Surya Subedi

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Surya Subedi

Biographical note

In response to the increase in terrorist activities worldwide, including the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in America, an attempt has been made within the UN to negotiate a comprehensive convention on international terrorism with a view to criminalizing and punishing terrorist activities. However, owing to differences of opinion among States with regard to a number of provisions of the draft comprehensive convention, including the definition of the term `terrorism', the UN has not as yet been able to conclude the comprehensive convention on international terrorism. How are States and the UN responding to international terrorism? What are the main differences among States with regard to the definition of the term `terrorism'? What could be the way forward in this respect? These are among the questions that Professor Surya Subedi will explore at his lecture.

Dr. Surya Subedi is originally from Nepal and is at present a Professor of International Law and Director of Research at Middlesex University, London, a Visiting Professor at the Department of Law, SOAS, University of London, and General Editor of the Asian Yearbook of International Law. He holds his first degree in Law from Tribhuvan University, an LLM. with Distinction from the University of Hull and a D.Phil. in International Law from the University of Oxford. He also has taught international law in The Hague, New York and Sweden. He has authored and edited four books and a large number of articles in prestigious international law journals. Professor Subedi is currently in Suriname to teach in the Cycle of Studies in International Relations at our institute.