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Vinai Kumar Singh

Associate Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for International Legal Studies,

School of International Studies

vinaikumar[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, vinaikumarsingh[at]gmail[dot]com

Personal Webpage

https://jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

Ph D and M. Phil, (JNU, New Delhi); LLM (Delhi University)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

International Criminal Law, International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, International Economic Law, Dispute Settlement

Experience

19 Years for teaching and research in international law,

Served as Deputy Director and Senior Assistant Professor at the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi (2004-2023)

Served as an Assistant Editor of the Indian Journal of International Law (2009-2023)

Awards & Honours

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Vinai Kumar Singh, “Indian Practice to Relating to International Law” in the Indian Journal of International Law, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Vinai Kumar Singh, “Operationalization of ‘Duties’ of State and Non-state Actors in the Draft Convention on the Realisation of the Right to Development”, Opinio Juris blog, 11 December 2020.

Vinai Kumar Singh and M. K. Rao, “India: Treaty Making Power in India” in the Rajesh Babu (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (EPILA) India Volume (Brill Publication, 2020).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “Group Refugee Determination: A South Asian View” in Field, J. and Burra, S. (eds.), The Global Compact on Refugees: Indian Perspectives and Experiences (Delhi: UNHCR India & Academicians’ Working Group, 2020).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “India” in ed., Fulvio Plombino, Duelling for Supremacy: International Law v. National Fundamental Principles (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “UNCLOS Dispute Settlement and India”, in ed., J. L. Kaul and Anupam Jha, Shifting Horizons of Public International Law (Springer, 2018).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “War Refugees: Inclusion in African States and Opportunity Loss in EU” in ed., Sanoj Rajan, Contemporary Developments in Refugee Law (Thomson, 2018).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “International Treaties and Indian Legal System: New Ways Ahead”, Italian Yearbook of International Law, (2016) (Martinus Nijhoff Publication).

Vinai Kumar Singh, “Analysis of Advantages and Disadvantages of Forums Prescribed under the UNCLOS and State Practice: The Way Ahead for India”, Brazilian Journal of International Law, vol. 13, no. 3 (2016).

Vinai Kumar Singh “India and Internally Displaced Persons: Current Legal Avenues and New Legal Strategies”, International Journal of Refugee Law (Oxford University Press), vol. 24, no. 3 (2012), pp. 509-526.

Vinai Kumar Singh, “Additional Protocols: India Stands”, ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, vol. 8 (2008), pp.38-41

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Patents (if any)