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Professor Fozia Nazir LONE
Background
BSc, LLB (Kashmir, India)
LLM (UK)
PhD (UK)
Position Tag
Associate Professor
Position (Other)
Associate Director, Public Law and Human Rights Forum

Contact Information

Office
Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building – 6116
Telephone
(852) 3442 7430
Email
fnlone@cityu.edu.hk

Research Interests

Research Interests
  • Public International Law (issues concerning Sovereignty, Territory and Law of Treaties)
  • Approaches to the study of international law (TWAIL, New Haven Approach) and Asian Perspectives on International Law (China, India)
  • International Human Rights Law (Minority Rights & Women Rights)
  • International Water law and Asian Water Security/Governance
  • Tort Law
  • Common Law Methodology
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CityUHK Scholar

Professor LONE, Fozia Nazir, is a distinguished scholar and legal expert at City University of Hong Kong School of Law, where she has taught since 2009. As Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Public Law and Human Rights Forum, she contributes her expertise to JD, LLM, and LLB programmes, including core courses. Professor Lone earned her LLM and PhD from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (UK). Her research focuses on public international law, international human rights and humanitarian law, international water law, comparative Asian legal perspectives (China/India), and tort law. She has served as the Law School’s Safety Officer since 2020 and is an associate member of the Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law.

Professor Lone has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the Emory International Law Review, the Journal of Water Law, the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, the Chinese Journal of International Law, the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, the Chinese Journal of International Law, the Soochow Law Journal and the Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law. Her work also includes research monographs and books. She has received competitive research grants from the University Grants Committee (Hong Kong) and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (UK). Internationally recognised, she is a member of several organisations, including the Asian Academy of International Law, International Water Resources Association, International Water Law Academy at Wuhan University (China), AIDA (International Association for Water Law), The Grassroots Institute (Canada), and Natural Resource Law & Governance (Italy). She welcomes research collaborations and PhD supervision in her areas of expertise.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INERESTS

Public International Law (issues concerning Sovereignty, Territory and Law of Treaties); Approaches to the study of international law (TWAIL, New Haven Approach) and Asian Perspectives on International Law (China, India); International Human Rights Law (Minority Rights & Women Rights); International Water law and Asian Water Security/Governance; Tort Law; Common Law Methodology

 

PUBLICATIONS

        Books

  1. Lone, F. N., Zhu, H., & Carty, T. (Eds.). (2025, Forthcoming). Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis. Routledge.  https://www.routledge.com/Human-Rights-and-Gender-Based-Violence-in-Asia-A-Comparative-Critical-Analysis/Lone-Zhu-Carty/p/book/9781032733494
  2. Lone, F. N. (2025). The China-India Border Dispute: Towards a Pragmatic and Peaceful Resolution. Routledge. (Forthcoming, Monograph)
  3. Lone, F. N. (2018). Historical Title, Self-Determination and the Kashmir Question. Brill Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004359994
  4. Lone, F. N., Kung, O., & McCoy, K. (Eds.). (2017). Hong Kong Tort Law Cases. Wolters Kluwer.
  5. Lone, F. N. (2016). Tort Law in Hong Kong. Wolters Kluwer. https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/store/product/tort-law-in-hong-kong/
  6. Lone, F. N. (2014). Hong Kong Tort Law: Texts, Cases and Ordinances. LexisNexis. https://store.lexisnexis.com.hk/products/hong-kong-tort-law-texts-cases-and-ordinances-skusku870033/details
Journal Articles
  1. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2025) ‘From Outcast to Mainstream: Pioneering Change in International Law through Global South Perspectives, Stoic Doctrines and Indigenous Norms’, Soochow Law Journal, Vol XXII, (Jan/July, No 1-2, 75-142.
  2. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2025), ‘Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances in Indian Administered Kashmir: A Critical Analysis Through the Lens of the Right to Truth and Effective Remedies’, Rutgers International Law & Human Rights Journal (Forthcoming)
  3. Lone, Fozia Nazir & Anthony Carty (2024), COVID-19 And the Populist Governments Approach to Pandemic Management: A Nuanced Analysis” Buffalo Human Rights Law Review Vol 30, 101-160. 
  4. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2024), ‘The Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Exploring Its Historical Roots and Addressing Colonial Cartography Using Innovative Methodology Beyond the Western International Law Framework’, The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (2024) Volume 12, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjcl/cxae016 Published: 29 November 2024
  5. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2023), “Report on Sino-Indian Border Disputes: International Law and International Relations Perspectives”. The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (2023) 1-39 (Published 19 June 2023) (Report) https://academic.oup.com/cjcl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cjcl/cxad005/7202290?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=cjcl&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=30e5ebf2-c764-4aaa-94cb-72fd43a7d041
  6. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2022), Indian Leadership during COVID-19: Forward to Eastphalia or back to Westphalia? The Foundation for Law and International Affairs Review, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2022, 42-46. https://flia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Volume-3-Issue-2-2022.pdf 
  7. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2021) “Pre-Primary Education and Chinese Language Acquisition of Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong: A Multidisciplinary Critical Evaluation” Asian Education and Development Studies (with CHOW Wing Yin) (10 August 2021) https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-04-2021-0081
  8. Lone, Fozia Nazir, “Cross-Fertilisation of Westphalian Approaches to International Law: Third World Studies and a New Era of International Law Scholarship” Emory International Law Review Volume 34, Issue 4, 2020, 956-995.  https://law.emory.edu/eilr/_documents/volumes/34/4/lone.pdf (https://law.emory.edu/eilr/content/volume-34/issue-4/article/westphalian-approaches-law-third-world-studies.html )

