Harmonizing

Foreign Investment
with Economic
Social and
Development Rights

In Collaboration with Fairfield

Institute of Management and
Technology (FIMT), India

14 Years of Advocacy for Fostering

Economic, Social and Development
Rights together with Emerging
Regional Human Rights Issues
 "Knowledge with your intervention keeps changing the world towards
better"
Twenty years back, we conceived a dream to alter the face of our nation through
a competitive legal education that not just informs the state’s functioning and
governance but also lead the overall societal changes. In fact, it is this passion that
laid a foundational stone of Kathmandu School of Law. Our only mission is to
work tirelessly for a center of excellence with an academic ambience where we
prepare students for the increasingly complex and rapidly changing world; we
believe that ultimately our students share our passion to serve the community with
a sense of humanity that allows them to work persistently for the rights of the
disadvantaged and marginalized people in particular. Coming to this point, we are happy to share that we stand
synonymous to modern legal education, and hitherto have contributed to the development of legal landscape
in multiple ways.
We made a breakthrough in the modernization of legal education in Nepal by initiating the five years BA LLB
integrated course with our student - centric pedagogies. For many years, we have been yielding brilliant
performances in Nepal Bar Council, Judicial Services, and University Exams. Our international collaborations
with academic institutions and consortiums under various programmes like The Kathmandu Dialogue, The
Himalayan Field School have been providing broader exposures to national, regional and international students
to observe and understand the dynamics of law offering them a unique platform to discuss the most pressing
concerns of the time and the South Asian region; they explore different facets of international law, roles of
regional organizations and mechanisms, positioning of developing countries and growing powers.
Denial of one right creates a chain reaction which results in curtailment of other rights. This gave rise to the
concept of ‘right to have rights’ as a precondition of social justice in modern international law. It has been an
emerging discourse. Safeguarding of basic liberties is possible only with the equitable distribution of
development opportunities and resources, with priority given to the weaker section. Protection and promotion
of such rights not only empowers persons but also contributes to the increased participation of people in
political processes. Recognition and protection of economic and social rights are thus a prerequisite to the
consolidation of inclusive democracy, without which civil and political rights are meaningless. Emphasizing the
importance of this prospect, Kathmandu School of Law has been organizing International Winter Residential
Program on Economic, Social and Development Rights (ESDR), our longest running flagship program held since
2004, aiming to engage students around the world in a pragmatic discourse about the aforementioned theory.
ESDR has been a platform that provides an opportunity for Masters, Bachelors and PhD students of law along
with young scholars, academicians and advocates from field of law, political science, international relations and
other fields. ESDR is an intense, demanding and immersive diploma course of 21 days where they can debate,
discuss and find creative solutions to a provided theme.
This year, we have introduced the theme ‘Harmonizing Foreign Investment with Economic, Social and
Development Rights. Recognizing the need to create harmony between foreign investment with economic,
social and development rights as it is hard to provide any of the aforementioned rights without harmonization
of foreign investment. ESDR of any country is dependent to the economy of that country. If the economy is
stagnant it is nearly impossible for a state to provide above mentioned rights. Foreign investment thus, can
play an important role in attainment of these rights by uplifting the economy of the country.
I expect that this program will act as a platform whereby participants get acquainted with and discuss issues
relating to human rights and harmonization of foreign investment with economic, social and development
rights. I firmly believe that the endeavor will be a positive step towards achieving mutual trust and cooperation
through dialogues and interactions. I also take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to all my motivated
colleagues who have been all along sacrificing their time and energy in developing this institution. We owe
thanks to all those government and non - government stakeholders in the field of law and justice who have
partnered with us in different times.

Prof (Dr) Yubaraj Sangroula

Executive Director
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Kathmandu School of Law, one of the leading law schools in Nepal was established in the year 2000
in affiliation with Purbanchal University. It is a community-based, non-profit academic institution,
which has been engaged in various practical and innovative methods of learning, including exchange
programs, residential schools, conferences and workshops to impart pragmatic and community-
responsive legal education in the country. This has helped in making the students well acquainted
with the national and international law in applied sense and has marked a paradigm shift in modern
methodological teaching to generate leadership in the field of law and justice with special focus to
work for the interest of the community. KSL is committed to foster an accessible, fair and reliable
system of justice in the country. It is firm in its commitment to boost up the scholarly endeavors of
the students by providing them with quality and competent legal education since last two decades.
 KSL KSL has established its Outreach Residential Campus at

OUTREACH Namobuddha, Kavre in the year 2014. It is 35 km from the

main campus at Bhaktapur. The campus is home to

CAMPUS
community outreach programs, clinical education training
and national and international residential programs such as
The Kathmandu Dialogue, ESDR and Himalayan Field
School. It has the residential facility to accommodate more
than 100 students and faculties at any given time. It has a
multipurpose conference hall consisting of the latest audio-
visual facilities, two classrooms, a library, a reading room
supported by 24 hours solar energy system and internet
facility.

The objective behind the establishment of the outreach

campus is to ensure ‘engaged learning’, where the students
are encouraged to learn by observation and critical analysis
through involvement in field study, public awareness
campaign, and legal activities.

A
B
O
U
T
 Legal Education is professional education where students are supposed to apply their
TEACHING knowledge in practice as they are trained in the school. The conventional teaching

METHODS
methods that are in practice in many law colleges of Nepal for long time are
outmoded to address this need. So as to address the need KSL had adopted the
interactive and investigative model of teaching in every designed discipline.

Based on the experiences of our faculties over a long period of time we have
introduced the methodology where we explicitly encourage certain kinds of
relationships between students and faculties and discourage others, in the interest of
helping one to make the transition from students who have long been dependent on
direction from teachers, to lawyers who can work as independent and interdependent
professionals. The classes are based on the papers presented by the students where
they are made to do research-based study. Whereas, faculties play the role of catalyst
and helps in making students pro- active in their approach.

