NLS Faculty Participate in the 10th International Conference on International Law by ISIL

Faculty members of NLSIU will be participating in the 10th International Conference on International Law being organised by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL). The conference is taking place from October 25 – 27, 2024 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. The keynote address is being delivered by the NLSIU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. (Dr) Sudhir Krishnaswamy.

Dr. Govindraj G. Hegde, Associate Professor of Law, NLSIU, will be chairing sessions at the conference, while two panels will feature the following NLS faculty members:

Panel 1 – Teaching International Law 

Dr Akhila Basalalli, NLSIU Bangalore
Dr Ashna Singh, NLSIU Bangalore
Dr Srinivas Burra, South Asian University
Ms Rohini Sen, Jindal Global Law School
Ms Dhanushka Medawatte, Colombo University, among others.

This panel examines the dominant narratives and teaching pedagogy of international Law.

• Akhila Basalalli traces a pattern of inward-looking normativity of international law and examines if the teaching pedagogy in global south is oblivious to the growing integration between the international and domestic legal systems.
• Ashna Singh argues that the teaching of critical international law through a well-articulated TWAIL framework exists but doesn’t yet properly account for the material and epistemological dimensions of caste.
• Srinivas Burra approaches the pedagogy of international law navigating between mainstream and critical.
• Rohini Sen uses two feminist pedagogical techniques – standpoint theory and relational analysis to unpack the category of ‘expert’ and ‘expertise’ in the domain of international legal knowledge-making through teaching.
• Danushka S. Medawatte argues that the pedagogues of international law are situated in the heart of a crisis which puts in juxtaposition international laws’ moral authority that decays through its double standards for the global south and north; and, international laws’ rejections within the socio-legal spheres of the global south.

Panel 2 – Challenges in Dispute Settlement in International Economic Laws 

Dr Harisankar Satyapalan, NLSIU Bangalore
Mr Arnav Sharma, NLSIU Bangalore
Ms Ronjini Ray, NLSIU Bangalore
Dr Saravanan, IIM Ahmedabad, among others.

This panel deals with issues related to settlement of disputes in the area of international economic laws, including international commercial arbitration, international investment arbitration and international trade law.

• Dr. Sathyapalan explores how various jurisdictions have applied the ‘commercial’ element in international arbitration to include or exclude ‘investment’ treaty arbitration from the scope of jurisdiction of national courts.
• Dr. Saravanan A examines the impact of amicus curiae submission on outcome of international investment awards while focusing on the development of transparency and public participation within India’s Model BIT.
• Ms. Ronjini Ray analyses the impact of EC Enforcement Regulation (No 2021/167) on trade disputes involving developing countries at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the absence of the Appellate Body.
• Mr. Arnav Sharma explores an Indian approach to dispute settlement in Free Trade Agreements with respect to sustainability issues, specifically looking at labour and environment chapters.

About ISIL

The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), a premier national institution for teaching, research and promotion of international law in India was established in 1959, primarily due to the efforts of the late V.K. Krishna Menon, Former Defence Minister. Inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, ISIL has carved a niche for itself among the community of international lawyers throughout the world. This would not have been possible but for the hard work of giants like Judge Nagendra Singh, Dr K. Krishna Rao, Mr. G. S. Pathak, Justice R. S. Pathak, Mr. Ram Niwas Mirdha, Prof. M. K. Nawaz, Prof. Upendra Baxi, Prof. R.P. Anand, Prof. Rahmatullah Khan and a host of others.