Vijaya Sripati

Articles in Scholarly Journals
Constitutionalism and International Human Rights

•Constitutionalism in India and South Africa: A Comparative Study from a Human Rights Perspective 16 Tulane J. of Int’l & Comp. L. 1-65 (Fall 2007) (forthcoming)

•India: Constitutional Amendment Making the Right to Education a Fundamental Right 2 Int’l J. of Const. L. 148-158 (Jan. 2004) (with Arun Tiruvengadam) [refereed journal]

•Towards Fifty Years of Constitutionalism and Fundamental Rights in India: Looking Back to See Ahead (1950-2000) 14 Am. Univ. Int’l L. Rev. 413-495 (1998).

•Human Rights in India: Fifty Years after Independence 26 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 93-142 (Fall 1997).

National Human Rights Institutions

•Combating Trafficking of Persons in South Asia: Need for a Human Rights Perspective 45 Indian J. of Int’l L. 42-74 (2005) [refereed journal]

•A Critical Look at the Evolving Role of India’s National Human Rights Commission in Implementing International Human Rights Law 5 Int’l Ombudsman Inst. Yrbk. 177 – 202 (2001). [refereed journal]

•India’s National Human Rights Commission: A Shackled Commission? 18 Boston U. Int’l L. J. 1-46 (2000)

Contributions to Collected Works & Chapters in Edited books
Constitutionalism and International Human Rights & National Human Rights Institutions

•India’s National Human Rights Commission: Strengths & Weaknesses, in, National Human Rights Institutions 149-169 (Lone Lindholt & Birgitt Lindsnaes, eds., The Danish Centre for Human Rights, 2000).

•Freedom from Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment – Role of the Supreme Court of India, in, Judicial Protection of Human Rights: Myth or Reality? 107-122 (Mark Gibney & Stan Frankowski, eds., Greenwood Press, Connecticut, 1999).

•India, in, International Civil Procedure 289-304 (Shelby Grubbs, ed., Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 2003) (with Vinay Vaish)

•The Legal System of Maldives, in, Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia 964-968 (Bert Kritzer, ed., ABC-CLIO Publications, California, 2002)
Conference Report, Monograph & Scholarly Papers

•Women and Migration - Report of the 70th Conference of the International Law Association, 2002. (contributing author: § 3.3: The SAARC Convention and Trafficking in South Asia) [Invited by Justice Sujata Manohar, Member, National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi & Chairperson, Committee on Feminism and International Law, International Law Association to contribute to this report]

•Implementing Women’s Right to Political Participation: Slow and Steady Wins the Race? (The Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, 2001)

•India Country Report. Yr.bk of Int’l Env. Law (1998) - (2002) Vol. 9 - 13 (with Prof. Armin Rosencranz, Stanford University)

Book Review

•Book Review of Linda C. Reif, The Ombudsman, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2004) 24 Hum. Rts. Q. 1137-1142 (2005)

Articles in Newspapers

•Amendments to the NHRC’s Founding Legislation: An Eye-Wash or a Sincere Step? The Hindu, (24 July 2006)

•Need for a Parliamentary Internship Program, The Hindu, (24 June 2005)

•Training Tax Lawyers for the 21st Century, The Hindu (5 August 2003)

•Redesigning Entrance Exam, The Hindu, (Sept. 17, 2002)

•Broaden the Horizons of Law, The Hindu, (5 May 2002)

•Judicial Clerkships, The Hindu, (Aug. 6, 2002)

•Where Teaching Serves as a Catalyst…, The Hindu, (8 January 2002)

•India’s NHRC: Add more Bite to the Bark, The Hindustan Times, (13 December 2001)

•Development of Analytical Skills in Students, The Hindu, (March 21, 1995)

•The New Education Policy and Legal Education, The Hindu, ( Sept. 13, 1985)

•Purposeful Legal Education, The Hindu, (October 22, 1983)

•World Problems in School Curriculum, The Hindu, (Sept. 14, 1983)