LECTURES CLINICAL APPROACH PARTICIPATION

INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
As
TIME WORK
per the academic calendar of the
School,MANAGEME
prominent legal experts are
frequently invited to give lectures to
studentsNTand faculties. Lecturers
generally focuses on issues of
interrelationship of societal changes
and law. KSL has introduced this
program in order to bridge the gap
between academic exercise in the
classroom and practical experience in
the field. Students have ample
opportunity to engage in discussions
and generate novel ideas through
participation in guest lectures. Scholars
and professors from abroad are also
invited to deliver lectures.
FIELD WORK & RESEARCHES
Clinical Approach is found to be the
most effective teaching method of
law in the present world. In this
approach students are envisaged
through simulation or participation
in actual case, to have chance of
learning experientially. KSL is
therefore establishing as many
clinical centers as possible to provide
working experiences for students.
Each clinical activity is fully
supervised by practicing lawyers.
Students are required to engage
themselves in research activities as a
part of regular curriculum.
SEMINARS & INTENSIVES
At Kathmandu School of Law,
regular seminar classes are
conducted in order to develop and
sharpen student's analytical abilities.
The subject matter of seminar
classes varies largely depending on
the contemporary problems and the
issues, but they do focus mainly on
current legal issues. Seminar classes
are conducted in Nepali and
English, and facilitated by both the
language and subject teacher. As
such, seminar classes also serve to
increase the proficiency of students
communication skills.
CLINICAL Kathmandu School of Law is committed towards
producing professional and skilled human

LEGAL resources through its systematic methods of

imparting students with knowledge, skill, art and
importantly the clinical approach of pedagogy

EDUCATION that focuses on engaged and experimental

knowledge. Thus, KSL runs a well-established
Clinical Legal Education (CLE) Program. The

PROGRAM
major objective of the CLE program can be
classified in two major approaches: client centric
and student centric. Under client centric
approach, KSL provides legal aid to the needy
people and weaker section of the society through
Criminal Justice Law Clinic. Following student centric approach, the CLE related programs run by KSL aims
to bridge the gap between the theoretical and practical knowledge and enhance the advocacy skill of the
students. Some of the activities conducted as a part of CLE includes:
✓ Street Law Program
✓ Traffic Volunteering Program
✓ Court Visits, Prison Visits, Sentencing System Appraisals and Prison Reforms Program
✓ Advocacy Service and Community Outreach and Rural Advocacy Service Program
✓ Professional Development Courses and Seminar
✓ Community Outreach Program
✓ Trial Advocacy Program

GLIMPSES OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

 The Master of Human Rights and Asia Pacific
Master’s
Democratization (Asia Pacific) (APMA-
formerly known as the MHRD) is hosted by
Mahidol University’s Institute of Human Rights

Program in
and Peace Studies (IHRP). The APMA
partnership with KSL has been running for nine
years and has graduated over 245 students

Arts
around the globe. The program aims to develop
the capacity of people working in the Asia
Pacific region to effectively promote awareness
of and encourage respect for human rights and
democratic principles, both across the region (Masters in Human Rights
and within their local communities. and Democratization)

Global Campus of Human Rights

Global
Campus of The Global Campus of Human Rights and Democratization is a global
Human network of over 100 Universities around the world. APMA is also a part
Rights of the network. The network is funded through the European Instrument
Asia-Pacific for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) enabled by the European
Commission.

The APMA represents the Asia Pacific region in this program of seven
regional Masters taking place across five continents. The University
partners are: Mahidol University’s Institute of Human Rights and Peace
Studies (Thailand), Ateneo de Manila Law School (Philippines), Universitas
Gadjah Mada (Indonesia), Kathmandu School of Law (Nepal) and The
University of Colombo, Centre for the Study of Human Rights (Sri Lanka).
 Himalayan
Field
School
Program
(University of Sydney,
Australia)

Himalayan Field School is a joint-venture academic course on ‘Law and Development’ conducted by
Kathmandu School of Law and University of Sydney, Australia. This program aims to acquaint students
from University of Sydney, regarding Nepalese Legal System, approaches to understand the complexity
of development, drawing on international law and Nepalese law, as well as on disciplines such as human
geography, environment and urban studies, peace and conflict studies, religion, history and politics. The
course also explores various critiques of development and range of inter-connected themes, such as
transition from conflict to peace after a Maoist insurgency, end of Monarchy and building new political
and legal system. In exploring the practice of development in Nepal, the course considers the protection
of socio-economic rights (including food, water, housing, and livelihoods), and the impact of
development projects on natural resources, human livelihoods, and environmental protection.

Student exchange
International
programs envisioned in
2004-05 AD at Student
Kathmandu School of
Law, provides unique Exchange
opportunities for,
broadening students’ Programs
horizon enhancing their
personal and academic development. It helps in
multicultural exchange and it is a unique learning
experience through travel and interaction. Students
exchange program provide opportunities for students to
observe and learn about the legal system of the respective
country during the exchange program.
MOOT COURT Kathmandu School of Law takes pride in the
continuous participation and successes of its

COMPETITIONS
students in international moot court
competitions such as Philip C. Jessup
International Law Moot Court Competition,
Henry Dunant Memorial International
AND Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition,
Red Cross Asia - Pacific International
Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition

ACHIEVEMENTS Concours Jean Pictet, Stetson International

Environmental Moot Court Competition and
Asia Cup Moot Court Competition.
This year, KSL was declared Runner-Up of the Regional Rounds of Henry Dunant Memorial International
Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition, 2019 and has qualified to participate in the Asia Pacific Rounds.
Similarly, KSL secured Soongsil Bronze Medal in the East Asian Regional Rounds of Stetson International
Environment Law Moot Court Competition, 2019 and the team will be participating in the international Rounds
of the competition that is to be held in Florida, USA. Kathmandu School of Law wins 4th Best Memorial among
best teams from the world at 11th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, 2019.

A team from KSL participated in the CLE Mock

The team from KSL became the winners in the 2nd
Bharat Raj Upreti Memorial Moot Court
Competition, 2019
Trial-2019, held by Chaing Mai University,
Thailand where it won the finals. Although it was
first time KSL participated in the Mock Trial event,
we have successfully left our mark on the
competition.
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“The Kathmandu Dialogue” is a 10-

day International Summer School
organized at Kathmandu, one as a
global event and a yearly event with an
idea to host young International Law
and Relations enthusiasts at the lap of the Himalayas where they can discuss, deliberate, debate and find
solutions for issues collectively and learn from internationally recognized faculties. It aims to bring together
students from around the world and provide them a platform to discuss the most pressing concerns of our
time.

The second edition of the Kathmandu Dialogue was organized in July this year on the theme ‘The Asian
Century-Understanding Geo-Economics and Geo-Politics in Asia’ at KSL Outreach Campus in Namobuddha,
Kavre. Over 50 delegates from 10 different countries participated in the second edition of the program.

