Dr Radha Ivory is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland, Australia (UQ), where she teaches company law and researches the transnational regulation of corruption and corporate crime.
Her work explores the interlocking domestic and international laws that aim to govern powerful economic and political actors, from politically exposed persons to multinational enterprises. Radha asks what these laws require of whom; how they develop and change across borders; and how we can better appraise and design them to manage their unintended consequences. Her approach is interdisciplinary, using doctrinal legal and socio-legal methodologies, as well as insights from economics, sociology, and international relations. Current projects focus on the human rights impacts of asset recovery laws, the reform of transnational anticorruption and corporate criminal laws, and the securitisation of integrity regulations (corporate ‘lawfare’).
Radha’s research has appeared in leading law journals (International & Comparative Law Quarterly, London Review of International Law, UNSW Law Journal) and important edited collections (e.g., Krieger/Peters/Kreuzer, Due Diligence in the International Legal Order, Oxford University Press; Aaronson/Shaffer, Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice, Cambridge University Press). Her sole-authored book, Corruption, Asset Recovery, and the Protection of Property in Public International Law: The Human Rights of Bad Guys was published by Cambridge University Press and launched by former Australian federal treasurer, The Hon. Peter Costello AC. Her work with Pieth on corporate criminal liability is also widely cited. A regular speaker at international conferences and meetings, Radha has been a visitor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and has delivered presentations at the University of Melbourne, the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), and the University of Bergen.
Radha’s scholarship is informed by her past and ongoing roles in the international and private sectors. She commenced her career at Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in Brisbane, Australia, before joining an NGO self-governance and compliance initiative, Building Safer Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to commencing at UQ, Radha was a Senior Expert, Collective Action and Compliance, at the Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland. In that role, she supported Ukraine and Colombia in anticorruption project design and implementation. During her PhD studies, Radha held research roles in the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) and the University of Basel. Radha currently consults to the World Bank and has previously been engaged by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is on the Advisory Board of the Bribery Prevention Network, Australia.
Radha was awarded a PhD (summa cum laude) from the University of Basel, and Bachelors of Arts (International Relations and German) and Laws (Hons I) from UQ.
The Human Rights of Bad Guys
Radha Ivory researches problems at the intersection of transnational criminal law, international human rights law, and global governance. She seeks to understand the impact of globalised economic crime controls on individuals, companies, and communities. Her work focuses on tensions between efforts to combat corruption and protect fundamental human entitlements in asset recovery and corporate anti-bribery regimes. Through publications and presentation, she contributes to international policy debates that are key to Australia’s place in a changing world.
Book Chapter: Due diligence debates in international anti-corruption and money laundering law: from content to the construction of risk
Ivory, Radha (2020). Due diligence debates in international anti-corruption and money laundering law: from content to the construction of risk. Due diligence in the international legal order. (pp. 288-301) edited by Heike Krieger, Anne Peters and Leonhard Kreuzer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198869900.003.0017
Journal Article: The international endorsement of corporate settlements in foreign bribery case
Ivory, Radha and Søreide, Tina (2020). The international endorsement of corporate settlements in foreign bribery case. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 69 (4), 945-978. doi: 10.1017/S0020589320000329
Ivory, Radha (2014). Corruption, asset recovery, and the protection of property in public international law: the human rights of bad guys. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
The legitimacy of compliance: Companies in transnational anti-bribery law
(2017) UQ Early Career Researcher
International law and corporate (criminal) law
Radha welcomes expressions of interest for Higher Degree by Research supervision (MPhil or PhD) on a range of topic in international law and corporate (criminal) law.
Projects could explore:
Other projects on the transnational regulation of economic crime, transnational criminal law or transnational legal theory, including applied studies of transnational legal ordering.
For further information contact Dr Radha Ivory, e: r.ivory@law.uq.edu.au
Laws for “good governance”: transnational criminal law and international human rights law
While few people would contest the importance of values like transparency, accountability, and participation, laws to enhance governance within and between states raise many important and unexplored research questions.
