Law, Environment and Development Centre

Dr Sujith Koonan

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Roles
Law, Environment and Development Centre Member
Qualifications
LLB, LLM (CUSAT), MPhil (JNU), PhD (SOAS University of London)

Biography

Sujith Koonan is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He completed his doctoral research on ‘The Right to Sanitation in India: A Multi-Faceted Right in Search of a Comprehensive Framework’ in 2018. He is a Member, Editorial Board of the Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD)—a joint publication of SOAS–University of London and International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC), Geneva.

His main areas of interest are Environmental Law, Water and Sanitation, Law and Natural Resources, Human Rights, International Law and Agro-biodiversity. He has co-edited two books—Water Law in India: An Introduction to Legal Instruments (Oxford University Press, 2nd edn. 2017) [with P. Cullet] and Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 2019) [with P. Cullet and L. Bhullar]. His forthcoming publications include Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2019) [with P. Cullet]. His publications can be accessed at: http://ielrc.org/about_ koonan.php

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