Name – Dr. BPA Amarasinghe
Designation – Lecturer (Unconfirmed)
Department – Department of International Law
Qualifications
Teaching Areas
Publications
Research Interests
Awards and Grants
Other
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Institute of Law, Politics and Development, Sant Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
- MA (International Relations in Eurasia), Higher School of Economics, Moscow
- Master of Laws (LL.M, (International Law), South Asian University, New Delhi
- Bachelor of Laws (LL. B), Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
Teaching Areas
- Legal Philosophy
- Public International Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Space Law
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- International Relations
- Human Rights Law
Publications
Edited Book
- “Thirty Years Looking Back: Human Rights, State Building and the Rule of Law in the Post-Soviet Space (Co edited with Lucia Leontiev) Routledge (Human Rights Series)
Book Chapters
- “Creating Universal Basic Income as a Right: Indian Perspective” (co-authored with Sanjay Rajhans, Critical perspective of constitutional approach to poverty reduction, Emmanuel Rossi, Elena Vivaldi eds. (il Mulino, Rome, 2020) 178-202.
https://www.mulino.it/isbn/9788815285744 - “Deconstructing Swaraj as Mahatma Gandhi’s Anarchic Vision”, Gandhi After Gandhi, Maria Cosolaro ed. (London, Routledge Publisher) 2022
- “All the roads are leading to Beijing: Politics, Power and Profits of the Roads”, “Archeology of Roads” Tuna Kalayci ed. (Philadelphia, Philadelphia University Press)
- “Paradise Lost: Impacts of Ethnic Nationalism in Sri Lanka towards the Tamil Secessionist Movement”, Territory Politics and Secession, ed: Martin Belov (Palgrave Publication).pp.56-69.
- “ Children of Kuveni: The derogated status of Vedda community in Sri Lanka”, Wrteched of the Globe, Thamil Anandanayagam ed( Springer, 2023)
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
- Class of Soft Power in Sri Lanka: China Vs India’s view of a Buddhist Foreign Policy, Sri Lanka Defence Review, Vol 5, (2023)
- A Critical Assessment of the RAW Activities of Sri Lanka and its future Challenges, Pakistan Journal of International Affairs, Vol.6, No.2, (2023)
- Thucydidian reality in Sri Lanka: The Case of Yuwan Wang 5, New Zealand International Review, Vol.48, No.1, (2023)
- The Constitution in the Shadow of a Gun: Historical and Legal Views on Myanmar’s Coup D’etat”, Torun International Studies, No.1, 14, (2021)
- “Effects of Buddhist Cosmological Narratives on making a Hybrid Statehood in Myanmar and Sri Lanka”, Pakistan Horizon, Vol.4, 2022
- “Melian Dialogue syndrome in the Indian ocean: A critical appraisal of Sri Lanka’s small state dilemma in the context of Indo-Sino rivalry”. Open Military Studies, Vol.1, No.2. (2021)
- “The depiction of Orthodoxy in the Post-Soviet space: How Putin uses church in his anti-Western campaign” Slovakian Journal of International Relations, Vol.18, No.4. (2020)
- “Addressing the imperial promise of protection in the 19th century international law: The case of the Kandyan kingdom in Sri Lanka”, SOAS Law Journal, Vol.7, No.41. (2020)
- “Tracing the Civilizational Influence in the Construction of Chinese and Russian Approaches to International Law” Tourun International Studies, Copernicus University Press, Poland, 1(13), 5-21. 2020
- “Evaluating the Jurisprudential Wisdom of Judge C.G Weeramantry at ICJ as an echoing voice of Global South” Musamus Law Review, Musamus University, Indonesia, 2 (2),66- 75.2020
- “Agamben’s Two Missing Factors: Understanding State of Emergency through Colonialism and Racial Doctrine” Open Political Science, De Gruyter, Germany, 273, 2020
- “The Gentle Mask for the Oppressor: Examining the Colonial Roots of International Law”, Kazan Journal of International Law, Russia, 2019
- “Legal and Moral Defects of the Concept of Nuclear Deterrence” Revista Romana Studii Eurasiticae, 1:2 ,191-203, 2019
- “Re Assessing the Depth of State and International Law in Soviet Ideology” Studie Europene, No14, Moldova, 2019
- “Austrian Minds: Examining how Vienna Circle influenced Hans Kelsen”, co-authored with Anastasia Glazova, Sir John Kotalawala Defense University, Sri Lanka, 2018
- “Pirates of the Arabian Sea: Somali Pirates in the High Seas and it’s Challenges upon International Maritime Security”, Sir John Kotalwala Defense University, Sri Lanka, 2018
- “Curse of Flying Death and Dilemma of Law” Challenges of IHL before Drone Attacks, Sir John Kotalawala Defense University, Sri Lanka, 2017
- “Contribution of Thomas Aquinas to Natural Law “, Krishansa Journal, Department of Western Classics and Christian Culture, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, (2017, September)
- “Decisive Role of Roman Law in Development of International Law”, Sir John Kotalawala Defense University, E-Repositary, (2017, August)
Book Reviews
- “The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics edited by Paulo Alfonso, B.Durate, Fransico Jose, E.M. Galan, Political Studies Review, Vol.5, 1 (2023)
- “ Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday Massacre: Lessons for the International Community” by Rohan Gunaratne, Defense Studies , 2023
- “Buddhist Apparoch to International Relations by William J Long, Religious Studies Review, Vol.3, 1 (2023)
- “To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth: Legal Imagination and International Power 1300-1870 by Marti Koskenniemi, Asian Journal of International Law, Vol.1, (2023)
- “Kautilya and Non-Western IR Theory by Deepshikha Shahi” review was published in International Affairs, Vol 96, Issue 4, Oxford University Press, 2020 (July)
