School of Law

• LLM in International Law
• LLM in International Law and Criminal Justice
• LLM in International Human Rights Law

• LAM 422, War and Human Rights
• LAM 425, International Law and the Use of Force

Monographs

• Peace as governance: Power-sharing, armed groups, and contemporary peace negotiations (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2008).
• Globalizing justice for mass atrocities: a revolution in accountability (Routledge, 2005).
• Confronting past human rights violations: justice vs. peace in times of transition (Frank Cass, 2004).

Edited volumes

• With Suren Pillay Peace vs. justice? Truth and reconciliation commissions and war crimes tribunals in Africa (Durban: University of KwaZulu Natal Press, forthcoming 2008).
• With Olga Martin-Ortega and Johanna Herman.The rule of law in African countries emerging from violent conflict: Critical issues and cases.
• With John C. King, Julie A. Mertus, Olga Martin-Ortega, and Johanna Herman. Doing Research in Difficult Situations: A Guide for Researchers, Students, and Practitioners.
• With Tom Biersteker, Peter Spiro, and Veronica Raffo, International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2006).

Textbook

• War, conflict, and human rights co-authored with Olga Martin-Ortega and Johanna Herman (Routledge, forthcoming 2009).

Selected Recent Articles

• “Responding to transnational and regional conflicts and crimes: what role for regional approaches?” with Amy Ross, Journal of International Criminal Justice (forthcoming 2008).
• “Justice as peace? Liberal peacebuilding and strategies of transitional justice,” Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations vol. 21, no. 4 (2007).
• With Amy Ross, “Geographies of crime and justice: contemporary transitional justice and the creation of ‘zones of impunity’ International Journal of Transitional Justice vol. 1, no. 1 (February 2007).
• “Sri Lanka after the Tsunami: Opportunities Lost?” Law and Society Trust Review vol. 17, issue 230 (December 2006), pp. 1-22.
• “International Law, International Relations Theory, and Post-Atrocity Justice: Towards a Genuine Dialogue,” International Affairs vol. 82, no. 3 (May 2006) pp. 467-78
• “Human rights vs. the state: is sovereignty really eroding?” Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law vol. 1, no. 1 (2006).
• “Wrong-sizing international justice? The hybrid tribunal in Sierra Leone” Fordham International Law Journal volume 29, no. 3 (2006).

Review essays and book chapters

• Review essay of John Morison, Kieran McEvoy, and Gordon Anthony, eds., Judges, Transition, and Human Rights, in Leiden Journal of International Law, vol. 21 (2008), pp. 1–5.
• “Prevention and the Rule of Law: Rhetoric and Reality” in Agnès Hurwitz, with Reyko Huang, eds. Civil War and the Rule of Law: Security, Development, Human Rights (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2008).
• “Justice for whom? Assessing hybrid approaches to accountability in Sierra Leone,” in Muna Ndulo, ed., Security, Reconciliation, and Reconstruction: When the Wars End (London: Routledge, 2007).
• “Introduction: International Law and International Politics—Old Divides, New Developments,” with Veronica Raffo, Peter Spiro, and Thomas Biersteker, in Biersteker, Sriram, Spiro, and Raffo, eds., International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice.
• “Bringing security back in: IR theory and moving beyond the “justice vs. peace” debate in international and transitional justice,” with Youssef Mahmoud, in Biersteker, Sriram, Spiro, and Raffo, eds., International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice.
• Review of Nicolas Guilhot, The Democracy Makers: Human Rights and The Politics of Global Order in International Affairs  vol. 82, no. 2 (March 2006).

Edited volumes:

• With Zoe Nielsen, Subregional causes of conflict: opportunities for conflict prevention (Lynne Rienner, 2004)
• With Karin Wermester, From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict (Lynne Rienner, 2003).
• With Brad Roth, a special symposium in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2002) on contemporary developments in international criminal law.
• With Adekeye Adebajo, of Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century (Frank Cass, 2001).

