Emma Palmer
Biography
Publications
Emma Palmer is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, where she is a member of the Law Futures Centre and Griffith Asia Institute. Her most recent book, Adapting International Criminal Justice in Southeast Asia: beyond the International Criminal Court, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2020, and she co-edited Futures of International Criminal Justice, published by Routledge in 2022.
![What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-04/GettyImages-1248490964.jpg?itok=7gW_PiiZ)
What of the Rohingya? The ICC, Ukraine, and limits of “international” justice
The International Criminal Court will always be seen as a selective tool unless states agree to decide cases on need.
![A motion towards justice in Myanmar](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1163794948.jpg?itok=LP49zuPm)
A motion towards justice in Myanmar
An International Court of Justice filing seeks to declare the state committed acts of genocide against the Rohingya.
![Can the ICC bring justice to Myanmar?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1066686624%20copy.jpg?itok=3rv3BHn-)
Can the ICC bring justice to Myanmar?
An investigation of crimes committed in Myanmar would be a historic undertaking, but many hurdles remain.