Drawing on the personal experience of a leading international jurist, this book provides insights into the workings of international law and human rights from a global perspective that transcends the traditional divide between the West and the East, and the Global South and Global North.

Surya P. Subedi QC is Professor of International Law at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Barrister at Three Stone Chambers, Lincoln's Inn, London. He has served as the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, as an adviser on human rights to the British foreign secretary, and as legal procedural adviser to the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. He holds a DPhil and a DCL from the University of Oxford. He was elected to the Institut de Droit International in 2011. He has acted as a counsel in several cases before the International Court of Justice.

Abstract

Dedication

Photo of the author

Foreword

Preface

Table of Plates

Chapter 1: The Himalayan Life: From Rebel Leader to Royal Adviser

Chapter 2: The Oxford Years and the Triple Gains

Chapter 3: Life as A Global Citizen in Global Britain

Chapter 4: Contribution to Democracy and Human Rights in Cambodia

Chapter 5: Contribution to Democracy and Human Rights in Nepal

Chapter 6: Candidate for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Chapter 7: Extending the Frontiers of Knowledge in Human Rights

Chapter 8: The Future of Human Rights

Chapter 9: Reflections on My Journey

Appendix: List of My Publications

Index