Articles:

• “Revolutions in Accountability: New Approaches to Past Abuses,” American University International Law Review vol. 19, no. 2 (2004).
• “Globalizing justice: from universal jurisdiction to mixed tribunals,” Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights vol. 22, no. 1 (January 2004).
• “Dilemmas of Accountability: Politics, the Military and Commissions of Inquiry in an Ongoing Civil War: The Case of Sri Lanka” Civil Wars, vol. 5, no. 2 (2002), pp. 96-121.
• “Exercising universal jurisdiction: contemporary disparate practice,” International Journal of Human Rights, vol. 6, no. 4 (2002), pp. 49-76.
• “Externalizing justice through universal jurisdiction—problems and prospects” Finnish Yearbook of International Law, vol. 12(2001), pp. 53-77.
• “Externalization of justice: what does it mean and what is at stake?” with Brad Roth, Finnish Yearbook of International Law, vol. 12(2001), pp. 2-6.
• “Truth Commissions and the Quest for Justice: stability and accountability after internal strife,” International Peacekeeping, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 2000), pp. 91-106.
• “Truth Commissions and Political Theory: tough moral choices in transitional situations,” Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, vol. 18, no. 4 (December 2000), pp. 471-492.

Review essays and book chapters:

• Review of Christian Reus-Smit, ed., The Politics of International Law and Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner, The Limits of International Law in APSR-Perspectives on Politics vol. 3, no. 3 (September 2005) pp. 686-688.
• “Transitional justice comes of age: enduring lessons and challenges” Berkeley Journal of International Law  vol. 23, no. 2 (Fall 2005) pp. 101-118.
• Review of Julie Mertus’ Bait and Switch: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in International Affairs vol. 81, no. 1 (January 2005).
• “The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned,” in International Peace Academy and Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Favorita Papers 2004: Peace Operations in Africa (New York and Vienna, 2004).
• “New mechanisms, old problems? Review essay of recent books on universal jurisdiction and mixed tribunals” International Affairs vol. 80, no. 5 (October 2004).
• Review of Bruce Broomhall’s International Justice and the International Criminal Court: Between Sovereignty and the Rule of Law in International Affairs vol. 80, no. 1 (July 2004).
• “Globalization of justice: for better or worse?” in Roger Brownsword, ed., Globalization and the search for justice, vol. IV, Human Rights (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004).
• “Why examine subregional sources and dynamics of conflict,” with Zoe Nielsen, in Sriram and Nielsen, eds., Exploring subregional conflict (2004).
• “Dynamics of conflict in Central America,” in Sriram and Nielsen, Exploring subregional conflict (2004).
• Review of Richard Shapcott’s Justice, Community, and Dialogue in International Relations, in APSR-Perspectives on Politics vol. 1, no. 3 (2003).
• Review essay of Andrew F. Cooper, John English, and Ramesh Thakur, eds., Enhancing Global Governance: Towards a New Diplomacy, in International Journal vol. 58, no. 1 (2002).
• “Introduction,” and “Insights from the cases: opportunities and challenges for preventive actors,” in Sriram and Wermester, From Promise to Practice (2003).
• “From risk to response: phases of conflict, phases of conflict prevention,” with Karin Wermester, in Sriram and Wermester, From Promise to Practice (2003).
• “Preventive Action at the UN and Beyond – From Promise to Practice?” with Karin Wermester, in David Malone and Fen Hampson, From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System in the New Millennium (Boulder, CO:, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002), pp. 381-398.
• “Intervention in a Troubled World: Moving Beyond Shawcross and His Critics,” Ethics and International Affairs, vol. 15, no. 1 (2001), pp. 151-58.
•  “Introduction,” with Adekeye Adebajo, in International Peacekeeping, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 2000), pp. xiii-xix.
• “Options for Kosovo’s Final Status: Quo Vadis UNMIK?” a report for the United Nations Association of the United States of America, available at: http://www.unausa.org/issues/kosovo/rome/sriram.htm or http://www.unausa.org/newindex.asp?place=http://www.unausa.org/issues/kosovo/rome/sriram.asp

• 3/07-onwards: International Studies Association Human Rights Section, cochair, and chair from 03/08.
• 10/06-onwards: United Nations Development Programme experts roster, human rights expert.
• 10/06-onwards: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies University of St. Andrews, member of advisory board.
• 1/06-onwards: Review of International Studies, and Journal of Human Rights, member of advisory boards.
• 8/05-present: Palgrave publishers, Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies book series, member of advisory board.
• 10/01-present: Review of International Studies, Global Governance, International Peacekeeping, Journal of International Law and International Relations, Journal of Human Rights, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and African Studies Quarterly, article reviewer; Routledge and Palgrave Macmillan publishers and Polity Press, manuscript reviewer.
• 10/01-present: Social Science Research Council, Program on Global Security and Cooperation, Workshop Series on Law and International Relations, member of experts’ group.
• 3/99-present: American Political Science Association, member.
• 4/95: California Bar Association, admitted.