Inaugural International Conference of Asian Association of Law

Professors (AALP) on Realizing Asian Century: Understanding
International Law and Governance was conducted on 9th-10th July,
2019. The conference formally launched AALP as a consortium of law
institutions and professors from around the world connected with Asia. The conference revitalized principles and
values of international law developed by the Asian civilization. It is believed to bring together institutions, scholars,
experts, researchers, young academicians and students by creating a stimulating experience for intellectual
opportunity, stimulation and exchange.
 ESDR Overview International Winter
ESDR, the Economic, Social and Development Rights Residential School on
International Winter Residential School is the longest
running flagship program of Kathmandu School of Law.
ESDR is an intense, demanding and immersive diploma
course of 21 days. The in-depth and extensive curriculum
Economic
Social and
is developed by experts in various aspects of socio-
economic and development rights, good governance,
business and human rights. In 2019, we bring to you the
14th edition of this winter residential school, giving
continuance to our long-standing objectives:
✓ To enhance ESDR as substantial and integral human
Development
rights
✓ To explore common ESDR issues in South Asia and
Asia Pacific Region Rights
✓ To propose feasible, consensual solutions to these
issues with an interdisciplinary, holistic and
pragmatic approach
✓ To present ESDR as a regional hub of law students,
faculties and human rights activists, that would be
beneficial for regional collaboration.

The past 13 editions of ESDR have been a learning and growing platform
even for Kathmandu School of Law. It has been a catalyst to bring
together number of law professors specializing in socio-economic rights.
In addition, experts working for the vulnerable groups to work on good
governance and rule of law-based approaches are also associated with
Growing
ESDR. Yearly participatory surveys have helped us identify the primary
focus area in Economic, Social and Development Rights in South Asia, Each
thus, enabling us to make ESDR more comprehensive and content-
specific each year. Feedbacks have also reiterated the significance of the
Winter Residential School. Each year we host students from various parts Year
of the world and their experience sharing have always been on a positive
note. We also follow up on our ESDR participants and their activities
post ESDR have been human-rights centric and empowering.
WHAT YOU WILL
ACHIEVE
ENGAGED CHALLENGED INFORMED

Work together in Test your boundaries, Make sense of the

groups; Develop your step out of your Economic, Social and
skills in projects and comfort zone by Development Rights
workshops designed by speaking on diverse with relation to other
the organizers issues different areas and
issues.

WHAT
MAKES
US
DIFFERENT

First of its kind, in the Internationally Regional Network of law

South Asian region and recognized faculty and faculties, experts, students
surrounding countries resource persons and human rights advocates

Gathering expertise on the Provides rich inputs to Proud to have partnered

issues of economic social the process of with international
and development rights transformation of the institutions and
and good governance Nepalese Society organizations over the years
 25 23
Male Female ESDR
2019 in
6 21
Countries Institutions Figures

31 35 2 4
Resource Panel
Lectures Discussion Group
Persons
Activities
 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
DAY 1
28th December 2019 12th Paush 2076 Saturday
Opening and Inauguration
Venue: KSL Outreach Campus
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Registration and Distribution of Program Materials
09:00 - 10:00
Briefing on Rules and Regulations of the Residential School
Inauguration and Introduction of Dignitaries - Master of Ceremony - Sachin Siwakoti
11:00 - 11:20
ESDR Documentary
Welcome and Highlights of Winter School - Prof. Yubaraj Sangroula, Executive Director,
11:20 - 11:35
Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
Key Note Speech - Dr. Chen Xiaochen, Director of International Studies, Chongyang Institute for
11:35 - 11:45
Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, China
11:45 - 11:55 Key Note Speech - Dr. Upma Gautam, USLLS, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India
11:55 - 12:05 Remarks by Special Guest - Hon’ble T.P. Sharma, Mayor, Namobuddha Municipality, Nepal
12:05 - 12:15 Book Launch by Chief Guest
12:15 - 12:25 Opening Address by Chief Guest - Hon’ble Jhala Nath Khanal, Former Prime Minister of Nepal
12:25 - 12:35 Vote of Thanks by Resident Professor - Dr. Amritha V. Shenoy, Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
12:35 - 12:55 Group Photograph
12:55 - 02:00 Lunch
Lecture 1: Introduction to Human Rights with special reference to
Economic, Social and Development Rights
i. What is human rights?
Prof. Yubaraj
04:30 - 06:30 ii. What are the foundational principles within it?
Sangroula
iii. What are Economic, Social and Development rights?
iv. Why is it essential to understand human rights from ESDR perspective in
relation to globalization and its consequential commercial implication?
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner

DAY 2
29th December 2019 13th Paush 2076 Sunday
Introducing Human Rights
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Lecture 2: Human Rights and Logic
i. How are human rights and logic related?
ii. How should we understand ‘valid inference’ or ‘general notion of
Prof. Yubaraj
08:30 - 10:30 truth’ with the concept of Human rights via logic?
Sangroula
iii. How do we ensure pragmatically logical realization of human rights via
the existing human rights mechanisms? (Both national and
international)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
Lecture 3: China’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction
i. Poverty is considered a global issue now. How can it be reduced?
11:00 - 01:00 Prof. Chen Xiaochen
ii. What are the steps taken by China to help in reduction of poverty
simultaneously with economic development?
01:00 - 02:30 Lunch
Lecture 4: Introduction to the Bill of Rights and Core Human Rights
Treaties
02:30 - 04:30 i. What is Bill of rights? Prof. Geeta Pathak
ii. What are the Core Human rights treaties and how can we briefly
identify with its substantial content?
 iii. Why are these treaties taken as ‘core treaties’?
04:30 - 05:00 Tea Break
Workshop 1: Human Rights Redressal Mechanisms
Prof. Geeta Pathak
i. What are human rights redressal mechanisms?
05:00 - 07:00 Assoc. Prof. Pradeep
ii. Are they effective?
Pathak
iii. What are the issues with regard to human rights enforcement?
07:00 Dinner

DAY 3
30th December 2019 14th Paush 2076 Monday
Researching Economic Social and Development Rights
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Asst. Prof. Upma
Lecture 5: Research - Significance
Gautam
09:00 - 11:00 i. How should we understand ‘research’?
Asst. Prof. Deeksha
ii. Why do we do research?
Bajpai
11:00 - 11:15 Break
Lecture 6: Research Methods - Doctrinal Method, Empirical Method
Asst. Prof. Upma
etc.
Gautam
11:15 - 01:00 i. How do we do research?
Asst. Prof. Deeksha
ii. What are the methods one can apply while doing research?
Bajpai
iii. How can we do research on human rights?
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 04:30 Research Exercise
04:30 - 05:00 Tea Break
05:00 - 07:00 Preparation of Research Reports
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner
Presentation 1: Research Presentation
08:00
Prof. Yubaraj Sangroula, Prof. Chen Xiaochen, Asst. Prof. Upma Gautam & Asst. Prof. Deeksha
Onwards
Bajpai