  9. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2020) ‘China’s International Water Law Policy: Some Reflections” Issue 26/4 Journal of Water Law 53-66.

  10. Lone, Fozia Nazir, Damming the Indus Waters: Thoughts on the Future of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and Himalayan Water Security 26 Journal of Water Law, 207-222, 2020.

  11. Patricia Wouters & Fozia Nazir Lone, Introduction, 26 Journal of Water Law, 193-197, 2020 (Special Issue).

  12. Patricia Wouters and Fozia Nazir Lone (EDITORS), Transboundary Water Governance In Asia – Examining Regional Practice Through Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 26 Journal of Water Law 2020 (Special Issue).

  13. Lone, Fozia Nazir (March 2019) ‘The New Haven School of International Law’, Oxford Bibliographies Online: International Law, Oxford University Press (Published 27 March 2019) DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199796953-0178 http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/abstract/document/obo-9780199796953/obo-9780199796953-0178.xml?rskey=6h9FWA&result=1&q=fozia#firstMatch

  14. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2017) The ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Model and Political Reform in Hong Kong: A TWAIL Approach’ Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 21 (2017) 404-429 (Printed 22 November 2018; Brill/Nihoff) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/13894633_021001014

  15. Lone, Fozia Nazir (Oct 2017), ‘The Hong Kong Occupy Injunction Cases: A Critical Appraisal on Competing Public and Private Rights’ in Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Volume 11, (2017) Issue 4, Pages 507–539, ISSN (Online) 1995-5855 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/icl-2017-0072

  16. Lone, Fozia Nazir, ‘The Enigma of the Hong Kong Injunction Cases- A Perspective on Political Question Doctrine, Separation of Powers, Rule of Law and Universal Suffrage’ in Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law, Vol 10, 1/2016, 3- 29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/icl-2016-0103

  17. Lone, Fozia Nazir (March 2014), Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective’, Beijing Law Review, Vol.5 No.1, pp 90-101.DOI:10.4236/blr.2014.51008; https://www.scirp.org/pdf/BLR_2014032811525323.pdf

  18. Lone, Fozia Nazir (April 2012) ‘Uti Possidetis Iuris’ Oxford Bibliographies Online: International Law, Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199796953-0065https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199796953/obo-9780199796953-0065.xml

  19. Anthony Carty & Fozia Nazir Lone (2011) Some New Haven International Law Reflections on China, India and Their Various Territorial Disputes, Asia Pacific Law Review, 19:1, 93-112, DOI: 10.1080/10192557.2011.11788243  (Published online: 04 Nov 2016)

  20. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2010) ‘R. Kidner, Casebook on Torts (10th ed, Oxford: OUP, 2008)’, City University of Hong Kong Law Review, Vol. 2, Number 1, 205-207.

  21. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2009) ‘The Creation Story of Kashmiri People: The Right to Self-Determination’ Denning Law Journal, Vol 21, pp 1-25. http://ubplj.org/index.php/dlj/article/view/339/369

  22. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2009) ‘From ‘Sale to Accession Deed’ - Scanning the Historiography of Kashmir 1846-1947’, History Compass, 7/6 1496–1508. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2009.00652.x

  23. Lone, Fozia Nazir (Oct-Dec 2007), Information Held Prisoner: Freedom of Information & Public Records Act Kashmir Affairs (London) Vol. 2, No. 4, 62-72.

