Hsu Myat Noe Htet is a PhD scholar at the Australian National University (ANU), specialising in Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property Rights. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from Yangon University, where she also took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) during her second year of the LL.M program in International Law. In 2023, she completed a second Masters of Law Research program, focusing on Intellectual Property Rights concerning new plant varieties. With over three years of professional experience as a Legal Associate and Researcher, she has developed a robust understanding of legal frameworks and research methodologies. Currently, she is working on her PhD research that centres around the control and protection of cultural knowledge. Meanwhile, she is imparting her knowledge and expertise as a tutor at both the College of Law, Governance and Policy and the College of Business and Economics at ANU.

Research publications

Liljeblad, Jonathan and Htet, Hsu Myat Noe, The Status of Indigenous Rights Movements in Myanmar's Current Conflict (April 30, 2026). Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 27, No. 2, Article 05: 61-82, 2026, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6681578

Htet, Hsu Myat Noe and Buchitchon, Suntaree, Legal Aspects of the Conditions for Protecting New Plant Varieties in Thailand (แง่ มุ มทางกฎหมายว่ าด้ วยเงื I อนไขการคุ ้ มครองพั นธุ ์ พื ชใหม่ ในประเทศไทย) (September 15, 2023). KKU Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume 11, No. 1 (2023) Pp. 116-125 (forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5053808 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5053808