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Curriculum Vitae Professor (Dr.) Manoj Kumar Sinha Professor of Law The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan, 12 LB Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake City Kolkata-700098, India E-mail: [email protected]; Mobile no. : 09433602546 Work Experience Director, Indian Law Institute, Professor of Law, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, India (on leave) Director, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, India (May 2006 - March 2009). Assistant Professor and Course Coordinator for PG Diploma in Human Rights, International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, India (2000- 2006). Invited as Visiting Professor, Sciences po Aix university, Aix- en- Provence, France, 2018 Invited Professor, (2010, 2012, 2014) University of Reunion, France Visiting Professor at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund University, Sweden (2004 - 2005). Vice President, Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi Secretary, All India Law Teachers Congress (AILTC), New Delhi Professional & Teaching Experience Delivered series of lectures to the students of Sciences po Aix university, Aix- en- Provence, France, 11-21 February 2018 Delivered 24 lectures to M.A. students International Relation of University of Reunion, Faculty of Law and Economics, France, 6-9 April 2014 Delivered 24 lectures to M.A. students International Relation of University of Reunion, Faculty of Law and Economics, France, April- May 2012 Delivered series of lectures to the students of M.A. International Relations of University of Reunion Island, Reunion, France, 4 -15 October 2010 Delivered lectures to Judges of the various courts in Turkey on International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, organized by Bilgi University and Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden. 2nd June to 11th June 2005, Istanbul, Turkey. Taught LL.M. students at University of Lund, Sweden. Delivered lecture to LL.M. students in Banaras Hindu University and various Training Programmes. Delivered lecture to PG Diploma Students of the Indian Society of International Law (1999- 2009) Associated with Human Rights Teaching and Research Centre (HURITER), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1992-1997) Intern at the National Human Rights Commission of India (March- August 1997) Members of Research Bodies Member, Board of Studies, South Asian University, New Delhi (2013-17), (2019-) Member, Board of Studies, Department of Law, Central University, South Bihar (2013 till date) Member, Board of Studies in the Subject of Laws, Himachal Pradesh University, (2015- 2017) Member, Board of Studies, Central University Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir (2017-) Member of Research Advisory Committee, Maharashtra National Law School, Nagpur (2017-) Member of Board of Studies, Faculty of Law, IP University, New Delhi (2013-) Educational Qualifications Ph.D. International Law, JNU, New Delhi, India. M.Phil., International Law, JNU, New Delhi, India . M.A., International Studies (Politics), JNU, New Delhi, India LL. M. International Human Rights Law, University of Nottingham, UK LL.B. University of Delhi, India Academic Interests International Human Rights Law, International Refugee Law, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law, International Criminal Law, International Environmental Law, International Institutions, Constitutional Law, Legal Research Methodology and Law and Society. Editorial Involvement and Consultancies Editorial Involvement – Member Editorial Board, Business and Human Rights Journal (Cambridge University Press, UK) – General Editor, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Martinus Nijjhof, The Hague) – Editor, Journal of Asian Legal Education, Sage Publications – Member Editorial Board, RWI Blue Series, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden, http://www.rwi.lu.se – Member of Editorial Board, The Ife Journal of International and Comparative Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria – Editor, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi – Editor, Annual Survey of Indian Law, Indian Law Institute,New Delhi – Managing Editor, ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws (Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi) – Member, Indian Journal of International Law (Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi) – Regional Editor Asia, International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijhrcs, Geneva, Switzerland Consultancies – Consultant for the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi. - National Coordinator for Refugee Law cases by University of Michigan, under the supervision of Prof. James