Dr Radha Ivory welcomes HDR proposals on:
International efforts to suppress transnational crime and promote human rights Domestic measures on corruption, terrorist financing, asset recovery, and corporate criminal liability, including compliance International cooperation in criminal matters and targeted financial sanctions Individual and collective rights, including the right to development The regulation of international financial institutions, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organisations Candidates are particularly encouraged to explore interactions between regimes.
For more information, please email Dr Radha Ivory, r.ivory@law.uq.edu.au or call +61 7 3365 9123
Ivory, Radha (2014). Corruption, asset recovery, and the protection of property in public international law: the human rights of bad guys. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Ivory, Radha (2014). Corruption, asset recovery, and the protection of property in public international law: the human rights of bad guys. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Corporate criminal liability : emergence, convergence, and risk
Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory eds. (2011). Corporate criminal liability : emergence, convergence, and risk. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, Dordrecht: Springer.
Countering terrorist financing : the practitioner's point of view
Mark Pieth, Daniel Thelesklaf and Radha Ivory eds. (2009). Countering terrorist financing : the practitioner's point of view. Bern, Germany: Peter Lang.
Ivory, Radha (2020). Due diligence debates in international anti-corruption and money laundering law: from content to the construction of risk. Due diligence in the international legal order. (pp. 288-301) edited by Heike Krieger, Anne Peters and Leonhard Kreuzer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198869900.003.0017
Corruption gone wild: transnational criminal law and the international trade in endangered species
Ivory, Radha (2020). Corruption gone wild: transnational criminal law and the international trade in endangered species. Studies in global animal law. (pp. 81-92) edited by Anne Peters. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-60756-5_8
Ivory, Radha (2020). Transnational criminal law or the transnational legal ordering of corruption? Theorizing Australian corporate foreign bribery reforms. Transnational legal ordering of criminal justice. (pp. 84-119) edited by Gregory Shaffer and Ely Aaronson. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108873994.003
Article 54: Mechanisms for recovery of property through international cooperation in confiscation
Ivory, Radha (2019). Article 54: Mechanisms for recovery of property through international cooperation in confiscation. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption: a commentary. (pp. 549-557) edited by Cecily Rose, Michael Kubiciel and Oliver Landwehr. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Article 55: International cooperation for the purposes of confiscation
Ivory, Radha (2019). Article 55: International cooperation for the purposes of confiscation. The United Nations Convention against Corruption: a commentary. (pp. 558-564) edited by Cecily Rose, Michael Kubiciel and Oliver Landwehr. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press.
Ivory, Radha and John, Anna (2018). Country Report: Australia. Prosecuting corporations for violations of international criminal law: jurisdictional issues. (pp. 81-112) edited by Sabine Gless and Sylwia Broniszewska-Emdin. Antwerp, Belgium: Maklu.
Ivory, Radha (2017). Asset recovery in four dimensions: returning wealth to victim countries as a challenge for global governance. Chasing criminal money: challenges and perspectives on asset recovery in the EU. (pp. 175-210) edited by Katalin Ligeti and Michele Simonato. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Surgimento e convergência: visão geral dos princípios da responsabilidade penal da pessoa jurídica
Pieth, Mark and Ivory, Radha (2014). Surgimento e convergência: visão geral dos princípios da responsabilidade penal da pessoa jurídica. Aspectos contemporâneos da responsabilidade penal da pessoa jurídica. (pp. 19-101) edited by Fauzi Hassan Choukr, Maria Fernanda Loureiro and John Vervaele. São Paulo, Brazil: FecomercioSP.
Pieth, Mark and Ivory, Radha (2012). Corporate criminal liability. General reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law. (pp. 625-655) edited by Karen B. Brown and David V. Snyder. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2354-2_28
Emergence and convergence: corporate criminal liability principles in overview
Pieth, Mark and Ivory, Radha (2011). Emergence and convergence: corporate criminal liability principles in overview. Corporate criminal liability: emergence, convergence, and risk. (pp. 3-60) edited by Mark Pieth and Radha Ivory. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-0674-3_1
Ivory, Radha (2009). Recovering terrorist assets in the United Kingdom: the"domestication" of international standards on counter-terrorist financing. Countering terrorist financing : the practitioner's point of view. (pp. 243-276) edited by Mark Pieth, Daniel Thelesklaf and Radha Ivory. Bern, Germany: Peter Lang.
