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• Indigenous Rights to Environment in International Law — This project explores legal theories that support the concept of Indigenous rights to the environment. The project evaluates the extent to which Indigenous rights to the environment can be drawn from existing international human rights, international environmental law, international criminal law, and Indigenous conceptions of international law. The project bridges theoretical discourses in international law with Jonathan's empirical work regarding Indigenous peoples claims under international human rights and international environmental law.
• Indigenous Theories of International Law — This is a wider project that arises in conjunction with Jonathan's roles as Co-Chair of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Rights of Indigenous Peoples Interest Group and Co-Chair of the Law and Society Association (LSA) Indigenous Peoples and the Law Collaborative Research Network. The project follows the arguments of Fourth World Approaches to International Law (FWAIL, alternatively called Original Nations Approaches to International Law, or ONAIL) that claim uniquely Indigenous understandings of international law that are distinct from the prevailing state-centric international law system. The project assembles contributions from a global range of Indigenous scholars presenting Indigenous approaches to topics of international law, with a shared purpose of illustrating the existence of Indigenous perspectives that reflect Indigenous forms of international law.
• Indigenous Transnationalism in Engagements with International Law — This project builds upon Jonathan's fieldwork in Southeast Asia, and seeks to pursue potential avenues to extend his previous work towards greater generalisibility. The project seeks to engage discourses on transnational Indigenous movements found in other geographic regions—particularly among my colleagues in the Africa, Americas, and the Pacific—to highlight the efforts of Indigenous peoples to mobilise transnational movements to engage existing mechanisms of international law. The project identifies and evaluates such movements to clarify trends regarding their interests for transnational activism, their reasons for using international law to address their interests, their strategies in engaging international law, and their experiences in doing so.
• Justice Sector Reforms for Rights-Based Systems in Southeast Asia — This project is supported Asia Development Bank and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The project builds upon Jonathan's previous research in Myanmar, and pursues a wider comparative assessment of international aid efforts to promote rights-based reforms in the justice sector of least-developed countries in Southeast Asia (with a focus on Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos). Particular focus is upon agendas directed towards capacity-building for lawyers, prosecutors, and judges with respect to increasing access to justice, Indigenous rights, human rights, and environmental rights.
• Law, Development, and World Heritage — This project studies the social, cultural, economic, and political complexities associated with the implementation of law and governance systems in developing countries connected to environmental and cultural heritage programmes under the World Heritage system. The project draws on Jonathan's fieldwork in Southeast Asia, and engages with wider discourses in law and development, environmental and cultural heritage conservation, human rights, Indigenous rights, and international law.

Grants

• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung—Rule of Law Education Asia Project (ROLEAP) 2021 – current
• Asia Development Bank—TA-6703 Strengthening Judicial Capacity Towards Sustainable Economic Development in Asia & the Pacific 2022 – current
• Asia Development Bank—TA-9491 Strengthening the Capacity for Environmental Law & Climate Change Laws in Asia & the Pacific 2021 – 2023
• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade – MyEquip Grant: Myanmar National Education Strategic Plan 2020-2021 (pre-coup)
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Rule of Law Project Grant: Ethics in Law & Governance 2020-2021
• ANU College of Law (CoL) New Research Collaborations Grant 2020
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Rule of Law Project Grant: Civil Society Organizations 2018-2019
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Rule of Law Project Grant: Environmental Law 2018-201
• Endeavour Research Fellowship 2018
• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant (Myanmar) 2014-2015

Consultancies

• Asia Development Bank, Strengthening Capacity for Environmental Law & Climate Change Laws in the Asia-Pacific, Consultant, 2021-current
• Danish Institute of Human Rights Human Rights Education in Myanmar, Consultant, 2018-current
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Rule of Law, Consultant, 2019-current
• International Commission of Jurists Rule of Law in Myanmar, Consultant, 2018-2020
• Progress of Indigenous & Nature Together (POINT)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Consultant, 2019