DAY 4
31st December 2019 15th Paush 2076 Tuesday
Human Rights and Democratisation
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Lecture 7: Understanding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -
China’s Vision and Future Prospects
i. What are the features of BRI?
08:30 - 10:30 ii. Is it revival of the trade by China as it was prominent during the silk Prof. Chen Xiaochen
route trade?
iii. How can it help in the development of trade partners (States,
business enterprises etc.)?
10:30 - 10:45 Break
Lecture 8: Philosophy vis - à - vis Human Rights (East v. West
Debate)
i. Is the philosophy of East different from that of the west?
ii. Is there a common philosophy of human rights?
iii. How are ‘human’ and the ‘right’ within human rights understood
in eastern and western societies?
iv. What does this dichotomy symbolize?
10:45 - 12:45 v. Why is this dichotomy significant, or is it not? Prof. Arun Gupto
vi. What are the contributions of both east and the west in
development of human rights?
vii. Should the modern form/understanding/structure of Human
rights be taken as a by - product of single civilizational
consciousness?
viii. Can the East v. West debate be situated within the human rights
v. investment debate?
12:45 - 02:00 Lunch
Lecture 9: Variance in Styles of Democracy in Asia
i. What is democracy?
Prof. Yubaraj
ii. Can there be an ‘universal’ categorization of values to be
02:00 - 03:30 Sangroula
inculcated within the ethos of democracy?
iii. Why is there a need to contextualize this concept?
iv. What are the varying styles of democracy in Asia?
03:30 - 04:00 Tea Break
Lecture 10: The Indivisibility of Human Rights: Breaking the
Generation Theory
i. Are human rights indivisible (civil, political and social, economic
and cultural rights)?
04:00 - 05:30 ii. What is generation theory? Prof. Geeta Pathak
iii. Is generation theory relevant?
iv. How and why breaking the generation theory is necessary?
v. Would breaking the generation theory help in interconnecting
human rights and investment?
05:30 - 07:00 Group Activity
07:00 Dinner

DAY 5
1st January 2020 16th Paush 2076 Wednesday
International Law and Development
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Lecture 11: Approaches to Development: Need based, Right Based
and Charity Based Approach Prof. Yubaraj
08:00 - 10:00 i. How development is viewed only from one angle? Sangroula
ii. What are the different approaches to development?
iii. Is development a right?
10:00 - 10:30 Break
Lecture 12: Depoliticisation on Myth and Manner of Foreign Help
from the lens of ESDR
i. What are the manifest forms and models of foreign investment? Assoc. Prof. Atindra
10:30 - 12:30
ii. Is donation a form of foreign investment? Dahal
iii. Are foreign investments being friendly and fruitful enough?
iv. Do politics or policy polarize investment?
12:30 - 02:30 Lunch
Lecture 13: An Introduction to Public International Law
i. What is public international law?
Asst. Prof. Amritha V.
02:30 - 04:30 ii. What are the fragments of public international law (brief
Shenoy
introduction to IHRL and International Investment law)?
iii. What is norm conflict?
04:30 - 05:00 Tea Break
05:00 - 07:00 Group Activity
07:00 Dinner

DAY 6
2nd January 2020 17th Paush 2076 Thursday
Investment | Dispute Settlement
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Lecture 14: BRICS and AIIB: How they are different to World Bank
and Asian Development Bank, and will they compete with WB and
ADB? Prof. Yubaraj
08:00 - 10:30
i. Are BRICS Bank and AIIB challenging World Bank and ADB? Sangroula
ii. Will they be able to compete with WB and ADB?
iii. What are the challenges before these new institutions?
10:30 - 10:45 Break
 Lecture 15: International Centre for Settlement of Investment
Disputes
i. What is International centre for settlement of investment disputes Asst. Prof. Mostafa
10:45 - 01:00
and how was it formed? Hosain
ii. What is ICSID’s procedure for settlement of dispute?
iii. How do we adjudge its role in settlement of investment dispute?
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
Lecture 16: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Model Investment
Treaty
i. Why investment is largely regulated by BITs?
ii. Are BITs a better solution than a multilateral treaty?
02:00 - 03:30 iii. How BITs can be improved to accommodate human rights within Asst. Prof. Raj Sandhu
them?
iv. What is a model investment treaty?
v. What is its requirement in investment law?
vi. How can a model treaty accommodate human rights?
03:30 - 03:45 Tea Break
03:45 - 06:00 Group Activity
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner

DAY 7
3rd January 2020 18th Paush 2076 Friday
SAARC Workshop
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Asst. Prof. Ravi Prakash
Vyas
Teaching Asst. Rubin
08:00 - 04:30 Workshop 2 : SAARC Workshop
Shrestha
Teaching Asst. Sachin
Siwakoti
Lecture 17: Rights of the indigenous people and the minorities -
Asian Perspective
05:00 - 07:00 Prof. Prakash KC
i. What are the international instruments of indigenous peoples?
ii. Protections available to indigenous people?
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner

DAY 8
4th January 2020 19th Paush 2076 Saturday
Foreign Investment and South Asian Integration
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Prof. Yubaraj Sangroula
- Chair
Panel 1: Economic Development in South Asia and Problems - From Prof. Md. Amir Rana
08:30 - 10:00
the Perspective of SAARC and Its Integration Problems. Asst. Prof. Raj Sandhu
Asst. Prof. Md. Mostafa
Hosain
10:00 - 10:30 Break
Lecture 18: What is International Investment Law?
10:30 - 01:00 i. What is ‘International investment’? Adv. Sijan Gurgauin
ii. What are the varying laws and procedures that govern it?
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
Lecture 19: History - Colonisation and Foreign Investment
i. What is foreign investment?
02:00 - 04:00 Adv. Anish Bastola
ii. What are the varying forms of foreign investment?
iii. How is Colonisation and foreign investment related?
04:00 - 04:30 Tea Break
 Lecture 20: Understanding Foreign Investment in the context of
Peace and Conflict
04:30 - 06:30 Prof. Md. Amir Rana
i. How does conflict affect foreign investment?
ii. Does foreign investment help post - conflict zones?
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner
DAY 9
5th January 2020 20th Paush 2076 Sunday
Sustainable Development Goals
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Lecture 21: Understanding Sustainable Development Goals
i. What are SDGs? Asst. Prof. Md.
08:30 - 10:00
ii. Are they effective? Mostafa Hosain
iii. How can SDGs be linked to Investment?
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 07:00 Study Break
07:00 - 08:00 Dinner

