About the Distinguished Speaker

Professor Surya P. Subedi, OBE, KC, DCL is Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds and a practising barrister in London. He obtained a DPhil (PhD) in Law with a prize from the University of Oxford in 1993. He was awarded Oxford’s highest accolade – the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) – in 2019 by the University of Oxford and the degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) honoris causa by the University of Hull in 2020 in recognition of his contribution to international law and human rights. Professor Subedi was appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) (Hon) in 2017.  A press release of the British Government of January 2017 announcing his appointment as a QC stated that Professor Subedi had made “an exceptional contribution over a sustained period at the international level to develop international law and to advance human rights.” His publications are focussed on promoting fairness in international relations, strengthening the rules-based international order, and advancing human rights. One of his books entitled ‘Human Rights in Eastern Civilizations’ (Edward Elgar, 2021) examines the values of Eastern civilisations and their contribution to the development of the UN Human Rights agenda and demonstrates how cross-fertilisation of values between the Eastern and Western civilisations has taken place and how the notion of the universality of human rights has been enriched by the values of different civilisations.

Moderators
Dr Nilüfer Oral, Director, NUS Centre for International Law
Prof Patrícia Galvão Teles, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, NUS Centre for International Law