Dr Grant Niemann

Position/s:Senior lecturer
Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law
Phone: +61 8 82015597
Email:
Location: Law Commerce (214)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Lawyer with extensive experience in practice. Formerly Chief Lawyer of Northern Land Council Darwin, the Assistant Director of Legal Services, Australian Government Solicitors Office Adelaide, then as Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Director of Public Proecutions Office Adelaide, then appointed first Senior trail Attorney of the International criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia before taking up appointment as a legal academic at Flinders University School of Law.

Qualifications

LLB Sydney University
LLM Adelaide University
Graduate Diploma of Public Law Adelaide University
Graduate Certificate of Tertiary Education, Flinders University
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University

Honours, awards and grants

Distinguished Service Award for work in the area of International Humanitarian Law, Australian Red Cross  

Key responsibilities

Indigenous Student Mentor
Coordinator of Evidence and International criminal Law and LLM Topics

Teaching

Teaching interests

Evidence , International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law.

Topic Coordinator:

Research and supervision

Research interests

International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International criminal Law, Criminal Law and Evidence

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Jurispruc=dence and International criminal Law (2); International Law, IHL ICL (2);

RHD Student Achievements

  • T J Hagan
    Submitted PHD Thesis - August 2012

Publications

Books
Niemann, G.R. (2011). Shared Responsibility for Enforcement of International Criminal Law. 1st ed. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
Book chapters
Niemann, G.R. (2012). international crimes. In niemann & marmo, ed. Untitled Book. sydney: thomson reuters law book company, pp. 303-325.
Niemann, G.R. (2006). Strengthening enforcement of international criminal law. In Ustinia Dolgopol, Judith Gardam, ed. The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 459-474.
Niemann, G.R. (2005). War crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in international criminal law. In Philip Reichel, ed. Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice. California, USA: Sage Publications, pp. 204-229.
Refereed journal articles
Niemann, G.R. (2011). The ethical obligations of the military medical practitioner. Journal of Law and Medicine, 19(1), pp.155-171.
Niemann, G.R. (2011). Will the responsibility to Protect principle improve the enforcement of international criminal law? Criminal Law Journal, 35(2), pp.70-79.
Son, C.L. and Niemann, G.R. (2009). Combodian Extraordinary Chambers: A mixed tribunal destined to fail. Criminal Law Journal, 33(2), pp.105-115.
Niemann, G.R. (2006). The sexual assault of women during armed conflict or civil disturbance. Criminal Law Journal, 30, pp.8-23.
Niemann, G.R. and Hovel, D. (2005). In the matter of David Hicks: a case for Australian courts? Public Law Review, 16(2), pp.116-133.
Niemann, G.R. (2004). Life and times of a senior trial attorney at the ICTY from 1994 to 2000. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2(2), pp.435-445. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/2.2.435.

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Books
Niemann, G.R. (2011). Shared Responsibility for Enforcement of International Criminal Law. 1st ed. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.
Book chapters
Niemann, G.R. (2012). international crimes. In niemann & marmo, ed. Untitled Book. sydney: thomson reuters law book company, pp. 303-325.
Niemann, G.R. (2012). International Crimes and Enforcement. In Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology. Sydney: Thomson Reuters.
Niemann, G. and Marmo, M. (2012). International Crimes. In Marmo, M., de Lint, W. and Palmer, D., ed. Crime and Justice: A Guide to Criminology. Sydney: Thomson, pp. 130-155.
Niemann, G.R. (2006). Strengthening enforcement of international criminal law. In Ustinia Dolgopol, Judith Gardam, ed. The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds. Leiden, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 459-474.
Niemann, G.R. (2005). War crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in international criminal law. In Philip Reichel, ed. Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice. California, USA: Sage Publications, pp. 204-229.
Refereed journal articles
Niemann, G.R. (2011). The ethical obligations of the military medical practitioner. Journal of Law and Medicine, 19(1), pp.155-171.
Niemann, G.R. (2011). Will the responsibility to Protect principle improve the enforcement of international criminal law? Criminal Law Journal, 35(2), pp.70-79.
Son, C.L. and Niemann, G.R. (2009). Combodian Extraordinary Chambers: A mixed tribunal destined to fail. Criminal Law Journal, 33(2), pp.105-115.
Niemann, G.R. (2006). The sexual assault of women during armed conflict or civil disturbance. Criminal Law Journal, 30, pp.8-23.
Niemann, G.R. and Hovel, D. (2005). In the matter of David Hicks: a case for Australian courts? Public Law Review, 16(2), pp.116-133.
Niemann, G.R. (2004). Life and times of a senior trial attorney at the ICTY from 1994 to 2000. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2(2), pp.435-445. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jicj/2.2.435.
Journal articles
Niemann, G.R. (2006). Principles of criminal law (2nd ed.) (book review). Criminal Law Journal, 30(2), pp.115-116.
Niemann, G.R. (2003). Annihilating difference - the anthropology of genocide (book review). !Human Rights Review, 5(1), pp.91-98. [online]. Available from: http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=EAIM.
Other public research outputs
Niemann, G.R. (2005). International Criminal Court (ICC). Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics, pp.420-422.
Niemann, G.R. (2005). War crimes. Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics, pp.849-851.
Niemann, G.R. (2005). Crimes against humanity. Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics, pp.141-143.
Niemann, G.R. (2003). Advice on the use of force against Iraq: advice to the Hon Simon Crean MP on the use of force against Iraq. 1444-8602, 4(1), pp.190-195. [online]. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=20040207;res=AGISPT.

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Professional and community engagement

Chair of the International Humanitarian Law Committee of Australian Red Cross in South Australia and a member of the Council and Divisional Board of Australian Red Cross in South Australia

Expertise for media contact

  • International Criminal Tribunals including the International Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia and the Permanent Criminal Court
  • International Criminal Law
  • War Crimes
  • Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide prosecution for war crime and crimes against humanity at the national and international level

Subject/s

  • Crime
  • War


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