Books & edited collections

• Published (Book): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) Indigenous Identity, Human Rights, and Environment in Myanmar: Local Engagement with Global Rights Discourses. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0367679927
• Published (Book): Liljeblad, Jonathan, Justine Chambers, & Charlotte Galloway (eds.). (2020) Living with Myanmar. ISEAS. ISBN: 978-9814881043
• Published (Book): Liljeblad, Jonathan & Bas Verschuuren (eds.). (2018) Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-815377009
• Published (Book): Liljeblad, Jonathan & Amanda Kennedy (eds.). (2016) Food Systems Governance. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138939431.
• Published (Book): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2014) The Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES): Local Authority & International Policy. Quid Pro Books. ISBN: 978-1610272162.

Refereed journal articles

• Forthcoming (Journal Article): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “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).
• Forthcoming (Invited Journal Article)\): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “Capital Punishment in Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy Struggle: Regression of a Pariah in Southeast Asia’s Progression Towards Human Rights Norms.” Australian Journal of Asian Law 24(1).
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “International Human Rights Teachers in Myanmar Universities: The Individual Constraints of Structure on Intermediaries.” Journal of Human Rights. DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14754835.2022.2098000 (Impact Factor = .69)
• Published (Invited Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) “Virulent Pandemic & Fragile Democracy in Myanmar: Complications of COVID-19 Policies & the 2020 National Elections.” Australian Journal of Asian Law 22(2): 59-73.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) “Integrating the Anthropocene in Legal Education: Considerations for Asia.” Asian Journal of Law & Society 9(2): 207-227. (Impact Factor = 0.50)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) “International Human Rights Law & the Protection of Medical Scientists Against State Interference During COVID-19.” Australian Yearbook of International Law 39(2021): 153-168.
• Published (Invited Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2021) “The Nature of the Disciplinary System Over Myanmar Lawyers: Differences from International Standards and Implications for International Legal Transplants.” International Journal of the Legal Profession 28(2): 181-198. (Impact Factor = .21)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2020) “Tour Guides and the International Promotion of Human Rights: Agency, Structure, & Norm Translators in Responsible Travel.” Tourist Studies 20(3): 314-335. (Impact Factor = 1.25)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2020) “The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar (ILAM): Challenges Facing the Legal Transplant of International Expectations for a Bar Association into a Local Context.” Fordham International Law Journal 43(4): 1065-1092 (Impact Factor = .35)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2020) “The Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (CSICH) and the Control of Indigenous Culture: A Critical Comment on Power and Indigenous Rights.” William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice 26(1): 1-22 (Impact Factor = .44)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan & Khin Thinn Thinn Oo. (2020) “World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy & Local Implementation: Site Management Issues Using a Case Study of Sri Ksetra at Pyu Ancient Cities Myanmar.” Sustainable Development 28(3): 1-10 (Impact Factor = 3.80)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2019) “Democracy, Rule of Law, & Legal Ethics Education: Directing Lawyers to Support Democratization in Myanmar.” Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law 47(2): 451-477 (Impact Factor = .3)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2018) “Beyond Transnational Advocacy: Lessons from Engagement of Myanmar Indigenous Peoples with the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review.” Vermont Law Review 43(2): 217-250 (Impact Factor = .38)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2017) “The Efficacy of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) Seen in Context: Lessons from the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC).” Yale Human Rights & Development Law Journal 19(1): 95-132 (Impact Factor = .61)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2017) “Transnational Support & Legal Education Reform in Developing Countries: Findings & Lessons from Burma/Myanmar.” Loyola University of Chicago International Law Review 14(2): 133-154 (Impact Factor = .34)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2017) “The Pyu Ancient Cities World Heritage Application: Lessons from Myanmar on Transnational Advocacy Networks.” Journal of Civil Society 13(1): 23-35. (Impact Factor = 1.22)
• Published (Journal Article): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2017) “The Hopi, the Katsinam, & the French Courts: Looking Outside the Law in the Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 23(1): 15-24. (Impact Factor = 1.08)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2016) “The 2014 Enabling Law of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission & the United Nations Paris Principles: A Critical Evaluation.” Journal of East Asia & International Law 9(2): 427-448 (Impact Factor = .11)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2016) “Understanding the Complexities of Civil Disobedience for Cyberspace Protests in the Case of Aaron Swartz.” Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal 42(1): 1-20. (Impact Factor = .3)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2016) “China, Western Art Museums, & Dissident Art Via Social Networks.” The Poster 3(1 & 2): 7-18.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2015) “Human Safaris: A Foucauldian Alternative to the Law’s Treatment of the Indigenous Andaman Jarawa.” Australian Indigenous Law Review 18(2):1-15.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2015) “A Cautionary Note on Indigenous Culture & Internet Search Tools.” American Indian Culture & Research Journal 39(1): 95-109. (Impact Factor = .47)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (Spring 2015) “Foucault, Justice, & Athletes with Prosthetics: the 2008 CAS Arbitration Report on Oscar Pistorius.” International Sports Law Journal 15(1): 101-111.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (January 2015) “Using Foucault to Construct Normative Guidelines for an Ethics of Tourist-Indigenous Encounters.” Tourist Studies 15(1): 1-21. (Impact Factor = 1.25)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2013) “Universalist-Relativist Cultural Ethics, China’s On-Line Communities, & the Global Internet.” China Media Research: 9(2): 1-10.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2013) “Adaptive Co-Management Thresholds: Understanding Protected Areas Policy as Normative Conflict.” West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 19(2): 231-246. (Impact Factor = .23)
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2013) “The Implications of Personal Search for Theories of Global Civil Society.” International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, & Society 8(1): 103-114.
• Published (Journal Article):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2009) “Finding Another Link in the Chain: International Treaties & Devolution to Local Law Enforcement in the Case of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 18(3): 527-546. (Impact Factor = .51)

