Scientia Professor Rosemary Rayfuse
LLB, Queen's University;听LLM, Cambridge;听PhD, Utrecht, LLD h.c., Lund
Rosemary Rayfuse is an Emerita Scientia Professor of International Law at 麻豆社madou Sydney where, from 1994 to 2020, she played a leading role in the development of the Faculty's public international law and environmental law programs. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) and holds the degrees of LLB from Queen's University, LLM from the University of Cambridge, PhD from the University of Utrecht, and a Doctor of Laws听honoris causa听from Lund University. She publishes widely on issues of听oceans governance, protection of the marine environment in areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the normative effects of climate change on international law. She has special expertise in high seas fisheries, climate change and the oceans, and in polar oceans governance and has also published on other areas of international law including state responsibility, the law of treaties, international humanitarian law, use of force, international crimes and international dispute settlement. She is on the editorial or advisory boards of a number of international law journals, is a member of the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, the International Law Association's Committee on International Law and Sea-Level Rise,and is designated as an arbitrator under Article 2 of the Schedule to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol).
In 2006 Professor Rayfuse became the first Australian woman to attempt to ski from the North Pole to Canada, using her听听to raise awareness of the need for international and national regulatory responses to climate change and听to raise money for the Law School's Mooting and Internship programs.
Areas of expertise
Public International Law, Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, International Fisheries Law, Climate Change and the Oceans, Polar Oceans.
Memberships
Editorial positions
Aegean Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, Editorial Board Member
International Community Law Review, Advisory Board Member
International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Editorial Board Member
Netherlands International Law Review, Correspondent
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marie Environmental Protection
IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and WCEL Specialist Group on Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs
International Law Association Committee on Sea Level Rise and International Law
Law Society of England and Wales (non-practicing)
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Research Council of Norway: Cultural Conditions Underlying Social Change - SAMKUL, 'The High Seas and the Deep Ocean: Representations, resources and regulatory governance (3ROceans)' [with H Andersen (NTNU Trondheim); K Eliassen (NTNU); Ellem Krefting (Oslo); M Ingulstad (NTNU); G Paulsen (NTNU); L Lixinski (麻豆社madou); and T Brandt (NTNU)]. (2016-2019)
Australia-China Council (ACC) Grant, 'Research Centre for Transformation of Urban Ports and Harbours (TUPAH)' [with XH Wang (麻豆社madou/ADFA), R Steinberg (麻豆社madou/SIMS), D Waite (麻豆社madou), E Johnston (麻豆社madou), W Glamore (麻豆社madou), D Wu, (Ocean University China), and L Ge (Ludong University China)]. (2016-2017)
Research Council of Norway/KLIMAFORSK Programme (Project n. 235638), 'Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Anthropocene: Challenges for International Law in the 21st Century' [Principal investigator: Prof. Davor Vidas; Project owner: The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway] international cooperating partner. (2014鈥18)
AusAid Development Research Awards Scheme: 'Sustainable Development and Deep Seabed Mining in the Asia-Pacific' [with D. Anton (ANU), C. Filer (ANU), R. Makgill (NZ), J. Mossop (VUW), D. Rothwell (ANU) and R. Warner (UOW)]. (2013-2015)
Ragnar S枚derberg Fund, Sweden: 'Protecting the Commons: The Use of Market Mechanisms to Regulate Access to and Exploitation of Common Resources' [with S. Bogojevic (Lund) and H.H. Lidgard (Lund)]. (2013-2015)
Vetenskapsr氓det, Sweden, 'Skydd av allm盲nningar: Till盲mpning av ekonomiska styrmedel f枚r regleringen av anv盲ndning och tillg氓ng till gemensamma naturresurser' [with S. Bogojevic (Lund) and H.H. Lidgard (Lund)]. (2013-2015)
2016听听 Kerstin Hesselgrens Visiting Professorship 2017, Vetenskapsr氓det, Sweden
2015听听听Honorary Doctorate in Law (LLD hc), Lund University, Sweden
1997听听听麻豆社madou Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching
1991听听听The Clive Parry Prize for International Law, Cambridge University, UK
Law of the Sea and oceans governance in general, polar oceans governance in particular, international fisheries law, protection of the marine environment in areas beyond national jurisdiction, climate change and the oceans, and the normative effects of climate change, ocean warming and sea level rise on international law.
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My Teaching
- Public International Law (LAWS3381)
- Law of the Sea (LAWS8086)
- International Environmental Law (LAWS8319)
- Principles of International Law (LAWS8180)
- Public International Law (JURD7481)
- Law of the Sea (JURD7586)
- International Environmental Law (JURD7619)
- Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (LAWS8082)
- Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes (JURD7782)