DAY 10
6th January 2020 21st Paush 2076 Monday
20 Annual Day Celebrations - Kathmandu School of Law
th

DAY 11
7th January 2020 22nd Paush 2076 Tuesday
Environment | Human Rights | Investment
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Lecture 22: Critical discourse on Himalayan Conservation policies Prof. Yubaraj
08:00 - 10:00
and practices in South Asia - China Sangroula
10:00 - 10:30 Tea Break
Lecture 23: Arbitration of Investment Disputes at National Level: Assoc. Prof. Anjan
10:30 - 12:30
Challenges and Prospects Kumar Dahal
12:30 - 02:30 Lunch
Lecture 24: Right to Environment, Sustainable Development and
Investment
i. How right to environment is violated by investors?
ii. Can sustainable development and investment go together?
02:30 - 04:30 Prof. Dipak Gyawali
iii. What are the case studies where gross human rights violations are
taking place due to investors?
iv. How did they escape their obligations?
v. What are the instances where they fulfilled their obligations?
Lecture 25: Human Rights in Challenging Sociopolitical
Environments
04:30 - 07:00 i. What are the problems faced in implementing human rights? Prof. Md. Amir Rana
ii. What are the social, political and economic factors that make it
difficult to implement human rights?
07:00 Dinner

DAY 12
8th January 2020 23rd Paush 2076 Wednesday
Business and Human Rights
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Lecture 26: Business and Human Rights
i. Are business enterprises bound by human rights standards?
Asst. Prof. Ravi
09:00 - 10:30 ii. What are the instruments that interlink business and human rights?
Prakash Vyas
iii. Is there a need for strong instruments to ensure accountability of
business enterprises?
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break
11:00 - 01:00 Lecture 27: Expropriation and Nationalisation Asst. Prof. Rachit
 i. What is expropriation and nationalisation? Murarka
ii. What are the cases in this regard?
iii.What are its advantages and disadvantages?
iv. Case Studies - Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Nuclear Power Plants, Iran
and Chile Copper etc.
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 07:00 Paper Writing Break
07:00 Dinner

DAY 13
9th January 2020 24th Paush 2076 Thursday
Third World Approaches to International Law | Treaty Negotiation
08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast
Lecture 28: TWAIL and the Changes in International Law
i. What is TWAIL?
Asst. Prof. Amritha V.
09:00 - 11:00 ii. What are its impact on international law and international
Shenoy
institutions?
iii. What are its impact on economic institutions?
Workshop 3: Treaty Negotiation
i. Is there a need to link business and human rights?
Asst. Prof. Yugichha
11:00 - 01:00 ii. What are the links already established?
Sangroula
iii. Is it possible to create a treaty on attributing responsibilities
to business enterprises (with regard to human rights)?
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
Asst. Prof. Yugichha
02:00 - 07:00 Treaty Negotiation - Continued
Sangroula
08:00 Dinner

DAY 14
10th January 2020 25th Paush 2076 Friday
Trekking to Namo Buddha

DAY 15
11th January 2020 26th Paush 2076 Saturday
Labour and Employment Rights | Protection of Indigenous Industries
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Prof. Yubaraj
08:30 - 10:30 Presentation 2: Group Presentations - Experience Sharing
Sangroula
10:30 - 10:45 Break
Lecture 29: Labour and Employment Rights and Investment
i. Are labour rights protected by foreign investors? Adv. Pratistha
10:45 - 12:45
ii. Does international investment law address the issue? Bhandari
iii. How can the issue of child labour be tackled?
12:45 - 01:45 Lunch
Lecture 30: Exceptions to foreign investment - protection of
indigenous industries: Anti - Dumping and Countervailing Measures
i. What are the exceptions to foreign investment (anti - dumping
01:45 - 03:45 Adv. Tilak Pandey
and countervailing measures)?
ii. How indigenous industries can be protected by being an
exception to foreign investment?
03:45 - 04:00 Tea Break
04:00 - 07:00 Study Break
07:00 Dinner

DAY 16
12th January 2020 27th Paush 2076 Sunday
WTO| Investment | Indigenous Peoples
 07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Lecture 31: Indigenous Peoples and Investment
i. Who are indigenous peoples?
08:30 - 10:30 Prof. Hongkong Rana
ii. Does foreign investment affect the rights of indigenous
peoples?
10:30 - 10:45 Break
Lecture 32: Interlinks between Trade law and Investment
Law
10:45 - 12:45 Prof. Kumar Ingnam
i. What are the WTO instruments dealing with Investment?
ii. How to link GATS, TRIPS, TRIMS and Investment?
12:45 - 01:45 Lunch
01:45 - 03:45 Movie related to ESDR 2019
03:45 - 04:00 Tea Break
04:00 - 07:00 Study Break
07:00 Dinner

DAY 17
13th January 2020 28th Paush 2076 Monday
Regional Organisations | Digital Economy
07:30 - 08:30 Breakfast
Prof. Yubaraj Sangroula
08:30 - 10:30 Presentation 3: Group Presentations Asst. Prof. Rachit Murarka
Teaching Asst. Sachin Siwakoti
10:30 - 10:45 Break
Panel 2: Regional Organisations and Investment
i. Can there be an Asian Regional Organisation? Assoc. Prof. Anjan Kumar
10:45 - 12:45 ii. Why is there diversity in regional organisations of Asia? Dahal
iii. How can the regional organisations help in Asst. Prof. Milan Dharel
interconnecting human rights and investment?
12:45 - 01:45 Lunch
Lecture 33: Repercussions of Investment in Digital
Economy on ESDR
01:45 - 03:45 i. How fast is the digitalized world moving forward? Adv. Prabin Subedi
ii. Does digital economy pose a challenging to implementing
human rights?
03:45 - 04:00 Tea Break
04:00 - 07:00 Paper Writing Break
07:00 Dinner

DAY 18
14th January 2020 29th Paush 2076 Tuesday
ESDR Conference
07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast
Successful applicants of ESDR will be provided a choice list of themes to write a paper on (generally
08:00 - 01:00
or specifically concerned with the 14th ESDR) and Best Papers will be presented on this day
01:00 - 02:00 Lunch
02:00 - 04:00 Paper Presentations
04:00 - 04:30 Tea Break
04:30 - 06:00 Local Cultural Program
07:00 Dinner

