The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law has recently launched a Special Edition on the Development of the Rule of Law in East Asia. I have written an article on ‘Asian Legal Transplants and Rule of Law Reform: National Human Rights Commission in Myanmar and Indonesia’, which is available for download here. The abstract is as follows: TheContinue reading “National Human Rights Commissions in Myanmar, Indonesia”
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Teaching Myanmar’s next generation of lawyers
Major changes have already been made to the legal system in Myanmar over the last two years. The next 10 years will be crucial to the country’s transition to a democratic legal system. As the reform process progresses, there is an urgent need for a new generation of law graduates capable of contributing to the developmentContinue reading “Teaching Myanmar’s next generation of lawyers”
Talk on People Smuggling at RSIS, Singapore, and the University of Melbourne
On 3 September 2013, Melissa gave a talk at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.The talk was based on the policy paper on ‘People Smuggling Trials in Indonesia’, co-authored with Dr Antje Missbach. Dr Antje Missbach will also be giving a talk on People Smuggling Trials inContinue reading “Talk on People Smuggling at RSIS, Singapore, and the University of Melbourne”
Report: Asian Law Centre 2008-2012
The Asian Law Centre at the University of Melbourne has recently released its five-year report. It provides an overview of the events, seminars, research projects and publications produced from 2008-2012.
Report: Australian attitudes towards Indonesia
The Department of Foreign Affairs (Australia) has released the results of a new survey conducted by Newspoll on ‘Australian attitudes towards Indonesia‘. Most Australians surveyed wrongly believe that Indonesia’s legal system is based on Islamic law, and are not aware that Indonesia is a democracy. On this issue of people smuggling, 50% of respondents wereContinue reading “Report: Australian attitudes towards Indonesia”
‘Building Capacity in Myanmar’
The Age recently reported on the University of Melbourne’s seed-grant funding scheme which aims to provide support for academics for capacity building projects on Myanmar. For the full article see David Scott, Building Capacity in Myanmar, The Age, 8 August 2013
NUS visits Yangon, Mandalay University
On 12-16 August 2013, Melissa was part of a delegation to Myanmar on behalf of the Law Faculty, the National University of Singapore, organised by the Ministry of Law (Singapore). The trip was also attended by the Dean of the Law Faculty of Singapore Management University and officials from the Ministry of Law, Singapore. VisitsContinue reading “NUS visits Yangon, Mandalay University”
Constitutional amendment key to 2015 Myanmar elections
The coming month is a time of mixed feelings for all those involved in Burma’s democracy movement. 8 August marks the 25th anniversary of the democracy uprising in Burma that was brutally crushed by the military regime. The sweeping electoral victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) that followed in 1990 was blatantly denied byContinue reading “Constitutional amendment key to 2015 Myanmar elections”
Australian High Court blog
The Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne, has recently launched a new High Court Blog, which aims to provide a public forum for discussion of the judicial decisions of the High Court of Australia. The blog features discussion of court decisions handed down by the High Court as well as reflections on significant events and cases, such as the Tasmanian DamContinue reading “Australian High Court blog”
Indonesian Constitutional Court reconsiders Blasphemy Law
In 2012, a new case challenging the constitutionality of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law was lodged with the Constitutional Court.[i] Since Indonesia’s transition to democracy, over 150 individuals from minority religious groups have been convicted of blasphemy. The Blasphemy Law in Indonesia confers power on the Minister of Religion to warn or ban a religious group if itContinue reading “Indonesian Constitutional Court reconsiders Blasphemy Law”
Melissa Crouch 