  24. Lone, Fozia Nazir (Jan- Mar 2007) A Secure and Sustained Solution for Kashmir: National Unity and Reconciliation Kashmir Affairs (London) Vol. 2, No. 1, 49-55.

Book Chapters

 

  1. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2025). Essence of Water: Evolving Perspectives on International Water Law and Governance, in Research Handbook on Environmental Regulation (Elgar), Forthcoming
  2. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2025), ‘Gender-Based Violence in Ongoing Conflicts: A Nuanced Analysis on Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in Kashmir’ in Lone, Zhu & Carty eds Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis (Routledge) Forthcoming.
  3. Lone, Fozia Nazir & Carty, Anthony (2025), ‘Unveiling Women's Rights in Asia; Advancements and Uphill Battles’ in Lone, Zhu & Carty eds Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia: A Comparative Critical Analysis (Routledge) Forthcoming.
  4. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2025), ‘The New Haven Policy-Oriented Approach to Regulating the Use of Military Instruments - A Critical Reflection on Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello’ in Tom Dannenbaum and Eliav Lieblich (ed), Elgar’s Research Handbook on International Legal Theory and War, Forthcoming
  5. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2024), The Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach Towards Long-Term Peace and Stability’ in Zafar Adeel and Benno Böer (ed) The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific - Central and South Asia, Springer Series 2024 (Chapter 11, pp 209-223)
  6. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2024), ‘Legal Critique of the Accession of Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir to India: An Archival Perspective on the Instrument of Accession 1947’ in Shubh Mathur & Mirza Saaib Bég (Editors), Life, Politics, and Resistance in Kashmir After 2019: A Multidisciplinary Understanding of the Conflict, Lexington books 2024 (Chapter 1, pp 35-63)
  7. Lone, Fozia (2023). International Law and the Kashmir Dispute: A Critical Reflection. In: Duschinski, H., Bhan, M., Robinson, C.d. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies (153-172) (Chapter 12) (2 June 2023) Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28520-2_10
  8. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2021), Revisiting the New Haven Methodology from an International Law and Policy Perspective’ in Nicholas Tsagourias (eds) Research Methods in International Law -A Handbook (Edward Elgar Publishing), 131 (Chapter 9) (July 2021)
  9. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2014) ‘Extraterritorial Human Rights Violations and Irresponsible Sovereign Financing’ in Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Jernej Letnar Černič ‘Making Sovereign Financing and Human Rights Work’ Hart Publishing, pp 233-249. (ISBN: 9781782253945) https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/making-sovereign-financing-and-human-rights-work-9781782253945/
  10. Lone, Fozia Nazir (Oct 2013), ‘Rule of Law: Tort Law Perspective, in G Wang and Yan Fan (eds) ‘The Rule of Law: A Comparative Perspective’. City University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, pp 183-196
  11. Lone, Fozia Nazir (2012) ‘Counter Piracy in the Indian Subcontinent: The Indian Perspective’, in Charles H. Norchi et Gwenaële Proutière-Maulion Piracy in Comparative Perspective: Problems, Strategies, Law (Paris : Pedone/Hart, 2012) 161-187 (Chapter 8) https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/piracy-in-comparative-perspective-9781849464420/ (ISBN: 9781849464420)

Book Reviews
  1. Lone, Fozia Nazir, ‘Moshe Hirsch, Invitation to the Sociology of International Law’ Chinese Journal of International Law (2017) 16 (1): 129-132.  https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmx001
  2. Lone, Fozia Nazir, Noam Lubell, Extraterritorial Use of Force Against Non-State Actors (Oxford: OUP, 2010) ISBN 978-0-19-958484-0, International Law Observer, 14, August 2012
  3. Lone, Fozia Nazir, Democracy Goes to War – British Military Deployments under International Law, (Oxford: OUP, 2009), International Law Observer, 19th April 2010.
  4. Lone, Fozia Nazir, Solon Solomon, The Justiciability of International Disputes – The Advisory Opinion of Israel’s Security Fence as a Case Study (Jerusalem: Wolf Legal Publishers, 2009) ISBN: 978-90-5850-437-1, International Law Observer, 3rd August 2010. (https://internationallawobserver.eu/book-review-solon-solomon-the-justiciability-of-international-disputes-the-advisory-opinion-of-israels-security-fence-as-a-case-study-jerusalem-wolf-legal-publishers-2009-isbn )
RESEARCH GRANTS
  1. Empowering Indigenous Communities: A Critical Exploration of Sustainable Hydropower in Transboundary River Management, the Centre for Public Affairs and Law (CPAL) Research Grants for Interdisciplinary Research, City University of Hong Kong Dr LONE, Fozia Nazir (SLW) PI; DONG Liang (PIA/ SEE) Co-PI, DURATION – (1 August 2024 - 31 Jan. 2027) 18 MONTHS; BUDGET – HK$ 199,206 (Internal Project No 183; Other Project No. 9609002)
     
