Ms. J. Selvaras

Masters in Law LL.M (International Law) South Asian University, New Delhi, India Post Graduate Diploma in International Law and Diplomacy The Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, India Postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management Institute of Human Resource Advancement – University of Colombo Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) (Hons.) Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Senior Lecturer (Gr.II)

Legal Studies

Environmental Law, Public International Law

Environmental Law, Pubic International law, Gender Law, Social Justice, Open and Distance Learning

Academic Coordinator and Chief Examiner to Public
International Law (LLU5712) , Environmental Law (LLU5811),
Environmental Law (LLP9501)
Academic Coordinator to Art of Advocacy
Chief Examiner to Family Law, Understanding of Law
Chief Examiner to International Criminal Law and International
Humanitarian Law

  1. Co authored a full paper titled ‘ Human Rights Based Approach to Regulate the Content of Social Media – The Sri Lankan Experience’ , Contours of Freedom of Speech and Expression, published by Bloomsbury India, 2024
  2. A Chapter of State Volume on ‘State Responsibility’ in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (EPILA) , Brill – Nijhoff,2021

– Full paper titled , ‘Technology Usage for Teaching and Learning Law in Open and Distance Learning – a Sri Lankan Perspective’, published by Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, Emerald Publishing Limited,UK, 2020

– Co authored a full paper titled ‘Legal Education for the Non-law Community – A Case Study of a Short Course Offered to Immigration Officers’ ,presented at the National Law Teachers Conference – 2021, Organized by the Standing Committee on Legal Studies, University Grants Commission

– Full paper titled , ‘ Status of Transgender as  Gender and Sexual Minorities in Sri Lanka – A Comparative Legal Analysis of South Asian countries under International Law’ , published by International Symposium on Gender Equity and Equality with the support of UNESCO ,November 30, 2018 in Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

– Co authored an abstract titled ‘Fostering teamwork, advocacy and empathy among law graduates – lessons from an environmental law group project’, presented at the National Law Teachers Conference – 2021, Organized by the Standing Committee on Legal Studies,University Grants Commission- Co authored a n abstract titled ‘Legal

Education for the Non-law Community – A Case Study of a Short Course Offered to Immigration Officers’ , presented at theNational Law Teachers Conference – 2021,Organized by the Standing Committee on Legal Studies, University Grants Commission

– Abstract titled, ‘INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS IN TO BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES- AN APPRAISAL ON SOUTH ASIA WITH SPECIAL REFERNCE TO SDGs’, Published by The Young Researchers’ South Asian Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals,6-8 October 2016, New Delhi, India

 

– Abstract titled, ‘INCORPORATINGENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN TO THE BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES OF SOUTH

ASIAN COUNTRIES’, Published by the Korea Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law, 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Seoul, Korea, 25-26 August,2017

– Abstract titled, ‘ FULL PROTECTION AND SECURITY CLAUSE IN THE BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES OF SOUTH ASIA’, Published by 14th Asian Law Institute and University of Philippines, College of Law, Manila, Philippines, 18-19 May 2017

– Abstract titled , ‘ Status of Transgender as Gender and Sexual Minorities in Sri Lanka – A Comparative Legal Analysis of South Asian countries under International Law’, published by International Symposium on Gender Equity and Equality with the support of UNESCO November 30, 2017 in Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

– Abstract titled , ‘The Legislator becomes the transgression”- An appraisal of the Predicament of the Up country Tamils’ Published by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies at the conference on Upcountry Tamils : Charting a new future on 2nd and 3rd August 2017.