The international counter-terrorist financing regime at the cross-roads
Pieth, Mark, Thelesklaf, Daniel and Ivory, Radha (2009). The international counter-terrorist financing regime at the cross-roads. Countering terrorist financing : the practitioner's point of view. (pp. 277-283) edited by Mark Pieth, Daniel Thelesklaf and Radha Ivory. Bern, Germany: Peter Lang.
The international endorsement of corporate settlements in foreign bribery case
Ivory, Radha and Søreide, Tina (2020). The international endorsement of corporate settlements in foreign bribery case. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 69 (4), 945-978. doi: 10.1017/S0020589320000329
Ivory, Radha (2019). Transnational criminal law or the transnational legal ordering of corruption? Theorizing Australian corporate foreign bribery reforms. UC Irvine Journal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 4, 26-51.
Beyond transnational criminal law: anti-corruption as global new governance
Ivory, Radha (2018). Beyond transnational criminal law: anti-corruption as global new governance. London Review of International Law, 6 (3), 413-442. doi: 10.1093/lril/lry028
Corruption gone wild: transnational criminal law and the international trade in endangered species
Ivory, Radha (2017). Corruption gone wild: transnational criminal law and the international trade in endangered species. American Journal of International Law Unbound, 111, 413-418. doi: 10.1017/aju.2017.108
Ivory, Radha and John, Anna (2017). Holding companies responsible? The criminal liability of Australian corporations for extraterritorial human rights violations. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 40 (3), 1175-1199.
Ivory, Radha Dawn (2013). The right to a fair trial and international cooperation in criminal matters: Article 6 ECHR and the recovery of assets in grand corruption cases. Utrecht Law Review, 9 (4), 147-164. doi: 10.18352/ulr.247
Ivory, Radha (2017). Asset Recovery in Four Dimensions: Returning Wealth to Victim Countries as a Challenge for Global Governance. International Conference on Chasing Criminal Money in the EU - New Tools and Practices, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 15-16 June 2015. Portland, OR United States: Hart Publishing.
Transparency and opacity in the United Nations Convention Against Corruption
Ivory, Radha (2014). Transparency and opacity in the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. International Conference on Good Governance and Human Rights: new perspectives in public law to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of public administration in Peru, Lima, Peru, 5 December 2012. Lima, Peru: Facultad de Derecho. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú/Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
The legitimacy of compliance: Companies in transnational anti-bribery law
(2017) UQ Early Career Researcher
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
International law and corporate (criminal) law
Radha welcomes expressions of interest for Higher Degree by Research supervision (MPhil or PhD) on a range of topic in international law and corporate (criminal) law.
Projects could explore:
Other projects on the transnational regulation of economic crime, transnational criminal law or transnational legal theory, including applied studies of transnational legal ordering.
For further information contact Dr Radha Ivory, e: r.ivory@law.uq.edu.au
Laws for “good governance”: transnational criminal law and international human rights law
While few people would contest the importance of values like transparency, accountability, and participation, laws to enhance governance within and between states raise many important and unexplored research questions.
Dr Radha Ivory welcomes HDR proposals on:
International efforts to suppress transnational crime and promote human rights Domestic measures on corruption, terrorist financing, asset recovery, and corporate criminal liability, including compliance International cooperation in criminal matters and targeted financial sanctions Individual and collective rights, including the right to development The regulation of international financial institutions, multinational corporations, and non-governmental organisations Candidates are particularly encouraged to explore interactions between regimes.
For more information, please email Dr Radha Ivory, r.ivory@law.uq.edu.au or call +61 7 3365 9123