Dr Imelda Deinla
Senior Lecturer - School of Law
Biography
I am a socio-legal scholar with research interests in the intersection of law, politics, and justice in the context of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. I have examined the evolution of the rule of law and a hybrid legal regime in regional integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). I have published on a wide range of topics involving judicial politics such as the link between public support and judicial independence, of women judges and judicial autonomy, and on judicial impeachment and court leadership. My deep interest in conflict and justice has led me to conduct both scholarly and policy studies on security, hybrid justice and legal pluralism, and humanitarian cooperation in post-conflict Mindanao, Philippines. In recent years, I have done empirical studies on challenges to democracy such as misinformation, crime, and violence. I came from the School of Regulation and Global Governance of the Australian National University where I was a Fellow until 2021, and the School of Government of the Ateneo de Manila University where I worked for two years as Associate Professor and Senior Fellow.
Qualifications
PhD (UNSW) 2010, LLM (UNSW) 2004, LLB (UP) 1994, BA (UP) 1990.
Awards
2020 World Remit List of Influential Filipino in the Diaspora
2023 Outstanding Scholarly Work Award for the Ateneo School of Government
Teaching Areas
Law and Society, Criminology, International Law, International Criminal Law and Human Rights.
Primary Research Area/s
Law; Politics; CriminologyResearch Interests
Law and Society, Criminology, International Law, International Criminal Law and Human Rights.
Grants
Ways for Women to Participate in Peacebuilding Activities’ (Pluralist Justice for Women after Violence, Mindanao, Philippines $758,617.00), Chief Investigator, Category 1 grant, Australian AID Development Research Award Scheme (ADRAS-DFAT) - completed
The ANU Philippines Project – a policy-engaged initiative between the ANU and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Category 2 funding, $1,280,000), Chief Investigator – 2016 up to end of July 2020 - completed
Transitioning the Bangsamoro from Below’ (ANU CAP Asia Pacific Innovation Program – Research Development, ($14,441), awarded 12 November 2019 - completed
Election Related Violence in the Philippines: trends, targets and perpetrators – Ateneo de Manila University Research Council URC, (PhpP1.6 million) awarded 15 October 2022
Crime, Justice and Punitiveness - Ateneo de Manila University Research Council URC, (PhpP600,000) awarded 15 October 2022.
Publications
Books
Torio, P, Ang, R. and Deinla, I., eds. Conglomerates and Inclusive Development in the Philippines: Perspectives from Asian Economies (World Scientific, forthcoming 2023)
Deinla, I. and Dressel, B., eds, The Philippines from Aquino II to Duterte: change, continuity – and rupture (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 2019)
Deinla, I. The Development of the Rule of Law in ASEAN: the state and regional integration (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Chapter in Edited books
Deinla, I and Reyes, ML. ‘Impeachment in the Philippines: politics, institutions and leadership’, in Monaghan, C. et al., eds, Global Impeachment (Routledge, forthcoming 2023)
Deinla, I. ‘Filipino Women Judges and their Role in Advancing Judicial Independence in Crouch, Melissa, ed. Women and the Judiciary Law in the Asia Pacific (Cambridge University Press, 2021), pp. 178-208
Deinla Imelda and Bjoern Dressel, ‘Introduction – The Philippines from Aquino II to Duterte: change, continuity or rupture, in Deinla, I and Dressel, B, eds, The Philippines from Aquino II to Duterte: change, continuity - and rupture (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2019), pp. 1-36
Deinla, I. ‘(In)security and Hybrid Justice System in Mindanao’ in Wallis, J et al., Hybridity in Peacebuilding and Development: Critical Conversations (Australian National University Press, 2018), pp. 217-234
Deinla, I. ‘Constitutional politics and the Philippine Supreme Court: the role of public support in mitigating politicization of the judiciary’ in Bunte and Dressel, eds., Politics and Constitutions in Southeast Asia, (Routledge, 2016)
Refereed Journal Articles
Deinla. I., Ballar, K. et al. Introducing the Election Related Violence Dataset in the Philippines: Trends, Targets, and Perpetrators’, 2023, Vol. 15, No. 2, Asian Politics and Policy, pp. 249-273