Book chapters

• Forthcoming (Invited Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “International Human Rights Law in Support of Faith-Based Conservation Movements,” in Alison Ormsby, Stephen Awoyemi, Radhika Borde, & Andrew Gosler (eds.), Religion & Nature Conservation. Routledge Earthscan.
• Forthcoming (Invited Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2023) “Democratic Façade, a Military Heart, & the Flawed Nature of Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution,” in Ngoc Son Bui & Mara Malagordi (eds.), Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 1, Bloomsbury.
• Published (Invited Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) “Rights-Based Approaches to the Treatment of Student Athletes,” in Alison Renteln & Wanda Teays (eds.), Cracks in the Ivory Tower: University Ethics. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan, Su Yin Htun, Po Po Maung, William Schulte. (2022) “Myanmar Environmental Law,” in Nicholas Robinson, Elizabeth Burleson, & Lin-Heng Lye (eds.), Comparative Environmental Law & Regulation. Thomson Reuters.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2022) “The Prospects for Amending Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution in its Transition to Democracy,” in Henning Glaser (ed.), Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, & Democratic Governance—Challenges & Prospects in Southeast Asia. Nomos.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2020) “Epilogue – Concluding Themes,” in Jonathan Liljeblad, Justine Chambers, & Charlotte Galloway (eds.), Living with Myanmar. ISEAS. Pp. 361-372. ISBN: 978-9814881043.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2019) “The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar (ILAM): Placing the Idea of an Independent Bar Association within the Discourse on Legal Transplants,” in Vito Breda (ed.), Legal Transplants in East Asia & Oceania. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 211-229. ISBN: 978-1-108475297.
• Published (Invited Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2019) “Indigenous Rights and Universal Periodic Review: A Confluence of Human Rights and Environmental Issues,” in Michelle Lim (ed.), Charting Environmental Law Futures in the Anthropocene. Springer. Pp. 151-158. ISBN: 978-9811390647.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2018) “Indigenous Voices & Indigenous Sacred Sites, Promoting Diverse Perspectives in a Global Discourse,” in Jonathan Liljeblad & Bas Verschuuren (eds.), Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural Sites. Routledge. Pp. 1-10 ISBN: 978-0-815377009.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan, et al. (2018) “Implications of the Diversity of Concepts & Values of Nature in the Management & Governance of Protected & Conserved Areas,” in Bas Verschuuren & Steve Brown (eds.), Cultural & Spiritual Significance of Nature in Protected Areas. Routledge. Pp. 21-39. ISBN: 978-1351609326.
• Published (Book Chapter):Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2018) “Sambor Prei Kuk: Demarcating the Relationship Between Religion & Cultural Heritage as Human Rights in Cambodia,” in Peter Bille Larsen (ed.), World Heritage & Human Rights: Lessons from the Asia-Pacific & Global Arena. Routledge. Pp. 70-86. ISBN: 978-1138224216.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2016) “The Pa’oh Governance System & Kakku: Implications for Heritage Conservation,” in Bas Verschuuren & Naoya Furuta (eds.), Asian Sacred Natural Sites. Routledge. Pp. 133-141. ISBN: 978-1138936317.
• Published (Book Chapter): Liljeblad, Jonathan. (2016) “Foucault’s Evaluation of the UN Call for Human Rights in Global Food Governance,” in Amanda Kennedy & Jonathan Liljeblad (eds.), Food Systems Governance. Routledge. Pp. 106-126. ISBN: 978-1138939431.