DAY 19
15th January 2020 1st Magh 2076 Wednesday
The Elocution Day
Breakfast
Lecture 34: Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia Adv Narayan Chaulagain
i. What is FDI? Assoc. Prof. Mukesh Dhungana
 ii. Advantages and disadvantages in the South Asian context
Extempore Elocution - Preliminaries
Lunch
Extempore Elocution - Semifinals
Tea Break
Local Cultural Program
Dinner
DAY 20
16th January 2020 2nd Magh 2076 Thursday
The Elocution Day
Breakfast
Lecture 35: Economic Social and Development Rights and
Prof. Mizanur Rahman
People Centric Governance
Lunch
Extempore Elocution - Finals
Alumni Elections and Future Planning’s
Dinner

DAY 21
17th January 2020 3rd Magh 2076 Friday
Closing Ceremony
06:30 - 07:30 Breakfast
08:00 Participants Check out from KSL Outreach Campus
10:00 - 12:30 Participants arrive at KSL - Socialization with KSL Students and Faculties
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch
01:30 Onward Closing Ceremony
05:00 Departure
 RESIDENT FACULTIES AND RESOURCE PERSONS

Prof. (Dr.) Yubaraj Sangroula is the Executive Director of Kathmandu School of Law. He is a former
Attorney General of Nepal has served the Government of Nepal as a Convenor of the High - Level
Taskforce Reforming the Security Agencies of Nepal. He is also a visiting professor of several
universities in South Asia and China. He is a recipient of several awards, including SAARC Law Scholar
Award in 2012 from Madhava Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy & Society of Indian Law Firms for
outstanding Contribution to the development of Legal Education in Nepal, and the Grand Forum of
the Most Honorable Jurist from Renmin University of China Law School, in 2014, for recognition of
his outstanding lecture on Asian Version of International and as an outstanding Asian legal academic.

Prof. (Dr.) Mizanur Rahman is the Professor and former Chairman of Law, University of Dhaka. He
is the former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Bangladesh. He is also a
pioneer in curriculum designing and introduction of Clinical Legal Education and Street Law in
Bangladesh. He has been acclaimed as one of the Best Human Rights educationists in Bangladesh and
he has received the ‘Best Law Teacher in South Asia’ Award in 2010. He is also the former consultant
to UNICEF, ILO, UNDP, The World Bank and other institutions.

Prof. Geeta Pathak is Professor of Law at Kathmandu School of Law and the Academic Coordinator
of Asia Pacific Master’s Program (APMA), which is a joint collaboration between Kathmandu School
of Law and other renowned universities in the region. She is Chair of Human Rights - Based Access to
Justice consortium. (HRBA2J). She has also served as Director of Centre for Legal Research and
Resource Development (CeLRRd). She is also regular coordinator of South Asian Teaching Session of
Humanitarian Law (SATS), which is a joint collaboration between ICRC and KSL. She has been
contributing as a resource person for the Embassies such as Denmark, Switzerland and Norway in
Nepal. Her research expertise is on Human Rights, Gender Justice and Humanitarian Law.

Prof. Prakash K.C is a prominent lawyer and is a legal advisor to many institutions and business
houses. He completed his LLM in Human Rights from The University of Hong Kong. Apart from
advocacy, he is currently involved in teaching at Kathmandu School of law, Purbanchal University. He
has served as a lecturer of Jurisprudence and Evidence Law at various colleges under Tribhuvan
University. He served as an Executive Board Member of Nepal Bar Association, Janakpur from 2000 -
2002 A.D, National President of Nepal Junior Chamber International in 2002 A.D and former
President of Center for Legal Research and Resource Development (CeLLRd).

Prof. Hong Kong Rana is currently serving as Academic In - charge of Kathmandu School of Law.
He has been involved in various programs and projects of the school. He was member of Steering
Committee, Peace Building through Promoting Value Based Discussion on Democracy
Constitutionalism and Peace ( May 2005 - Nov 2006), a project conducted by Kathmandu School of
Law in support of the Embassy of Denmark; he served as Consultant of the Conflict Management and
Humanitarian Law Short Term Training Course Development and Master’s Degree Curriculum
Development (January 2005 - July 2005), conducted by Centre for Legal Research and Resource
Development (CeLRRd) in support of the European Union.

Prof. (Dr.) Kumar Ingnam is a professor of law at Kathmandu School of Law. He is currently working
as LLM Convenor at the same institution. He completed his PhD. from Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan
University, Nepal. He also completed his LL.M in Commercial Law and M.A. in Political Science from
the same university. He is the former Principal in Kathmandu School of Law. He has been practicing
Law since 1984 and is teaching since 1990. During his teaching period in universities, he has published
several research articles and books in relation to WTO and International Trade Law.

Prof. Muhammad Amir Rana is the Director of Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). He has
previously worked as a journalist with various Urdu and English daily newspapers from 1996 until 2004.
He has also been affiliated with the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore as a visiting
fellow. He has delivered lectures at several universities and security institutes in Pakistan and abroad.
He has worked extensively on issues related to counter - terrorism, counter - extremism, and internal
and regional security and politics. He is also the editor of Pakistan Annual Security Report, PIPS’
English research journal ‘Conflict and Peace Studies’ and Urdu monthly magazine Tajziat.
Prof. (Dr.) Arun Gupto, is the founding member and principal of the Institute of Advanced
Communication, Education and Research, Kathmandu, Nepal. His areas of study are literary theory,
postcolonial studies and South Asian studies. His current research is on South Asian art and religion,
culminating in a documentary project entitled ‘The Art of the Lake’. He was awarded Ph. D. in English
Literature from Tribhuvan University, M.A. in English Literature from Drew University, Post - Grad
Diploma in French from University of Calcutta, India, in 1980, and B.A. in English and Political Science
from St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur, India in 1976.

Prof. Dipak Gyawali is currently ‘Pragya’ (Academician) of the Nepal Academy of Science and
Technology and Chair of the non - profit Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. He is a hydroelectric
power engineer (Moscow Energy Institute, 1979) and a political economist (University of California at
Berkeley under a Fulbright grant, 1986). He conducts interdisciplinary research on the interface between
technology and society primarily on water, energy, natural resources as well as ethics and philosophy,
from the perspectives of Cultural Theory. He was Nepal’s Minister of Water Resources in 2002/2003
during which period he chaired ex - officio the governing board of the Nepal Electricity Authority
(NEA) as well as the Water and Energy Commission.

