Posted by SPIL Mumbai announces a Webinar on ‘Is International Law really a weak law? An analysis from the prism of the Russia – Ukraine conflict.” by Mr. Sudhir Verma organized by SPIL (Students for the Promotion of International Law). The Webinar will be hosted on March 20th, 2022 at 6 PM IST.
This debate is also extended to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The webinar will briefly touch upon some facts arising out the geo-politics between NATO and Russia since 2008 and then discuss certain International Law questions and violations that has taken place in the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine. The talk will critically evaluate the current scholarly debate around the notion of Self-Defense, Reprisals and the Legality of the Use of Force in International Law.
Relevant Personality
Mr. Sudhir Verma has a natural zeal to inculcate in fellow colleagues an understanding of Contemporary Global Politics for law students or anyone who is interested in the subject. He is a Doctoral Scholar in International Law at the Centre for International Legal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His doctoral research involves an intellectual inquiry into the work of the International Law Commission’s project titled “Protection of persons in the event of Disasters”. His supervisor Prof. Bharat H. Desai is an authority in International Law and a renowned academician.
He completed his M.Phil in International Law from the same Centre under the guidance of Prof. B.S. Chimni whose contribution in the subject of International Law is very well known to the academic circles around the world. Apart from his interest in reading the Emerging International Disaster Laws, his academic interests include International Legal Theory, International Human Rights Law, Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law and International Economic Law (including global trade and finance regimes).
He was part of this year’s National Consultation held by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN, witnessing the issues associated with Human Rights violations in India. The outcome of these consultations will be presented to the UNHRC by the end of March 2022.
An alumnus of the Government Law College, Mumbai, he is working as an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis Law School, Noida. Before joining Symbiosis International University, he taught at various institutions in the NCR region as visiting faculty. Considering International Law as a complex phenomenon due to an inherent flux associated with the subject, his efforts are currently focussed on problematizing various aspects of the discipline. This, he believes, at least kick-starts the process of “thinking about International Law”.
Sudhir has started an initiative where he conducts regular online weekly discussions on International Law and the essence of International Law and academic debates around the subject.
Along with being a Research Associate at Dr Gubbi’s House of Justice, Bengaluru, where he analyses different aspects of International Maritime Law, Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the most recent Wage Code, he has an inherent desire to keep contributing to the scholarship of International Law, voicing out the concerns of the Third World Nations associated with the discipline.
Eligibility
Any person may register!
Registration Procedure
Relevant Dates
- Last date for registration: March 19, 11:59 PM IST
- Date of Webinar: March 20, 6 PM IST
For further clarity one may reach out the following:-
- Shreya Saxena: +91 88402 54996
- Princy Dsouza: +91 9930712891
- Email Address: spilmumbai@gmail.com
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