WNSO Patron:
Profile
WNSO
Patron Prof. Subedi
The WNSO is grateful to Professor Subedi for agreeing to be the Patron of the
WNSO UK from January 2005. On this occasion Prof Subedi
said “Our nation is going through a difficult period. But we all have to work hard, aspire high, help each other, and share information to maximize the potential of each and every Nepali in this competitive and
globalise world. This will ultimately contribute to the greater good of Nepal and enable Nepali students to fly high the flag of Nepal as a proud nation. This organization has an important role to play in this regard”.
Professor
Subedi is currently working as a professor of
International Law at the University of Leeds, UK.
He also practices law as a Consultant to Mishcon
de Reya, a leading commercial law firm in London.
Prior to this he has worked as a professor of
International Law and Head of the Centre for Legal
Research at the University of Middlesex in London.
He has also worked in the University of Hull,
University of London and institutes in The Hague,
New York and Sweden.
He holds a D.Phil. in Law from the
University of Oxford, an LL.M. with Distinction
from the University of Hull, and an LL.B. and an
M.A. from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. He was
awarded the Dasturzada Pavry Prize by the
University of Oxford for his doctoral thesis, the
Josephine Onoh Memorial Prize by the University of
Hull for best LL.M. student of the year in 1988
and a prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship by
the British Society of Legal Scholars in 1997. He
has been a recipient of a number of scholarships
and fellowships from various organizations
including: the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of
the UK, The Hague Academy of International Law and
the International Law Commission of the UN.
He has worked as under secretary in
Nepal and has represented our country in various
international conferences and meetings, including
the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
He was Nepal’s candidate for election to the UN
International Law Commission in 2001 and was
supported by 60 States.
He was decorated with a high State
honour (Order of Gorkha Daxin Bahu III) in 1998 by
late Majesty King Birendra. Her Majesty the Queen
of Britain made him an honorary OBE (Officer of
the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in
2004 for his services to international law. He is
current Chairman of Britain Nepal Academic Council
and plays advisory roles in a number of British
and Nepali organizations.
Also a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Arts of the UK, Professor Subedi has membership
in all major international organizations of
International Law. He currently represents the UK
in two Committees of the International Law
Association – Committee on International Law on
Sustainable Development and Committee on Water
Resources Law. He has published widely in all
major areas of international law in most major
international law journals. His research interests
include
International Economic/Trade Law, International
Environmental Law, and International Law of Human
Rights.
Please listen to an interview with Professor Subedi
on WNSO Radio at
www.radio.wnso.org
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