Prof. (Dr.) Chen Xiaochen is the Director of International Studies Department and a researcher with
Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY) and visiting professor
at KSL. Graduating from Peking University in International Relations, he once served as a senior
journalist of comments at China Business News (CBN). He co - founded China Institute for Strategy
of CBN, then served as the Director Assistant of CBN Institute. He was appointed as Acting Deputy
Director in Oct. 2014. He joined Chongyang Institute in March 2015 where he is mainly responsible
for studies on global governance and the Land and Maritime Silk Road initiatives.

Mr. Anjan Kumar Dahal is Associate Professor at Kathmandu School of Law (KSL). He completed
Fellowship Diploma Course on "Conflict Management and Peacebuilding" and "Human Rights and
Good Governance” from Copenhagen. He works as legal advisor in many social and business
organizations and has provided legal support for the process of FDI to a number of foreign investors.
He is currently serving as President of Center for Legal Research and Resource Development
(CeLRRd). He is also member of the Advisory Committee on the Promotion of Foreign Direct
Investment formed by the Ministry of Industry, Government of Nepal.
Mr. Pradeep Pathak is Associate Professor of Kathmandu School of Law (KSL) and Coordinator of
the KSL Policy and Legal Research Center. He possesses experience of working in Center for Legal
Research and Resource Development, a national NGO, in different capacities which involved project
planning, designing, proposal and report writing, coordinating and supervising overall programs and
activities and leading the organization in thematic areas related to human rights, democracy, conflict
transformation, mass media and justice system. He led the Nepal Office in the project "Enhancing
Human Rights Protection in the Security Sector in the Asia Pacific" which was run in partnership with
the University of Sydney and Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the University of Colombo.

Mr. Mukesh Dhungana is Associate Professor at Kathmandu School of Law. He completed his
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the very institution. He serves as litigant on issues concerning
environment. He is further known for his dedication on research, publications and participation in both
national and international level conferences, seminars and workshops. He has been awarded with
various prestigious achievements, which includes Best Clinical Teacher Award from SAILS,
Bangladesh, Best Student award from Kathmandu school of Law and winner of IBA new member’s
competition.

Dr. Atindra Dahal is currently working in the capacity of Associate Professor at Kathmandu School
of law and has done PhD on Issues of Nation Building as continuous effort in pursuing higher
education after earning M. Phil. in English Literature & Philosophy, M.A. in English Literature and
Philosophy and M. A. in political science respectively. He has capaciously produced research based
academic writings. He delivers guest lectures in different areas of political psychology and
communication paradigms to academic and corporate practitioners and associates as well. He is also
the Editor of Kathmandu School of Law Review.

Dr. Deeksha Bajpai Tewari is an Assistant Professor at Department of Geography, Delhi University.
She completed her Ph.D. from Delhi University on the topic - ‘Social Impact Assessment of Slum
Resettlement in Delhi.’ She is a gold medalist from Delhi University for holding first rank in MA
(Geography) in 2000. She received All India Graduate Scholarship from 1992 - 95 and All India Post -
Graduate Scholarship from 1995 - 97. Her area of interest includes Impact Assessment, Displacement
Studies, Human Development, Social well - being, Gender and Development Studies.
Dr. Upma Gautam is currently working as Assistant Professor at University School of Law and Legal
Studies, GGSIPU since 2004. She has done her doctorate from University of Delhi and is gold medalist
in her LLB and LLM. She is also visiting faculty at Kathmandu School of Law (KSL), Indian Law
Institute, Delhi, CBI Academy and various other institution. Her papers have been published in various
national and international journals.

Dr. Raj Kumar Sandhu is a proud ESDR Alumnus of 2016 batch and he is working as Assistant
Professor in Law in the Department of Law at University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India
from 2011 onwards. He has done post - graduation in Law and Management from National Law
University, Jodhpur (2007 - 2010). He has completed BA - LL.B from the Department of Law, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2002 - 2007). He has also completed C.S (Professional) from the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi (2010). He pursued his Ph.D from Department
of Law, University of Jammu in the subject area “Competition Law in India: A Critical Study from
Developing Country Perspective”.

Mr. Md. Mostafa Hosain is Assistant Professor at School of Law, BRAC University. He completed
his LL.B from university of Dhaka Bangladesh and LL.M and MPhil in International Law from South
Asian University. He was awarded with SAARC Gold Medal for holding Distinction in LL.M class. He
has also completed one year Post Graduate Diploma in ‘International Law and Diplomacy’ from Indian
Academy of International law’. He is an advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. His area of
interest includes Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Law of the Sea and International
Humanitarian Law.

Mr. Milan Dharel is faculty member of Kathmandu School of Law and Masters in International
Cooperation and Development Program (Mid - Western University Nepal). He has been working as
civil society activist, leading NGO federation of Nepal and also a recognized researcher and policy
consultant in various policy process related to human rights and development cooperation in Nepal.
He is a graduate of Masters in Human Rights and Democratization (Asia Pacific) from University of
Sydney and Mass Communication and Journalism from Tribhuvan University of Nepal. He has also
accomplished several distance education programs on labor rights, international relation, terrorism and
human rights in global perspective.
Mr. Prabin Subedi is Assistant Professor at Kathmandu School of Law. He completed his Bachelor’s
degree from Kathmandu School of Law and LL.M in Information Communication Technology Law
from University of Oslo, Norway. He received National Award of ‘Nepal Bidhya Padak Ga’ 2014 from
President of Nepal, Kanoon Bachelor Gold Medal from Prime Minister of Nepal for being topper of
his university and Nepal Bar Council Award from Chief Justice of Nepal. He is a founding partner of
Paramount Legal Advisory Services and is a practicing lawyer representing many clients in all tier of
courts. He has taken the initiative and filed a number of pro bono Public Interest Litigation cases in
the Supreme Court of Nepal.

