Mr Ravi Prakash Vyas
Ravi Prakash Vyas is a lecturer at the University of Sydney law school, where he teaches public international law and foundations of law. Ravi’s current research focuses on China and India’s approach to international peace & security, United Nations, and use of technology (artificial intelligence) in human rights education. Ravi is an elected governing council member at the Global Campus of Human Rights.
International law
International human rights law
International peace and security
United Nations
Business and human rights
Artificial intelligence and human rights
Public International law
Foundations of Law
Innovating Human Rights Education through Technology in Asia-Pacific (2024-2027)
Elected Governing Council Member – Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy (GCHR)– 2019-2023 & 2023 – present
Governing Board Member – The Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia, Korea (DILA)– January 2022 – present
Member – Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Australia & New Zealand (ANZSIL)
Former Governing Council Member – 2022-23 and 2023-24
Walter Reid Scholar, 2024 - the University of Sydney Law School for exchange semester at the Harvard Law School.
W. A. Cooke, Jane Cooke, and Alfred Godfrey Scholar, 2023 & 2024 - the University of Sydney Law School for PhD.
Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS), 2023 & 2024 - the University of Sydney Law School.
People's Choice Award - 3MT Competition, 2023 - The University of School of Law School and the Faculty of Law, University of Technology joint “3 Minute Thesis” heats.
Appointed Amicus Curiae in 2013 by the Supreme Court of India to assist in understanding the law concerning the NDPS Act, 1985 in State of Himachal Pradesh v Sunil Kumar (2014) 4 SCC 780.
Asia Pacific Week Scholarship, 2012 - Australian National University, Canberra.
Master of Human Rights and Democratisation Scholarship, 2011 - European Union through the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) administered by - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the University of Sydney.
Publications
Books
- Vyas, R. (2021). Existing Legal Framework of Business and Human Rights in Nepal. Bhaktapur, Nepal: Kathmandu School of Law.
- Vyas, R., Siwakoti, S. (2021). Exploring Asia: Concepts and Context. Kathmandu: Lex & Juris Publications.
Book Chapters
- Vyas, R., Kanel, P., Kharel, A. (2024). The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level in Nepal. In C. Heyns, F. J. Viljoen, & R. Murray (Eds.), The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level: Twenty Years On, (pp. 749-822). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Nijhoff. [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Kanel, P. (2023). State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law – Nepal. In Seokwoo Lee and Hee Eun Lee (Eds.), Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 27 (2021), (pp. 272-285). Singapore: Brill. [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Siwakoti, S. (2021). Cosmopolitanism in International Affairs: Exploring Selective Asian Practices and Principled Paradoxes. In Vyas, Ravi Prakash & Siwakoti, Sachin (Eds.), Exploring Asia: Concepts and Context, (pp. 70-78). Kathmandu: Lex & Juris Publications.
Journals
- Cumbrera Conde, I., Li, Y., Vyas, R. (2024). Global Companies and China’s Data Privacy Laws: Analysing DIDI'S Case and Regulatory Compliance Implications. Chinese Journal of Transnational Law, 0(0). [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Hayes, M., Savirani, A., Kanel, P. (2020). Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2019: Prospects turned into plights. Global Campus Human Rights Journal, 4(1), 263-280. [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Hayes, M., Kurniawan, N., Bayo, L. (2019). Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2018: Could it have been worse? Mixed messages for democracy and human rights in the Asia Pacific. Global Campus Human Rights Journal, 3(2), 337-353. [More Information]
Reference Works
- Vyas, R. (2024). Human Rights Impact Assessment. In Christina Binder, Manfred Nowak, Jane A Hofbauer, and Philipp Janig (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. (pp. 465-473). Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. [More Information]
Other
- Kanel, P., Vyas, R., Murphy, T. (2022), Introducing Curated #3: Digital Technologies and Human Rights. [More Information]
- Vyas, R. (2020), COVID-19 Opportunities for Asian Inter-and Intra-Regional Integration. [More Information]
Research Reports
- Vyas, R. (2020). Strategic Roadmap for Nepal: Integrating United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights into Domestic Law, Italy: Global Campus of Human Rights. [More Information]
2024
- Cumbrera Conde, I., Li, Y., Vyas, R. (2024). Global Companies and China’s Data Privacy Laws: Analysing DIDI'S Case and Regulatory Compliance Implications. Chinese Journal of Transnational Law, 0(0). [More Information]
- Vyas, R. (2024). Human Rights Impact Assessment. In Christina Binder, Manfred Nowak, Jane A Hofbauer, and Philipp Janig (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. (pp. 465-473). Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar. [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Kanel, P., Kharel, A. (2024). The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level in Nepal. In C. Heyns, F. J. Viljoen, & R. Murray (Eds.), The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level: Twenty Years On, (pp. 749-822). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Nijhoff. [More Information]
2023
- Vyas, R., Kanel, P. (2023). State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law – Nepal. In Seokwoo Lee and Hee Eun Lee (Eds.), Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 27 (2021), (pp. 272-285). Singapore: Brill. [More Information]
2022
- Kanel, P., Vyas, R., Murphy, T. (2022), Introducing Curated #3: Digital Technologies and Human Rights. [More Information]
2021
- Vyas, R., Siwakoti, S. (2021). Cosmopolitanism in International Affairs: Exploring Selective Asian Practices and Principled Paradoxes. In Vyas, Ravi Prakash & Siwakoti, Sachin (Eds.), Exploring Asia: Concepts and Context, (pp. 70-78). Kathmandu: Lex & Juris Publications.
- Vyas, R. (2021). Existing Legal Framework of Business and Human Rights in Nepal. Bhaktapur, Nepal: Kathmandu School of Law.
- Vyas, R., Siwakoti, S. (2021). Exploring Asia: Concepts and Context. Kathmandu: Lex & Juris Publications.
2020
- Vyas, R. (2020), COVID-19 Opportunities for Asian Inter-and Intra-Regional Integration. [More Information]
- Vyas, R., Hayes, M., Savirani, A., Kanel, P. (2020). Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2019: Prospects turned into plights. Global Campus Human Rights Journal, 4(1), 263-280. [More Information]
- Shenoy, A., Vyas, R., Murarka, R. (2020). State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law – Nepal. In Seokwoo Lee and Hee Eun Lee (Eds.), Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 24 (2018), (pp. 398-410). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. [More Information]
2019
- Vyas, R., Hayes, M., Kurniawan, N., Bayo, L. (2019). Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2018: Could it have been worse? Mixed messages for democracy and human rights in the Asia Pacific. Global Campus Human Rights Journal, 3(2), 337-353. [More Information]
2018
- Vyas, R., Siwakoti, S. (2018). Selected regional developments in human rights and democratisation in the Asia Pacific during 2017: “Diverse region with divergent stance”. Global Campus Human Rights Journal, 2(1), 174-192. [More Information]
2014
- Vyas, R., Sangroula, Y. (2014). Rooftop of the World, Sandwiched between Two Rising Powers: A Critical Study on Nepal’s Foreign Policies. The Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 13(2), 242-263. [More Information]