Conference papers & presentations

• Presenter: “The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact & the Prospects for an Asia-Region Indigenous Rights Movement,” Asian Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 9-10, 2022.
• Presenter: “Intersections of Ecocide, Indigenous Struggle, & Pro-Democracy Unrest: Implications of Post-Coup Myanmar for Conflict Zones,” Symposium, An International Crime of Ecocide: New Perspectives, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, November 4, 2022
• Presenter: “The Role of Law: Lawyers, Legal Reform, & Burma’s Democracy Movement,” University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, February 14, 2022 (https://youtu.be/T0wI0dGGN6I).
• Invited Presenter: “Indigenous Women & Climate Change,” United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 66th Session, New York City, United States, March 14-25, 2022 (https://youtu.be/bkk5nbpRYZQ).
• Presenter: “Self-determination, Ostrom, & Post-conflict Prospects for Indigenous Environmental Governance in Myanmar,” 2nd Annual Environmental Peacebuilding Conference 2022, Geneva, Switzerland, February 1-4, 2022 (https://youtu.be/0k4YAE606RQ).
• Invited Presenter: “Environmental Degradation & Indigenous Rights: Is International Law Fit for Purpose?,” International Law Association American Branch 2021, New York City, United States, October 28-30, 2021 (https://youtu.be/kT1AotccUeo).
• Invited Presenter: “Indigenous Rights & Environmental Justice: A Cross-Cultural Conversation,” Human Rights & Global Justice Initiative, Institute for a Sustainable Earth, George Mason University, New York City, United States, October 7, 2021 (https://vimeo.com/629234428).
• Presenter: “Pandemic as Politics by Other Means: The Myanmar Military Junta’s COVID-19 Activities & Accountability Under International Human Rights,” Asian Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, September 17-18, 2021.
• Invited Presenter: “Exploring International Actions for NHRIs that Fail: Observations on the Silence of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Under a Coup,” Association of Human Rights Institutions Annual Conference 2021, Maastricht, Netherlands, August 26-28, 2021 (http://new.ahri-network.org/maastricht-2021/).
• Presenter: “A Space for Other Paths: The Role of International Human Rights in Empowering Indigenous Perspectives in Biodiversity Conservation,” Global Dialogue on Biodiversity Law & Governance, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, July 5-8, 2021 (https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/activities/centre-for-environmental-law-2021-flagship-conference-global-dial).
• Presenter: “Imagining Indigeneity, Gender, & Sustainability: Indigenous Women’s Rights Activism in Inle Lake, Myanmar,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, United States, May 27-30, 2021.
• Presenter: “Advancing Indigeneity, Gender, & Sustainability: Indigenous Women’s Rights Activism in Inle Lake, Myanmar,” Research Seminar Series, Australian National University College of Law, May 12, 2021 (https://law.anu.edu.au/multimedia/videos/panels-and-seminars/advancing-indigeneity-gender-and-sustainability-indigenous).
• Invited Presenter: “Human Rights, Environment, & Indigeneity in Myanmar: Concerns of an Intermediary Between International Norms & Local Struggles,” Public Speaker Series, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i, April 13, 2021.
• Invited Presenter: “ASEAN Family Matters: Non-Interference, Rule-of-Law, & the Bad Brother,” Safeguarding the Rule of Law & Human Rights in Myanmar, LAWASIA, April 7, 2021 (https://lawasia.asn.au/conferences-events/webinar-archive/safeguarding-rule-law-and-human-rights-myanmar).
• Invited Presenter: “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Heritage & the Arts,” American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, March 24-26, 2021 (https://youtu.be/2NL9z-oiRcI)
• Presenter: “Mapping Indigenous Rights to the Environment Via the International Human Rights System,” 7th Frontiers in Environmental Law Colloquium, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, February 25, 2021.
