Name in Full: Dr. Nishara Manique Mendis
Name with Initials: Dr. NM Mendis
Designation: Senior Lecturer Gr. II
Email Address: nisharamendis@kdu.ac.lk
Qualifications
Teaching Areas
Research Interests
Publications
Qualifications
- PhD 2020
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Maastricht University, The Netherlands - LL.M. 2005
Degree of Master of Laws
Yale Law School, United States - LL.B. 2003
Bachelor of Laws – First Class Honours
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Attorney-at-Law 2006
- CTHE 2007 – Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education
- Staff Development Center, University of Colombo recognized by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), UK
- Advanced Seminar in International Humanitarian Law for University Lecturers, ICRC, Geneva, 2015.
- South Asia Teaching Session (SATS) on International Humanitarian Law, ICRC, Kathmandu, 2013.
- Intensive Course on Bioethics 2003 – conducted by the Forum for Research and Development (Sri Lanka) in collaboration with the Center for Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo, Kings College, University of London and the WHO, Geneva.
Teaching Areas
- Fundamentals of Law
- Constitutional Law
Research Interests
- Public International Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Law of The Sea
- WTO Law
- Human Rights
- Law and Literature
Publications
- Mendis, N., (2020). NATIONAL POLICY SPACE IN THE WTO GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 833p. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20200618nm Available online at: https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/national-policy-space-in-the-wto-general-agreement-on-trade-in-se
- Mendis, N., ‘Exploring the Emerging International Concept of The Duty of Ecosystem Restoration’, inaugural issue of The South Asian Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (SA-JELP), 2022, UoC.
- Seokwoo Lee Ed., ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ASIA – SRI LANKA (2021). Engaged in organization and editorial work and preparation of the Sri Lanka Volume, including writing the following Entries:
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- Seneviratne, W. and N. Mendis, History and Theoretical Approaches to International Law – Sri Lanka
- Mendis, N. and T. Galapaththige, Treaty Law – Sri Lanka
- Mendis N. and B. Wickremasinghe, Jurisdiction and Extradition – Sri Lanka
- Mendis, N., Law of the Sea – Sri Lanka
- Mendis N. and K. Aviruppola, Dispute Settlement – Sri Lanka
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- Sellin, J and N. Mendis, Women’s Right to Health and International Trade – Special reference to the GATS and TRIPS Agreements in Ingrid Westerndorp Ed., THE WOMEN’S CONVENTION TURNED 30, Intersentia, 2012. (2nd Revised Edition forthcoming in 2022)
- Mendis, N., Understanding Judicial Bias: A Law and Literature Approach, with special reference to the Niti Nighanduwa and Buddhist Jataka Stories in LAW IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN INTEGRITY: PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES – COLLECTED ESSAYS, Volume in Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Colombo University Press, 2020.
- Seneviratne W. and Nishara Mendis, Editors, THE CONTINUED RELEVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN POST ARMED CONFLICT SRI LANKA, ICRC-Sri Lanka, 2019 (Sinhala Translation forthcoming 2022).
- Writing of Editorial Note and 2 Co-Authored Chapters for the above volume:
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- Mendis, Nishara and Samya Senaratne, Sri Lanka’s Obligations under IHL at Sea
- Mendis, Nishara, Neshan Gunasekera and Nillasi Liyanage, Regulation of Weapons, De-mining and Humanitarian Disarmament in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka.
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- Mendis, N., Siege Warfare and the Prohibition of Intentional Starvation of Civilians: The Convergence of IHL and Buddhist Ethics, Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 22, Special Issue: Buddhism and Humanitarian Law, (forthcoming 2022)
- Mendis, N., A Comment on the Interface of Harmful Tax Practices, Human Rights and WTO law, in light of the Panama Papers Scandal and the Argentina-Financial Services case, Volume 9 Indian Journal of International Economic Law, 2017, p19.
- Mendis, N., The Legal Status of General Comments in International Human Rights Law: With special reference to the role of the CESCR, the Right to Health and Public Health Services, Manurawa Law Journal, Sri Lanka Law College, 2018.