- “Jean Berlie (Ed.), China’s Globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative. (London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) review was published by China Report, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 2020 (August)
- “Islamic Law of the Sea: Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought, by Hassan S. Khalilieh, International Journal of Coastal and Maritime Law, Brill Publishers, 2020.09.07
- “China’s Power in Africa: A new global order by Olawiwola Abergunrin and Charity Manyeruke, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Springer Nature,
- “Berlusconi: ‘the Diplomat’ Populism and Foreign Policy in Italy by Emidio Diodato, Federico Niglia, Italian Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- “The United States, Russia and Nuclear Peace by Stephan J Cimbala, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Tayler and Francis,
- “From Slaves to Prisoners of War: The Ottoman Empire, Russia and International Law by Will Smiley, Slavic Review, Cambridge University Press,
- Buddhism & Political Theory by Matthew J Moore, Religious Studies Review, Vol.46, Issue 4, Willy Publishers,
- Sri Lanka, Human Rights and the United Nations: A Scrutiny into the International Human Rights Engagement with a Third World State, Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan, Israel Law Review, Cambridge University Press,
- A Short History of Sino-Soviet Relations, edited by Zhihua Shen, International Affairs, Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World, edited by Gilian McNaughton and Diane Frey, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Taylor and Francis,
Participation
- 2019 January “India and League of Nations: Non-European entry into International Law” was presented at the conference titled “Legacy of League of Nations “organized by Leister University, School of Law, Leister, UK
- 2019 February “Understanding Pyrrho’s Skepticism parallel to Madhyamika Buddhism “presented at the conference on Doubt and Religion organized by Faculty of Theology at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- 2019 March “Amalgamation of Customary Norms and Written Codifications: Examining the legal reforms of Solon in ancient Athens” presented at an anchoring innovation workshop organized by Faculty of Classics at University of Amsterdam,
- 2019 April “A Critical Analysis of the political participation of Sri Lankan Tamil community in Canada “presented at conference titled “Democratizing Displacement “organized by Refugee Studies Center at University of Oxford,
- 2019 May “Apotheosis of Constitutional Identity against Regionalism: Emerging trend of Populist Constitutionalism in Europe” presented at Erasmus Legal Week organized by Faculty of Law, Sofia University,
- 2019 June “Assessing the Formation of New Ukrainian Church as Manifestation of Political Sovereignty” Council for European Studies, Madrid, Spain
- 2019 June “Taming desires through practicing desires: Examining the role of Karmamudra as a technique embodying the sexuality in Vajrayana Buddhism” presented at a conference organized by department of gender studies and medieval studies at Central European University, Budapest,
- 2019 October “Cicero and Stoic Contribution to the idea of Natural Law” was presented at Antiquitas Viva at University of Latvia in Riga.
- 2019 November “Silk Route; Path of Ideas “was presented at the conference titled “Archeology of Roads “Faculty of History, Florence University.
- 2019 December “Deconstructing Swaraj as Gandhian project of Anarchism” was presented at conference dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in Turin University.
- 2016 A research paper under the title of “St. Thomas Aquinas’ contribution to the development of Natural Law was presented at the Department of Christian Culture, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in first International Conference on Theology on 3rd of July
- 2016 “Path to Liberation-Buddhist ideology towards Human Rights” was presented at academic symposium organized by Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo in 2016, October along with Dr. Kokila Konasinghe
- 2015 “Greek Roman Concept on Rights” was presented at the annual research symposium at Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
Research Interests
- TWAIL
- History of International Law
- Theories of International Relations
- Geopolitics of IOR
- Religion and Constitutional making
Awards and Grants
- SARRC merit scholarship to study LL.M in Public International Law at South Asian University, New Delhi, India (2015 – 2017)
- Scholarship of Russian Government Quota System to read MA in International Law at Faculty of Law, Department of Public International Law, National Research University, Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia in 2017
- Full Scholarship (Tuition fee waiver and monthly allowance) to read PhD at Institute of Law and Politics, Sant Anna School for Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy (2018 – 2021)
- Partially Funded Visiting fellowship at Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019
- Fully Funded research fellowship, Center for Global Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2020
- Fully Funded Visiting Fellowship at Sciences PO law school in Paris, 2021
- Summer Fellowship at Department of Public Policy, Central European University, Budapest, 2019
- University Colours Award Winner for Rowing in Year 2013, University of Colombo
- Award for best oral submission for the Administartive Law Moot organized by Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
- E Weerasuriya prize for Best Orator’s award at the Royal College Prize Giving, 2009
Other
- Joint Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
- Life member of Indian Society for International Law