Jonathan Liljeblad

Institution: Australian National University

Period of stay: 22 April - 28 June 2024

Contact:  jonathan.liljeblad@anu.edu.au

https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/liljeblad-j 

Profile: 

Jonathan Liljeblad is Associate Professor at the Australian National University College of Law. He earned a PhD and JD from the University of Southern California (USC), an MS from the University of Washington (UW), and a BS from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). His research focuses on the complexities of promoting international norms in developing countries, using case studies in Indigenous rights, human rights, and environment. His fieldwork is mostly in Southeast Asia, where he has assisted development programs sponsored by organisations such as Asia Development Bank (ADB), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR), & the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). He is a member of the Pa'Oh Indigenous peoples of Shan State, Myanmar, and grew up in Sweden and the United States.

Research Area:

International Human Rights and International Environmental Law

Research Title:

Indigenous Rights to Environment in International Law

Research Outline:

My project explores efforts in international law discourses to articulate legal reasoning in support of indigenous rights to environment, with focus on approaches in Indigenous rights, international human rights law, international environmental law, and international criminal law. The analysis evaluates the prospects for such discourses to protect indigenous rights to environment, clarifying the issues that may challenge each approach and identifying potential solutions that may facilitate their application. 

Publications:

•    Forthcoming: Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2024) “Indigenizing International Law Education.” Washington University Global Studies Law Review 23(2).
•    Published: Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2024) “Sea Peoples & Marine Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia: An International Human Rights Approach in Support of Indigenous Rights to Environment.” UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs 27(2).
•    Published (co-authored): Liljeblad, Jonathan, et al. (2023) “Governance & Conservation Effectiveness in Protected Areas & Indigenous & Locally Managed Areas.” Annual Review of Environment & Resources 48(2023).
•    Published: Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “Myanmar’s Regression on Capital Punishment: A Pariah in Southeast Asia.” Australian Journal of Asian Law 24(1): 35-46.
•    Published (co-authored): Viaene, Lieselotte, Peter Doran, and Jonathan Liljeblad. (2023) “Editorial Special Section: ‘Transitional Justice and Nature: A Curious Silence’.” International Journal of Transitional Justice 17(1): 1-14.
•    Published: Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “International Human Rights Teachers in Myanmar Universities: The Individual Constraints of Structure on Intermediaries.” Journal of Human Rights 22(2): 214-233.
 

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