Hathaway, University of Michigan, U.S.A., http://www.refugeecaselaw.org Current Projects Editing a book on “Law & Justice in Globalising World” Publications Books Authored - Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: International and National Perspectives (Lexis Nexis, New Delhi, 2015). - Handbook of International Human Rights and Refugee Law Documents (Lexis Nexis, New Delhi, 2014 ) - Implementation of Basic Human Rights (Lexis Nexis, New Delhi, 2013) – Right to Health in the Context of HIV/AIDS in India and Africa (Manak Publishers, New Delhi, 2007) – Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: International and National Perspectives (Manak Publishers, New Delhi, 2006). – Humanitarian Intervention by the United Nations (Manak Publishers, New Delhi,2002) – Implementation of Basic Human Rights (Manak Publishers, New Delhi, 2001), 2nd ed. Edited Collections – Bail: Law and Practice in India (ILI,New Delhi, 2019) – Dispelling the Rhetoric of Divorce and Gender (ILI, New Delhi, 2019) – Law of Sedition in India and Freedom of Expression (ILI, New Delhi, 2018) – IPR and Human Rights: With Special Reference to India (ILI, New Delhi, 2018) – Copyright Law in the Digital World: Challenges and Opportunities (Springer, New Delhi, 2017) – Environment Law and Enforcement: The Contemporary Challenges (ILI, New Delhi, 2017) – Legal Research and Methodology (ed.) (Lexis Nexis, ILI, New Delhi, 2016) – Business and Human Rights (ed.) (Sage Law, New Delhi, 2013) – International Criminal Law and Human Rights (ed.) (Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2010) – International Criminal Law: Issues and Challenges (ed.) (ISIL & Hope India Publications, New Delhi, 2009) – International Law: Issues and Challenges (ed.) (ISIL & Hope India Publications, New Delhi, 2009) – Global Governance, Human Rights and Development (ed.) (Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2009) – Human Rights and Good Governance: National and International Perspectives (ed.) (Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2008) – Basic Documents on International Human Rights & Refugee Laws (Manak Publishers, New Delhi, 2001), 2nd ed. Chapters in Edited Collections -“Military Practices in India” in Suzannah Linton, Tim McCormack and Sandesh Sivakumaran, (ed.) Asia- Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian law (Cambridge University Press, UK, 2020), pp.107-117. -“ Extradition” The Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behaviour, (Sage Publications, USA, 2017), pp. 282-284. http://www.sagepub.com. - “ The Manusmriti and Laws of Warfare in Ancient India” FICHL Publication Series No. 22 (2015) , pp. 13-25. http://www.fichl.org/ - “Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at National Level: The Indian Practice” in Asbojrn Eide, Jakob Th. Muller & Ineta Ziemele (ed.) Making Peoples Heard: Essays on Human Rights in Honour of Gudmundur Alfredson ( Brill Publisher, The Netherlands, 2011) – “Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights” in Parmanand Singh & Francis Julian (ed.) Globalisation and Sustainable Good Governance: Challenges and Opportunities (Manak Publishers, New Delhi, 2010), pp. 374-387. – “Social and Cultural Rehabilitation of Torture Victims” in Manual for Rehabilitation of Torture Survivors (Society for Social Research Art and Culture, New Delhi, 2010), pp. 57-61. – “Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law” in R. P. Gunputh (ed.) International Humanitarian Law: War and Conflicts, Victims and International Criminal Courts, (Star Publications Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi, 2010), pp. 30-47. – “History and Evolution of International Criminal Law”, in Manoj Kumar Sinha (ed.) International Criminal Law and Human Rights (Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2010), pp. 374-378. – “Implementation of the Madrid Protocol (1991) on the Environmental Protection of Antarctica in the Indian Legal System” in Gianfranco Tamburelli (ed.) The Antarctic Legal System: The Protection of the Environment of the Polar Regions, (Giuffere Editore, Milan, 2008), pp. 207-227. – “Right to Development in Africa: Issues and Challenges” in Manoj Kumar Sinha (ed.) Global Governance, Human Rights and Development (Satyam Law International, New Delhi, 2009), pp. 79-94. - “International Criminal Court: Jurisdiction and Admissibility Related Issues,” in Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar (ed.), Military Law: Then, Now & Beyond (2005), pp. 112-118 – “Laws of Human Rights and Indian Constitution” in Bimal N Patel (ed.), India and International Law (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Netherlands, 2005), pp. 141-174. – “Protection of Refugees through Human Rights Instruments: Indian Perspective” in Om Prakash Mishra (ed.) Forced Migration in the