  2. Can an Indigenous Approach Towards the Exercise of Due Diligence Materialize Apolitical Sustainability of the Yarlung-Tsangpo River? - An Interdisciplinary Enquiry, CityU Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant (SIRG), City University of Hong Kong, Project No 7020101, 01 April 2023-31 March 2025; PI/PC- Dr LONE, Fozia Nazir (SLW); Dr. CHOPRA, Shauhrat Singh (SEE) BUDGET - $296,214.00
     
  3. Indian Relations with the World Health Organisation during COVID19: Forward to Eastphalia or back to Westphalia?,  School Strategic Research Grant, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, 01 July 2021-30 June 2023; Dr LONE Fozia Nazir (PI); Co-Is (i) Prof Alka Acharya (Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University); (ii) Dr Nicholas Thomas (Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong) and (iii) Prof Wang Jiangyu (School of Law, City University of Hong Kong). Budget HKD 98,650
     
  4. Towards Improved Trans-boundary Water Cooperation on the Yarlong-Tsangpo/Brahmaputra River: A Multidisciplinary Study, Internal CityU Strategic Research Grant for unfunded GRF/ECS (SRG-Fd), City University of Hong Kong, Project No: 7005574), 01-September 2020 – 31 August 2022, extended to 28 Feb 2023; Dr LONE Fozia Nazir (PI); Professor Patricia Wouters, (Co-I, Chair, International Water Law, Director, International Water Law Academy, China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies (CIBOS), Wuhan University) Budget: HKD 99,986
     
  5. Towards the Pragmatic and Peaceful Resolution of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: A Multidisciplinary Study General Research Fund (GRF) 2017, Dr Fozia Nazir Lone (PI, City University of Hong Kong), Project Fund – HK$715,024 000 + HK$ $ 35,751 (City University Reward), Total –HK$ 750,775; Dr Lone Fozia Nazir (PI); Co-I- Professor Carty (Tsinghua University, China) and Dr Sze Lok Leung (The University of Hong Kong); Duration 36 Months. (1 Jan 2018 -31 December 2021) (CityU Project No: 9042601 (RGC 11609417)
     
  6. The Peaceful Settlement of the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: A Pragmatic Multidisciplinary Framework, Strategic Research Grant (Internal Support Funding for unfunded GRF, City University of Hong Kong), 01-October 2016-30 September 2018; Dr Lone Fozia Nazir (PI); Professor Acharya Alka (Co-I, Jawaharlal University, India) Budget: HKD 100,000 (Project No 7004791)
  7. Is Indus Water Treaty of 1960 Outdated: A Multidisciplinary Study of Power, Principles and Politics General Research Fund (GRF) 2015, Dr LONE Fozia Nazir (PI, City University of Hong Kong), Co-I - Professor Daanish Mustafa (King’s College London, the UK) and Professor Chen Huiping (Xiamen University, China). Project Fund – HK$521,000 + HK$ 26,050 (City University Reward), Total –HK$ 547,050: (1 Nov 2015-31 October 2019). Project No.: 9042286 (CityU 11604515)
     
  8. China’s Rise, Is India a Contender on the Doorstep? New Asian Paradigms for the Discipline of International law’, School Strategic Grant, City University of Hong Kong, 1 August 2015 – 30 April 2017; Dr LONE Fozia Nazir (PI); Professor Alka Acharya (Co-I, Jawaharlal University, India) Budget: HKD 99, 996.80
     