Dr. Amritha V. Shenoy has completed Ph.D. from Centre for International Legal Studies, School of
International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New - Delhi, India. Her Ph.D. thesis is titled
“International Law in Pre - Independent India: From Ancient Times till 1947”. She pursued M.Phil.
from the same institution in 2014. She is a gold medalist from Mahatma Gandhi University for first
rank in LL.B. in 2012. She has worked as a Research Associate in Centre for Comparative Law, National
Law University, New Delhi for the project ‘History of Indian Legal System’. Currently associated with
Kathmandu School of Law as an Assistant Professor, she teaches International Relations and Public
International Law at this very institution.
Ms. Yugichha Sangroula is holder of Advanced Masters (LLM) in International Humanitarian Law
and Human Rights, 2016 - 2017 from Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human
Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. She is 2016 Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Scholarship holder for pursuing
her advanced masters. She is also the recipient of 2015 Hulas Golcha Award for topping the Purbanchal
University in her Bachelors in Law which she pursued from Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. She is
also winner of various national and international moot court competitions and has published her papers
in various international journals.
Mr. Narayan Chaulagain is a founding member of Infinity & Partners, an emerging law firm in
commercial sector. He has experience of more than 15 years in the commercial law practice. He
completed his bachelor’s degree from Kathmandu School of Law and was also the University topper.
He was also the topper of Nepal Bar Council Examination. He has worked on a number of legal and
regulatory reform projects. He represents the clients before courts and tribunals especially in matters
related to contractual disputes and intellectual property matters. He specializes in studies on energy and
infrastructure projects, foreign investment and divestment.
Mr. Tilak Bikram Pandey is a practicing lawyer in the field of commercial law. He is also founding
member of a leading law firm, Pioneer Law Associates, Nepal. He has also worked on a number of legal
and regulatory reform projects. He has a practicing license of Advocate from Nepal Bar Council. He is
a team leader of the litigation and research department at his law firm. He specializes in labor law,
insurance law, tax law, aviation law, intellectual property law, and corporate and transaction advisory
services.

Mr. Rachit Murarka is currently an Assistant Professor in Kathmandu School of Law. He pursued
Ph.D. from Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He
pursued M.Phil and MA in Politics with specialization in International Relations from JNU, New Delhi.
He completed Bachelors in Commerce from the University of Delhi. He has various publications and
paper presentations to his credit. His latest paper is " Emerging Tech Entities and Innovation: Case of
Chinese Tech Companies " in ICS Analysis.

Mr. Ravi Prakash Vyas holds a Law degree from India and has a Master in Human Rights and
Democratization from University of Sydney, Australia on full scholarship from the European Union.
Currently he is working as Assistant Professor at Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. He takes classes
on the subject of Public International Law and Human Rights. He is also the Program Coordinator for
Asia Pacific Master’s Program jointly run by five Asian Universities. He is the Managing Editor of
Kathmandu School of Law Review. He is the Executive Director of Asian Association of Law
Professors (AALP) and Executive Council Member of the Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy.

Mr. Anish Bastola is Adjunct Faculty at Kathmandu School of Law. He holds LL.M. degree in
International Business Law from Central European University, Budapest. He is licensed as an Advocate
by Nepal Bar Council and is a member of High Court Bar Association, Patan. He specializes in
international business, finance law and dispute resolution and has experience in foreign investment,
taxation, M&A, project finance and dispute resolution. He is adept at legal issues relating to energy and
infrastructure, financial services, hospitality, and technology sectors.

Mr. Sijan Guragai is Adjunct Faculty at Kathmandu School of Law. He holds LL.M. degree from
George Washington University. He is licensed as an Advocate by the Nepal Bar Council and is a
member of the Nepal Bar Association. He specializes in international business law and has experience
in arbitration, banking, corporate litigation, foreign investment, and joint ventures.

Ms. Pratistha Bhandari is Adjunct Faculty at Kathmandu School of Law. She holds LL.M. degree in
Tax Law from National Law School of India University. She is an experienced Associate with a
demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry and is skilled in Dispute Resolution, Legal
Writing, Corporate Law, Original Research, and Legal Research.

Mr. Rubin Shrestha is Teaching Assistant at Kathmandu School of Law. He holds a Masters (LLM)
Degree in Criminal Law and Justice from the same institution. He was also involved with the different
government and student run organization related to legal services such as High Court Tulsipur - Butwal
Bench, Human Rights and Criminal Law and Justice Clinic, Nepalese Law Students' Association
(NeLSA), Amnesty International Nepal - Fusion Youth Network, under various positions. He is
involved with the Center for the Training of Trial Advocacy Professionalism as a Coordinator.

Mr. Sachin Siwakoti is Teaching Assistant at Kathmandu School of Law. He is currently pursuing his
Master’s degree in Business and International Trade Law from the very institution. He is also involved
as a coordinator of Centre for Philosophical and Juristic Discourse at KSL. He has the experience of
working in several research work including the ‘Review of Labour Act, 2074 and its compliance with
ILO standards’ for Ministry of Law, Justice and parliamentary affairs (2017 - 2018).

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Name
N.
1. Mr. Hridoy Sarkar
2. Mr. Md Jahidur Rahman
Mr. Md Moshiur
3.
Rahman
Mr. Shadi Mohammad
4.
Zisan
Mr. Abdul Mohaimin
5.
Majumder
6. Mr. Abu Saif Akil
Mr. Md. Moazzom
7.
Morshed
8. Mr. Md. Safiullah
9. Ms. Nadia Islam Nody
10. Mr. Amirul Islam
11. Ms. Sabrina Sayed
12. Ms. Anna Song
13. Ms. Han Jing
14. Ms. Yang Rui
15. Ms. Yu Ruixue
16. Ms. Malvika Sharma
17. Ms. Mehak Sachdeva
18. Ms. Rima Jain
19. Ms. Antara Chowdhury
20. Ms. Eluckiaa A
21. Mr. Ansh Agal
22. Ms. Priyal Dhandhukia
23. Mr. Sanchit Singh
24. Mr. Shivam Singh
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Political Science
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43. Ms. Chetna Pokharel Nepal Nepal Police Inspector pokhrelchetana999@gmail.com

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Officer
45. Mr. Ibrahim Mahmood Pakistan LUMS Bachelors 20090109@lums.edu.pk
Ms. Umaiya Zahid
46. Pakistan LUMS Bachelors 20090098@lums.edu.pk
Sheikh
Rippah International
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University
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Leopold
 ESDR 2019 - Organizing Committee

Prof. (Dr.) Yubaraj Sangroula Prof. Madhav Prasad Acharya Prof. Geeta Pathak
Program Chair Advisor Advisor

Prof. Hongkong Rana Prof. Prakash K.C. Prof. (Dr.) Kumar Ingnam Sudha K.C.
Advisor Advisor Advisor Administration Head

Ravi Prakash Vyas Amritha V. Shenoy Rubin Shrestha

Program Director Program Director Program Coordinator

Amrita Gautam Sachin Siwakoti Niraj Tamang Anusha Kharel

Program Officer Program Officer Administrative Officer Program Executive

Sudip Raj Ghimire Binda Kumari Thapa Pooja Silwal Sunita Gurung
Program Executive Program Executive Program Executive Asst. to Program Chair
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