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Surya Subedi

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Barrister & professor

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Surya Prasad Subedi is a British-Nepalese jurist. He is Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds, a member of the Institut de Droit International, and a barrister in London. He also is a visiting professor on the international human rights law programme of the University of Oxford. He served as the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia for six years (2009-2015). He also served for five years, starting in 2010, on an advisory group on human rights to the British Foreign Secretary. In 2021, he was appointed legal procedural advisor to the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature held in Marseille, France. He has written a number of works on the theory and practice of international law and human rights and acted as a counsel in a number of cases before the international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice. In 2022, he was appointed to the list of arbitrators under a post-Brexit free-trade treaty between the United Kingdom and the European Union - the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).

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Born
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Place of birth
Nepal wd
Citizenship
Nepal, United Kingdom wd
Occupation
jurist, lawyer, scientist, university teacher, diplomat, barrister wd
Education
University of Oxford wd

Awards wd

  • Honorary King's Counsel (2017)

Questions

When was Surya Subedi born?
Surya Subedi was born on 23 January 1958 in Nepal.
Where did Surya Subedi study?
Surya Subedi was educated at University of Oxford.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Surya Subedi · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q2368757 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Professor Surya Subedi (5226610150).jpg by Foreign and Commonwealth Office (OGL v1.0)

Last updated · facts checked 13 November 2026

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