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ISLR'sFirst Virtual Summer School, 2020

Theme: International Legal System in theAge of Pandemic

17 August 2020- 21 August, 2020

Last date of registration: 10 August, 2020

Eligible ParticipantsUG & PG students,

researchers, academicians,and lawyers.

Registration FeeUS & PG Students: 999 INR

Others: 1499 INR

ContactAvantika Banerjee

Email: islr288@gmail.comM- +91-8670403742

Web Linkhttps://indiansocietyforlegalresearch.wordpress.com/2020/

07/18/summerschool/

Note: Limited Scholarships Available for Foreign Students

ABOUT ISLRIndian Society for Legal Research(ISLR) is a rapidly growing communityof niche academicians, thinkers,activists, lawyers, professors, legalvolunteers, paralegals and legalentrepreneurs who stand apart from therest of the community with their zeal fordeep thinking, leadership skills, anddedication for bringing innovation tothe legal field.

Previously, ISLR has conducted FirstGlobal Ambassadors Programme(2019-20) and An empirical survey ofthe judgments of the ICJ and the PCIJ.ISLR has also offered one month onlinecertificate course for UG & PG studentson International Courts & Tribunals,International Humanitarian Law andMerger & Acquisition. ISLR publishedfirst blog series titled "Mapping theConstitutions". In this blog series theauthors have analysed the variousaspects of almost 179 constitutions.

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ABOUT THE COURSEThe World has witnessed an unprecedentedpandemic due to COVID-19. This is probablythe first time that most of the countries aroundthe world were forced to implement completeor partial lockdown for a shorter or longerperiod in order to prevent the spread of novelCoronavirus.Soon after the lockdown was implemented,several media houses reported the increasedcases of violence against women and children.India has witnessed one of the biggest internalmigration of workers from cities such as Delhi,Mumbai, Chennai etc. Countries hosting largenumber of refugees have been facing structuralproblem of governance in preventing COVID-19in refugee camps. Moreover, the responsibilityof international organisation such as the WorldHealth Organisation and the United Nationshave increased whereas former deals withglobal health and later with international lawand politics. The global cooperation to fight thischallenging time is essential to maintaininternational peace and security and, therefore,the Security Council of the United Nationspassed a resolution for an immediate globalceasefire.

This first Virtual Summer Course, 2020organised by Indian Society for Legal Research(ISRL) will endeavour to explore a range ofissue on COVID-19 and International LegalSystem such as the responsibility of States,international trade, refugee crisis and migrationproblems, the responsibility of internationalorganisations in helping third world countriesetc. This summer course will also explore theglobal practices and how different States havebeen maintaining law and order and protectingthe human rights of its people during thelockdown. All the issue will be discussed withreference to the current situation of thepandemic.

ThemeInternational Legal System in the Age of Pandemic

Sub-themes

Preventing Violence Against Women & Children:National and Global Perspective.International Migration and Refugee Law in ConflictSettings.State Responsibility during pandemic.The legal value of decision making by WHO in thecases of pandemic.The effect of the pandemic on the execution of theinternational administrative contract.Effect of COVID-19 on International Investment Law.Exploring the responses of global north and globalsouth to COVID-19 from TWAIL perspective.

Confirmed Speakers

Mohamed Gomaa

A Judge at the EgyptianState Council.

Former lawyer, LegalAffarirs Department

Egyptian RussianUniversity

Harold Bertot Triana

Professor (International Law)Member- The Cuban

Society of InternationalLaw

Elena Diaz Galan

PhD Assistant Professor (International Law &

International Relations)University  Rey Juan

Carlos. Madrid

Jasmin Lilian Diab

Research Associate: the GlobalHealth Institute at the

American University of Beirut,Lebanon.

Ahmar Afaq

Assistant Professor Symbiosis Law School,

Hyderabad

Dr Thamil VenthanAnanthavinayagan

Lecturer at Griffith CollegeDublin

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confirmed Speakers

Mr Nizamuddin Ahmad Siddiqui

Senior Research Fellow: Centre forPost Graduate Studies, JindalGlobal Law School, Haryana

Dr Gaurav Varshney

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Law

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Dr Niteesh Upadhyay

Assistant Professor (Law) Galgotias University

Research Advisor- South UralState University,Russia.

Kseniya Laputko

Assistant Professor, DepartmentLaw Faculty, Belarusian State

University

Farheen Ahmad

Research Scholar- Faculty ofLegal Studies

South Asian University, New Delhi

Matteo Mastracci

Ph.D. Researcher - Koç University(Istanbul, Turkey).

Reporter- Oxford Reports onInternational (ORIL)

Md Mustakimur Rahman

Faculty Member- Notre DameUniversity, Bangladesh

Prospective PhD Candidate(September 2020): ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong

Researcher and Legal ProfessionalCurrently working on human rights research

projects and advocacy campaignin Ireland.

Madhav MallyaLecturer_ Jindal Global Law

School, Haryana