• Presenter: “Littoral Indigenous Communities & Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction: Identifying Theory for Group Rights & Transboundary Plastic Waste,” Marine Plastic Pollution Rule of Law in Asia-Pacific Workshop, National University of Singapore, Singapore, October 19-20, 2020.
• Presenter: “Human Rights Education in Myanmar Universities: Resistance as Engagement in Contested Discourse,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Denver, United States, May 28-31, 2020 (on-line).
• Invited Presenter: “The Corruption Challenge to Local Litigation in Transboundary Air Pollution Cases,” Legal Strategies in Dealing with Air Pollution in Asia in National and Transboundary Context, Kolkata, India, March 2-3, 2020.
• Plenary Speaker: “Integrating the Anthropocene into the Legal Education Curriculum in Asia,” Asian Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Osaka, Japan, December 12-15, 2019.
• Invited Presenter: “The Persistence of Indigenous Legal Orders Outside the State,” Knowledge Sharing on the Implementation of Indigenous Peoples’ Traditions into the Training of Judges, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Philippines Judicial Academy, Manila, Philippines, November 25-26, 2019.
• Invited Presenter: “Risky Waters: Locally-Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) and Indigenous Claims in Myanmar,” Best Practices on Environmental Rule of Law in Asia, University of Cebu, Philippines, September 26-28, 2019.
• Presenter: “Lost in Transplantation: Assessing Myanmar’s Protected Areas Reforms for Co-Management in Comparison to International Norms,” IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 5-9, 2019.
• Invited Presenter: “Transnational Intermediaries in Myanmar Legal Education Reforms: Issues at the Nexus of Capacity-Building,” Managing Challenges During Myanmar’s Transition, Yangon, Myanmar, July 5-6, 2019.
• Presenter: “The Nature of the Disciplinary System Over Myanmar Lawyers: Differences from International Standards and the Implications for Promoting the Rule of Law,” International Legal Ethics Conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 6-8, 2018.
• Presenter: “Navigating World Heritage in a Transition Context: The Case of Hkakaborazi and the Issue of Ethno-nationalism for World Heritage Nominations in Myanmar,” Asian Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, November 29-December 1, 2018.
• Presenter: “A Risk Model to Assess World Heritage Sustainable Development Implementation: A Case Study of Pyu Ancient Cities, Myanmar,” IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Glasgow, Scotland, July 4-6, 2018.
• Presenter: “The Independent Lawyers Association of Myanmar: Legal Transplants & Local Challenges to the Idea of an Independent Bar Association,” Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law & Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 2-3, 2018.
• Presenter: “The Status of Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility in Myanmar’s Legal Education System Under the National Education Strategic Plan of 2016-2021,” Asian Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, December 14-16, 2017.
• Presenter: “Global Aspirations Local Complexities: Foreseeing Issues for a World Heritage Agenda within Pa’oh Indigenous Politics in Myanmar,” ICOMOS General Assembly—Heritage & Democracy, New Delhi, India, December 11-15, 2017.
• Presenter & Panel Chair: “Pyu Ancient Cities & Sustainable Tourism: Steps Towards Sustainable Practices for World Heritage in Transition Societies,” Australia-Myanmar Institute—Progress Towards Myanmar’s Sustainable Development Goals, Yangon, Myanmar, November 27-30, 2017.
• Invited Presenter: “Indigenous Rights & Federalism in Southeast Asia: Issues in Law & Governance,” Thammasut University Winter Academy on Human Rights & Development, Bangkok, Thailand, October 15-20, 2017.
• Presenter & Panel Chair: “National Human Rights Institutions in Southeast Asia: The Limits of United Nations Efforts in Developing Regional Human Efforts,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, June 20-23, 2017.
• Invited Presenter: “The Site Manager for Pyu Ancient Cities, Myanmar: Rule-of-Law Challenges in the World Heritage System”, Chuo University Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan, June 14, 2017.