Deinla, I., Mendoza, G. et al. The Link Between Fake News Susceptibility and Political Polarization of the Youth in the Philippines, 2022, Vol. 30, Issue 2, Asian Journal of Political Science, pp. 160-181
Deinla, I., Mendoza et al. Political remittances on the rise during pandemic? Evidence from survey data on overseas Filipino workers, 2022, Asia and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol 31(2), pp. 141-161
Hall, R and Deinla, I. ‘Shifts in the Humanitarian Space? Examining Military-NGO Engagements during the 2017 Marawi Crisis, Philippines’, 2021, Asian Politics and Policy, Vol. 13, No.3, pp. 349-365
Deinla, I. ‘Legal Hybridity, trust and legitimacy of Shari’ah in the Bangsamoro’, 2019, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Law and Policy, 198-219
Deinla, I. ‘Public Support and Judicial Empowerment of the Philippine Supreme Court’, 2014, Vol. 36, No. 1, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 128-158
Non-refereed Journal Articles
Deinla, I and Engelbrecht, G, ‘A new dawn for Bangsamoro democracy? political autonomy and inclusive
participation in post-conflict Mindanao’ (Asia Center France, 2019)
Deinla, I and Primor, K. Background case studies, State of Democracy in Southeast Asia and the Philippines (for International IDEA 2019)
Deinla, I. Bridging trust and justice deficit in the Bangsamoro, Philippines. Paper presented at Research Workshop on Islamist Armed Conflicts and the Prospects for Conflict Resolution – Lucerne, Switzerland, 28-29 October 2018
Deinla, I and Taylor, V. Towards Peace: Rethinking Justice and Legal Pluralism in the Bangsamoro (RegNet Paper Series 2015/63, 23 January 2015)
Deinla, Imelda and Taylor, Veronica. An Annotated Bibliography on Legal Pluralism in Mindanao (Philippines), (RegNet Paper Series 2015/64, 23 January 2015)
Deinla, I. Legal Hybridity, Women and VAW in Mindanao, Philippines – Consolidated Policy and Research Brief submitted to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 14 July 2017
Deinla, Imelda, Book Review on Mina Roces’ Women’s Movements and the Filipina 1986–2008, University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, HI, 2012 (South East Asia Research, SOAS, University of London, (Vol. 23, No. 3, 2015)
Other Publications (Opinion Pieces or Blogs)
Deinla, I. Guest column – The ASEAN Charter does not hinder decisive actions, Counterpoint Southeast Asia, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (December 2022)
Deinla, I. Women Judges and the Rise and Fall of Philippine Democracy (IACL-AIDC blog, 11 November 2021)
Mendoza, R. Deinla, I. Yap, J. Philippines: diagnosing the infodemic (Lowy Interpreter, 1 December 2021)
Deinla, I. Redtagging and the Rule of Law in the time of Covid-19 (Australian Institute of International Affairs, Australian Outlook, 01 April 2021)
Deinla, Imelda. Hopes and tempered promises for the Bangsamoro Organic Law, (The Lowy Interpreter, 06 February 2019)
Walton, Grant, Ryan, Elena and Deinla, Imelda. ‘A field of dreams? The PNG-Philippines rice deal’ (Devpolicy Blog, 08 February 2019)
Deinla, Imelda. A travel notebook to Marawi City (The Lowy Interpreter, 23 July 2018)
Deinla, Imelda, Taylor Veronica, and Rood, Steven. Justice removed, justice denied (The Lowy Interpreter, 17 May 2018)
Deinla, Imelda. Interview Q&A. A Wave of Violence Against Lawyers is Crippling the Philippines Justice System, World Politics, 20 November 2018
Deinla, Imelda and MacNeil Rory, What is Australia’s Stake in Philippine Chaos? (opinion piece, The Diplomat, 24 August 2017)
Deinla, Imelda. ‘Rule of law deficit behind voter dismay in Philippines’, (opinion piece, East Asia Forum, 4 May 2016)
Taylor, Veronica and Deinla, Imelda. Law and peace: can the Philippines build a just peace in Mindanao (Opinion piece, Advance, ANU, Winter 2014)
Deinla, Imelda. Rule of law key to building an ASEAN Community by 2015 (Opinion piece, East Asia Forum, 8 March 2013)
Deinla, Imelda. ASEAN non-interference and the Sabah conflict (Opinion piece, New Mandala, 22 March 2013)
Deinla, Imelda. The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration – A flawed document but not at all bad news (Blog, Regarding Rights – Asia and the Pacific, 25 January 2013)
Consultancy Interests
Rule of law and Democracy, Justice and Post-conflict, Human Rights, Criminal Justice.
Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
Capital Punishment Justice Project Australia