  9. The Indian Pre-colonial Approaches to International Law: An Application of the New Haven School of Jurisprudence, Start-up Grant for New Faculty Grant Application 2011, Dr. LONE Fozia Nazir (PI); Budget HKD 100,000
     
  10. The Science and Humanities of Vision, Interdisciplinary Professional Development Awards, 2011, Dr. J. A. Zapien (AP) (Principal Investigator); Dr. H. Rodriguez (SCM); Prof. F. Cucker (MA); Dr. LONE Fozia Nazir (SLW) (Co-Investigators) Budget: 250,000 HKD
     
  11. New Paradigms for the Discipline of International Law in China and India as Rising Powers, The University of Hong Kong, Research Grant Application (Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research), 2010 PI: Professor Carty; Co-I- Dr. LONE Fozia Nazir; Budget:240,000 HKD.
     
  12. Palestine and Kashmir: A Failure of Nerve at the End of Imperial Administration, The Carnegie Trust Award, (The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland) 2009; Dr. LONE Fozia Nazir (PI)
     
  13. Title: Restoration of Historical Title of Kashmir: Archival Research form 1935-40, The Carnegie Trust Award, (The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland) 2007; Dr. LONE Fozia Nazir (PI)

2024

  • Organizer & Host, "The International Law Commission and General Principles of Law." Public lecture by Dr. Craig Eggett, Maastricht University. CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum, City University of Hong Kong. 21 Oct.

2023

  • Organizer & Moderator, "Pride and Prejudice in China-Indian Relations: A Case Study of the Sino-India Border Dispute." Speaker: Captain (Retired) Andy Shichen Tian. CCCL/CPLR Event, City University of Hong Kong. 10 May.

2022

  • Organizer & Moderator, "Water as a Human Right: Critical Asian Perspectives." CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum Webinar Series. 9 Jun.
  • Organizer & Moderator, "Who Won the War in Afghanistan? The Present and Future of Human Rights Under the Taliban." CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum Webinar Series. 26 May.
  • Moderator, "Business and Human Rights Standards: Relevance for Law Students." CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum Webinar Series. 3 Mar.

2021

  • Co-Organizer, Second International Online Symposium on Sino-Indian Border Disputes: A Dialogue between International Law and International Relations. Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law (CCCL) & Public Law and Human Rights Forum (CPLR), City University of Hong Kong. 9 Dec.
  • Organizer & Moderator, "Sexual Harassment Against Women in Asia: A Dialogue on Gender-Based Violence." CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum Webinar Series. 2 Dec.
  • Organizer & Moderator, Inaugural Keynote Public Lecture on ‘Post-Colonial Asian Perspectives on Human Rights’ by Radhika Coomaraswamy. CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum. 4 Nov.
  • Discussant, CCCL Asia/China & International Law Seminar Series – “China’s Engagement with International Judicial Dispute Settlement." Speaker: Prof. Ling Bing. 18 Nov.
  • Co-Organizer, International Online Symposium on Sino-Indian Border Disputes: A Dialogue between International Law and International Relations. CCCL & CPLR, City University of Hong Kong. 4 Mar.

2020

  • Organizer, "Hong Kong in the Post-National Security Law Era: Reflections from International Law and Relations." CityU Public Law and Human Rights Forum Roundtable Series. 20 Oct.

2019

2015

  • Organizer, "The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) 1960 and its Effect on Jammu & Kashmir: A Multidisciplinary Post-Flooding Dialogue." Department of Law, University of Kashmir, India. 4 Aug.
    • Based on summer research project, "Kashmir Flooding 2014 and the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) of 1960: A Review."
SELECTED MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Authored Articles & Opinion Editorials

1. Scapegoating Kashmiri Doctors for Infrastructure Failures. Kashmir Observer. 10 February 2025.
  https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/02/10/scapegoating-kashmiri-doctors-for-infrastructure-failures/
2.  The BJP has marched into a legal bind over Kashmir's accession to India. TRT World. 23 August 2019.
  https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-bjp-has-marched-into-a-legal-bind-over-kashmir-s-accession-to-india-29197
3.  Frameworks for Shared Indus/Transboundary Waters: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue. Hong Kong Lawyer. September 2019.
  https://www.hk-lawyer.org/content/frameworks-shared-industransboundary-waters-multidisciplinary-dialogue
4.  Democracy in Stages. South China Morning Post. 13 May 2016.
5.  Indo-China: Territorial and Water Clashes. Greater Kashmir. 16 August 2015.
6.  Jalil Andrabi case and the trial thereof. Greater Kashmir. 22 May 2011.
7.  Election Boycott in J&K: Failures of Hurriyat and Indian Rhetoric. Kashmir Times. 16 January 2009.
8.  What a Way to Annihilate History! Greater Kashmir. 26 February 2008.
9.  Facts we must not ignore. Greater Kashmir. 17 September 2007.
10. Amidst peace and politics. Greater Kashmir. 16 August 2006.
11. Plight of Prisoners in present turmoil. Kashmir Images. 24 March 2002.
12. What Makes a Person Delinquent? Kashmir Images. 19 October 2001.