• Invited Presenter: “Global Aspirations, Local Realities: Rule-of-Law Challenges at Myanmar’s Pyu Ancient Cities World Heritage Site,” Chuo University Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan, June 13, 2017.
• Presenter: “Rule of Law & Conservation: Findings from Myanmar,” Asia-Pacific Center for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, Singapore, February 6, 2017.
• Panel Chair: “Management Issues in Linking Natural & Cultural Heritage,” IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu, USA, September 1-10, 2016.
• Panel Chair: “Indigenous Rights & World Heritage,” IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu, USA, September 1-10, 2016.
• Presenter: “The Rule of Law Problem in Myanmar’s Wildlife Trade,” IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Oslo, Norway, June 20-25, 2016.
• Presenter: “The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission in Context,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, United States, June 1-5, 2016.
• Presenter: “Co-Management for Sustainable Tourism in Ngapali Beach, Myanmar,” Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business Multi-Stakeholder Workshop for Sustainable Development in Ngapali, Ngapali, Myanmar, May 11-13, 2016.
• Invited Presenter: “Issues in Multi-Stakeholder Co-Management for Ngapali Beach, Myanmar,” Strengthening Stakeholder Linkages to Embed the Rule of Law in the Protection of Coasts & Oceans, University of Cebu, Philippines, April 27-28, 2016.
• Invited Presenter: “Myanmar Indigenous Transnational Strategies: Scale Shifts to Global Networks,” International Conference on the Rights Protection of Farmers & Indigenous People in the Process of Development & Utilization of Natural Resources in Asia, University of Cebu, Philippines, April 25-26, 2016.
• Invited Presenter: “Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution as a Hybrid of Multiple Ideologies,” Ideology & the Law-6th Center for Policy & Governance Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, October 23-25, 2015.
• Presenter: “Myanmar’s Indigenous Peoples’ Claims to Environmental Rights,” IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 7-12, 2015.
• Invited Plenary Speaker: “Understanding the Current Issues in Myanmar’s Legal Education System: A Brief Descriptive Analysis,” Legal Education in Myanmar & Thailand-Current Concerns & Future Prospects in Comparative Perspectives, Bangkok, Thailand, July 23, 2015.
• Presenter & Panel Chair: “Pyay & Pyu Ancient Cities: Networks, Advocacy, & Cultural Heritage in Myanmar,” Australia-Myanmar Institute—Myanmar & The Sustainable Development Goals: Informed by the Past, Looking to the Future, Yangon, Myanmar, July 10-12, 2015.
• Presenter: “The Propagation of International Human Rights Norms Via Ethical Tourism: Preliminary Findings from an Ethnography of Adventure Travel,” Law & Society Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, United States, May 27-31, 2015.
• Presenter: “Foucault, Law, & the Andaman Jarawa: Finding a Legal Guide Between Indigenous Peoples & Tourism,” Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29-June 1, 2014.
• Presenter: “Foucault’s Evaluation of the United Nations Call for Human Rights in Global Food Governance,” The Governance Challenges of Food Systems, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, May 23-24, 2014.
• Presenter: “Foucault & Justice: A Reading of the Oscar Pistorius CAS Arbitration Report,” International Studies Association-West Conference, Pasadena, California, September 27-28, 2013.
• Presenter: “Personalized Internet Search & Indigenous Cultural Rights,” Law & Society Association Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 5-12, 2012.
• Presenter: “Connecting the Implications of Personal Internet Search to Theories of Global Civil Society,” International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, March 31-April 4, 2012.
• Presenter: “Finding Theory in Personalized Internet Search & Global Civil Society,” Technology, Knowledge, & Society 8th International Conference, Los Angeles, California, January 16-18, 2012.
• Discussant, Panel: “Under Attack? Sovereignty & the Internet,” International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, March 31-April 4, 2012.

