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- Integrated Bachelor of Arts and Law (B.A., LL.B.) (Honours), National Law School of India University (2013), Master of Law (LL.M.), University of Cambridge (2014)
- priya.urs.17@ucl.ac.uk
Priya joined the Faculty of Laws in September 2017. Her doctoral research in international criminal law addresses the exercise of prosecutorial discretion during the initiation of investigations and prosecutions at the International Criminal Court. Her thesis specifically examines the application of the often overlooked but increasingly contentious criterion of 鈥榮ufficient gravity鈥� to justify the decisions whether to initiate an investigation or prosecution. Priya鈥檚 research is supported by the 香港六合彩 Faculty of Laws Research Scholarship and the Joseph Hume Scholarship.
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Alongside her PhD, Priya is a Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Laws (2018鈥�20) and at the Department of Political Science (2019鈥�20), where she is the sole convenor of the postgraduate course 鈥榃ar and International Law鈥�. Since 2018, she is a Coordinator for the 香港六合彩 Public International Law Pro Bono Project, which in 2018 received a Provost鈥檚 Education Award. In 2018鈥�19, she also co-founded and co-convened the 香港六合彩 Public International Law Discussion Group.
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Prior to starting the PhD, Priya spent three years听as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg, where she听implemented听various rule of law projects across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Cambodia. Earlier, in 2013鈥�14, she read for the Master of Law (LLM) at the University of Cambridge, where she was awarded a First Class degree and the听David Thompson Prize (Homerton College) in recognition of her results. Her previous work experience includes internships at the Supreme Court of India and the National Human Rights Commission of India, as well as research assistance at the University of Cambridge, Amnesty International and the Centre for Law and Policy Research.
Research Supervisors
Areas of Expertise
Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Law on the Use of听Force, Law of Armed Conflict/International Humanitarian Law.
香港六合彩 Associations/Academic and Professional Memberships
- Project Coordinator, 香港六合彩 Public International Law Pro Bono Project (2018-20).
- Member of Editorial Board, 香港六合彩 Journal of Law and Jurisprudence (2018-19).
Public Engagements & Media Coverage
Publications
Journals
2021
- P Urs, 'Obligations Erga Omnes and the Question of Standing before the International Court of Justice' (2021) 34(2) Leiden Journal of International Law 505.
2020
- P Urs, 'Judicial Review of Prosecutorial Discretion in the Initiation of Investigations into Situations of "Sufficient Gravity"'(2020) 18(4) Journal of International Criminal Justice 851.
2017
- P Urs, 'Effective Territorial Control by Non-State Armed Groups and the Right of Self-Defence' (2017) 77听Zeitschrift f眉r ausl盲ndisches 枚ffentliches Recht und V枚lkerrecht (aka Heidelberg Journal of International Law) 31.
2015
- P Urs, 鈥楾he Role of the Security Council in the Use of Force Against the 鈥淚slamic State鈥濃�� (2015) 19 Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 65.
Edited Volumes
2020
P Urs, 'Situation on the Registered Vessels of the Union of the Comoros, the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia', in F Lachenmann and R Wolfrum (eds),听Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law听(2020).
K Trapp and听P Urs, 'Peace Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention', in R Gei脽 and N Melzer (eds), Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security (2021).
P Urs, 'Distinguishing between Secession and Declarations of Independence', in J Vidmar, L Raible and S McGibbon (eds), Research Handbook on Secession (Edward Elgar, forthcoming).
2017
- E Novic and听P Urs, 'Secession', in R Grote, F Lachenmann and R Wolfrum (eds), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (2017).