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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).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"23 January 1958","date":"1958-01-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"},{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"scientist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"barrister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808967"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Oxford","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34433"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Honorary King's Counsel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138905570","date":"2017-02-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Subedi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Surya Subedi born?","a":"Surya Subedi was born on 23 January 1958 in Nepal."},{"q":"Where did Surya Subedi study?","a":"Surya Subedi was educated at University of Oxford."}],"related":[{"name":"Ram Chandra Mandal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-chandra-mandal"},{"name":"Upendra Mahato","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/upendra-mahato-q67912160"},{"name":"Onsari Gharti Magar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/onsari-gharti-magar"},{"name":"Arjun Bahadur Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arjun-bahadur-thapa"},{"name":"Chautariya Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chautariya-pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jigme-dorje-palbar-bista"},{"name":"Kamal Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kamal-thapa"},{"name":"Krishna Bahadur Mahara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-bahadur-mahara"},{"name":"Prince Bahadur Shah of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-bahadur-shah-of-nepal"},{"name":"Pushpa Lal Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushpa-lal-shrestha"},{"name":"Barsaman Pun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barsaman-pun"},{"name":"Bhumika Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhumika-shrestha"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/surya-subedi-90a2599209.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"OGL v1.0","credit":"Foreign and Commonwealth Office","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Surya_Subedi_(5226610150).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Surya Subedi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surya_Subedi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q2368757","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2368757","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Professor Surya Subedi (5226610150).jpg by Foreign and Commonwealth Office (OGL v1.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Professor_Surya_Subedi_(5226610150).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Surya Subedi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Professor Surya Subedi (5226610150).jpg — Foreign and Commonwealth Office, OGL v1.0.","cite":"\"Surya Subedi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/surya-subedi. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-18T02:10:49Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/surya-subedi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/surya-subedi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/surya-subedi?lang=ne"}}