BBC Urdu - Historical Podcast Series (Researcher & Writer)
*A 7-episode series presented by Aaliya Nazki, based on my research and writings. Average of 20,000 views per episode.

BBC Urdu - Online Articles (Researcher & Writer)

13. Historical background of 'special status' of India-controlled Kashmir. 27 August 2020.
  https://www.bbc.com/urdu/regional-53890030
14. The story of the last days of Kashmir's accession to India. 20 August 2020.
  https://www.bbc.com/urdu/regional-53805226
15. Sale of Kashmir and how it became a princely state. 17 August 2020.
  https://www.bbc.com/urdu/regional-53744807


Broadcast Appearances & Live Interviews

16. Guest, THE POINT WITH LIU XIN. CGTN. "How the media created controversy over HKSAR's LegCo Polls." (Live Show, 23 December 2021)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb23Qa_zMb4
17. Interview, RTHK. (22 March 2013, 7pm Broadcast).


Expert Commentary & Quotations

18. Quoted in, "Best way to showcase' achievements of BRICS multilateralism!" Viory. 23 October 2024.
  https://urldefense.com/v3/https://we.tl/t-5pKDkmmHGA
19. Quoted by, RT India News on US-India-China relations. (X/Twitter, 2024)
  https://x.com/RT_India_news/status/1850134872431751517
20. Quoted in, People’s Daily and Xinhua News on human rights in public health crises. (City University of Hong Kong News Summary, 3 August 2020)
  https://www.cityu.edu.hk/slw/cccl/20200803_news.html
21. Quoted in, "China's promotion of international anti-epidemic cooperation is of clear and progressive意义." People’s Daily. 22 July 2020.
  http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/commentary/content/2020-07/22/content_8254213.htm
22. Quoted in, "加强团结合作 尊重保障人权——‘全球疫情防控与人权保障系列国际视频研讨会综述." People’s Daily. 15 July 2020.
  http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/images/2020-07/15/03/rmrb2020071503.pdf
23. Interviewed for, "En Inde, on redoute désormais une deuxième guerre avec la Chine." Le Point. 28 June 2020.
  https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/en-inde-on-redoute-desormais-une-deuxieme-guerre-avec-la-chine-28-06-2020-2382061_24.php
24. Quoted in, "Chine-Inde: duel de géants dans l'Himalaya." Le Point. 24 June 2020.
  https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/chine-inde-duel-de-geants-dans-l-himalaya-24-06-2020-2381313_24.php
25. Quoted in, Xinhua News. 9 June 2020.
  http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-06/09/c_1126093860.htm
26. Interviewed for, Ming Pao on Women’s Rights. 3 March 2013.
27. Interviewed for, "The hunter and the hunted." China Daily. 7 March 2012.
28. Interviewed for, "Danger Lurks at Home." China Daily Hong Kong Edition. 30-31 January 2010.
29. Interviewed for, "Forum Charts paths to Legal Enlightenment." South China Morning Post. 17 December 2009.

 

SELECTED INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

2025

  • Invited Paper Presenter, "From Outcast to Mainstream: Pioneering Change in International Law through Global South Perspectives and Stoic Doctrines." Taipei Conference on International and Comparative Law, Soochow University School of Law. 25 Apr.

2023

  • Opening Speaker, Conference on "70 Years of the German Constitutional Court and New Book Launch." Joint CPLR-Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Event, City University of Hong Kong. 19 May.
     
  • Invited Lecturer, "Humanistic Approaches to Pandemic Management." THEMIS Seminar, Law Department, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. 16 Mar.