Commissioned reports

• Published (NGO Handbook): Liljeblad, Jonathan (ed.). (2019) Rule of Law Handbook for Environmental Law. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. ISBN: 978-99971-954-2-5.
• Published (NGO Handbook): Liljeblad, Jonathan (ed.). (2019) Rule of Law Handbook for Civil Society Organizations. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. ISBN: 978-99971-954-1-8.

Government submissions

• Published (Amicus Curiae Brief): [co-author] Hobbs, Harry and Esterling, Shea and do Vale Alves, Ayla and Campbell-Duruflé, Christopher and Cooper, Jane Fallis and Francesconi, Lavinia and Frisso, Giovanna and Hossain, Mosabbir and Liljeblad, Jonathan and Lixinski, Lucas and Mantilla, Yuri and Natali, Meganne and Pegorari, Bruno and Wewerinke-Singh, Margaretha and Young, Stephen. (2022) Amicus Curiae Brief in the Case of the Indigenous Maya Q’Eqchi’ Agua Caliente Community V Guatemala - Caso De La Comunidad Indígena Maya Q'Eqchi' Agua Caliente Contra Guatemala, Submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3402234

Committees

International Organizations & Working Groups

• Asian Law & Society Association (ALSA)
• Vice Executive Officer (2022 – current) – member of executive committee responsible for organizing conferences, membership promotion, institutional collaborations with partners, and strategic planning
• Auditor (2019 – 2021) – responsible for annual review of agendas and accounts for the organization.
• Member, Board of Trustees (2019 – current) – responsible for participating in periodic trustee meetings and decisions regarding organization mission, membership, conferences, finances, and activities.
• Chair, Graduate Student Best Paper Award Committee (2020-2021) – responsible for leading committee of five scholars in reviewing and awarding association prize for best graduate student paper.
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Panel Co-Organizer, World Conservation Congress (2020) – co-organizer of panel on Rights-based Protected Areas Conservation in Conflict Zones at a global conference of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) hosting 10,000+ attendees (delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19).
• Board Member, World Commission on Protected Areas Cultural & Spiritual Values Specialist Group (IUCN WCPA CSVPA) (2016 – current) – responsible for membership administration for global working group of the IUCN devoted to cultural & spiritual values of protected areas.
• Member, World Commission on Environmental Law/Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary & Environmental Laws, and Human Rights (IUCN WCEL/CEESP SPICEH) (2016 – current) – global working group promoting awareness of indigenous peoples’ environmental and human rights, including improvement of conservation policies consistent with rights-based approaches.
• Member, World Commission on Environmental Law Academy of Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL AEL) (2014 – current) – global working group of the WCEL encompassing academics devoted to promoting research and education regarding environmental law.
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• Panel Co-Organizer, ICOMOS General Meeting (2020) – co-organizer of indigenous rights panel at general meeting of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) hosting 1,000+ attendees (delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19).
• Member, Indigenous Heritage Committee (ICOMOS IHC) (2019 – current) – responsible for engaging in formulation of policy statements on indigenous cultural heritage for ICOMOS; a global working group of indigenous experts in ICOMOS focused on providing indigenous perspectives and protecting indigenous rights under ICOMOS policies regarding cultural heritage conservation.

Internal ANU Committees

• ANU Southeast Asia Regional Work Group (Chair)
• ANU Institute for Climate, Energy, & Disaster Solutions Cluster on Law, Governance, & Institutions (ICEDS LGI) (Chair)
• Myanmar Research Centre (MRC) (Board of Directors)