyriakakis, J (Joint).