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Dr. Swati Singh Parmar

Assistant Professor

Courses and Research Interest: International Legal Theory, International Legal History, Public International Law
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Bio

Dr. Swati Singh Parmar has been in legal academia for a decade. Her areas of interest include international legal theory & history, and Critical international Law. She has authored a book, ‘An Introduction to International Law’ (Thomson Reuters, 2021), which was cited as one of the 'most interesting works in 2021' by the International Law Reporter. She has published book chapters, including invited chapters for books published by Oxford, Cambridge, and Edward Elgar. Her works find a place in journals including the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, Indonesian Journal of International Law, Indian Journal of International Law, NUJS Law Review and others. She has also authored blog posts for Opinio Juris, Voelkerrechtsblog, and AsianSIL Voices, among others. She has presented her works at platforms, including the Asian Legal History Conference, the Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, the European Society of International Law, the Australian & New Zealand Society of International Law, and others.

Qualifications

  • 2011 - B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), University of Allahabad, Allahabad
  • 2016 - LL.M. (International Laws), Amity law School, Amity University, Lucknow.
  • 2025 - Ph.D. in International Legal Theory

Experiences

  • 2019-Present: Assistant Professor, Dharmashastra National Law University
  • 2018-2019: Teaching-cum-Research Assistant, Dharmashastra National Law University
  • 2016-2018: Amity University Lucknow

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Member, International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence (ISTJ), Canada, 2017; Member, Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE), 2018; Life Member, The Indian Society of International Law (2022)

Publications

  • Caste as a provocateur to the Disordering of State, Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal (OUP), (Upcoming June 2026).
  • Positivism’s eschewal of Naturalism in Jus Cogens, NUJS Law Review: Special issue on Subaltern Perspectives and Alternative Epistemologies in International Law, Volume 18, Issue 2 (Upcoming September 2025).
  • Sites and Sights of Resistance in and through International Law teaching in India, in Battle for International Law, Vol. II edited by Philipp Dann, Surabhi Ranganathan, and Jochen van Bernstorff, Oxford University Press (Upcoming 2026).
  • India and International Law, Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Asian Law, by Edward Elgar and Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (Upcoming 2026).
  • Against the Sovereignty intransigence in Transboundary Environmental Harm cases, Dehradun Law Review (UGC CARE), Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 107-118, November 2024, (ISSN 2231-1157).
  • Law of Transboundary Aquifers and State Sovereignty, Indian Law Review, Vol. XIV, pages 250-267, 2022 (ISSN 2229-7960).
  • An Anticolonial Dream against the Disaffection and Dissonance: Teaching the (other) International Law in India, Indonesian Journal of International Law (SCOPUS indexed), Vol. 20, Issue 2, pages 229-261, 2023 (ISSN 1693-5594)
  • Of Semiotics, The Marginalised and Laws During the Lockdown in India, International Journal for the Semiotics of Law (SCOPUS indexed), Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 977-1000, 2022 (ISSN 0952-8059) by Springer DOI- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-021-09878-y
  • Exorcising the Colonial Ghost in a Geographical South Classroom: Contextualising teaching of International Law in the Geographical South, Shimla Law Review (HPNLU, Shimla) (UGC-Care indexed), Volume IV, pages 77-96, 2021 (ISSN 2582-1903), by EBC and available on SCC Online at http://www.scconline.com/DocumentLink/ammMGl8Q
  • Imperial Legislative Designs and Human Rights of Indigenous Children in Settler Colonial Canada, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University Journal (UGC-Care indexed), Volume 14, 2022 (ISSN 0975-9549), by EBC
  • Self-Deception of Human Rights and the State Sovereignty in Case of Rohingya Crisis, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University Journal (UGC-Care indexed), Volume 13, 2021, (ISSN 0975-9549), by EBC and available on SCC Online at http://www.scconline.com/DocumentLink/35

Paper Presentations

  • Presented a paper titled ‘Cartesian detachment, crafting of ‘development’ and coloniality as faultlines in international environmental law’ at the MMU PGR ECR Long Nineteenth 3rd Annual Summer Symposium organised by Manchester Metropolitan University (22 Jun 2023).
  • Presented a paper titled ‘International Law History through British India Paintings’ at the 3rd Asian Legal History Conference organised by the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Conference (20 - 21 Jun 2023).
  • Presented a paper titled ‘Reconstructing non-interventionism through Ambedkarite and Gandhian Philosophy’ at the 2nd Asian Legal History Conference organised by Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, and the Asia Legal History Association in partnership with National University Singapore (23-24 Jul 2022).
  • Presented a paper titled ‘Exorcising the colonial ghost in a geographical south classroom’ at National Seminar on Emerging Issues in Law & Justice in perspective of globalisation organised by Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow (19-20 Feb 2022).
  • Presented a paper titled ‘Of State Sovereignty, Human Rights and Rohingya Crisis’ at a two-day Conference to celebrate the completion of 60 years of ISIL organised by Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), New Delhi (20-22 Feb 2020).
  • Presented a paper titled ‘Between Mediation and Sovereignty: Seeking Solutions to the Rohingya crisis’ at a three-day International 21st Workshop of the Association Jeunes Etudes Indiennes on ‘Of Mediation and Power: Intermediaries in the South Asian Societies’, organised by Centre De Sciences Humaines with Laboratoired’ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, Paris West University Nanterre La Defense and French Academic Network on Asian Studies (23 -25 Apr 2019)

Awards and Honours

Gold Medal in LL.M