2022

  • Paper Presenter, "A Multidisciplinary Framework for the Equitable and Reasonable Use of the Yarlung-Tsangpo/Brahmaputra River." Virtual Workshop on Himalayan Transboundary Flood Hazards, Northumbria University, UK. 25 Mar.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Appraisal of the Factors Affecting the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: A Critical Reflection on Colonial Policy and Proposal for a Pragmatic Resolution." Second International Online Symposium on Sino-Indian Border Disputes, City University of Hong Kong. 9 Dec.

2021

  • Paper Presenter, "Indian Leadership and its Relations with the World Health Organisation during COVID-19: Forward to Eastphalia or back to Westphalia?" CGLS Roundtable, Koç University & Renmin University of China. 19 May.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Indian Leadership Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Law Perspective." China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights, China Society for Human Rights Studies. 8 Jun.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Factors Affecting the China–India Boundary Dispute from Past to Present: A Critical Evaluation." International Online Symposium on Sino-Indian Border Disputes, City University of Hong Kong. 4 Mar.

2020

  • Discussant, International Symposium on “The Rule of Law in Chinese Foreign Affairs.” Centre for Chinese and Comparative Law, City University of Hong Kong & Fudan University Law School. 30 Nov.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Third States’ Concerted Cancellation of Hong Kong’s Extradition Treaties: A Reflection." International Symposium on the National Security Law of Hong Kong. 11 Sep.
     
  • Invited Speaker, "Changing the Demographics of Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir: Understanding the New Domicile Laws." SWK Webinar. 6 Jun.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Protection of Human Rights in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Possible Chinese Role Towards Future Outcome-based Asian Health Cooperation Framework." Colloquium on Protection of Human Rights in Public Health Crisis, Jilin University. 8 Jun.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Eastphalia Rise in the Post-COVID-19 Era: Evaluation of Possible Chinese Role." International Symposium on COVID-19 and Models of Governance, City University of Hong Kong. 12 Jun.
     
  • Invited Speaker, "Cross-Fertilization of Westphalian Approaches to International Law: Third World Studies and a New Era of International Law Scholarship." Staff Seminar Series, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. 16 Jun.
     
  • Chapter Presenter, Authors Virtual Workshop for Securing Water Energy and Food in Central and South Asia. 19 Nov.

2019

  • Paper Presenter, "IWT and Himalayan Water Security - Perspectives on Potential Areas of Chinese Cooperation." Frameworks for Shared Indus/Transboundary Waters: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue, City University of Hong Kong. 26-27 Jul.

2015

  • Paper Presenter, "The Hong Kong Court and the Occupy Injunction Cases: Non-Justiciability, Rule of Law and the Basic Law Freedoms." International Conference on The Rule of Law in a Globalized Environment, City University of Hong Kong. 31 Mar - 1 Apr.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "Cross-Fertilization of Western/Eastern Approaches to International Law: Third World Studies and a New Era of International Law Scholarship." Leiden Journal of International Law Symposium, The Hague Institute of Global Justice, The Netherlands. 11 May.
     
  • Paper Presenter, "The Occupy Central Movement and its Aftermaths: An Interdisciplinary Study." Conference on the Occupy Central Movement and its Aftermaths, City University of Hong Kong. 18-19 Sep.

2013

  • Invited Speaker, "Caught in Crossfire: Women, Conflict and Kashmir." International Women’s Day – Protecting and Promoting Women’s rights, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. 7 Mar.

2010 – 2012

  • Presented papers on International Law, Territorial Disputes, and Human Rights at conferences and workshops hosted by Yale Law School (USA), University of Maine (USA), City University of Hong Kong, and the University of Aberdeen (UK).

2006 – 2008

  • Early-career presentations on Self-Determination and International Law at the University of Aberdeen (UK).
PhD SUPERVISION

 

  1. PhD Supervisor – Student Name: DAS Tapos Kumar (Current) 
    Title of Research Proposal: Rohingya Genocide and Collective Cooperation in Continuing Internationally Wrongful Acts Period of Candidature: 01-Sept-2024-31 August 2028
     
  2. PhD Supervisor - Student Name: Md Rabiul Islam(Completed) 
    Title of Research Proposal: Exclusion of Constitutional Identity of Rohingyas in Myanmar: A Comparative Study
    Period of candidature: 01-Sep-2020 -31-Aug-2024
    Successfully passed the oral examination for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
    Now was appointed Acting Dean at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
    https://juniv.edu/teachers/rabiul