President Tomas Heidar, Judge at International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, will deliver the Grotius Centre's 2024-25 LLM Inaugural Lecture on ‘The Contribution of ITLOS to the Development of International Law: From Continental Shelf to Climate Change’. Join us on 25 September 2024 from 1830-2000 in Leiden!

Not one to miss!

About time that the standards for compensation were developed! Very timely!

Currently at the University of Leiden, #ITLOS President Heidar gave both the Grotius Centre Inaugural Lecture yesterday and the keynote address at the H20LAW Conference on ‘Law-Science Interfaces within the Law of the Sea and Fresh Water Law’ this morning.

READ HERE: full text of the #ICJ Annual Report (2023-2024) bit.ly/485Diyh

Had the privilege of arbitrating the Round of 16 and others at the FDI Moot’s Global Rounds held in Berlin. It would be amiss to not acknowledge with pride that the moot this year witnessed an all-Indian teams’ final. Proud to be associated with the moot since nearly 10 years.

Executive education in Investment Law and Arbitration returns to the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law in 2025. Immerse yourself in this fast-evolving field and sample academic life at Cambridge University. Join from 24-28 March 2025. Full details at lcil.cam.ac.uk/investment-law… Universität Wien

GA res. 79/96. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations - tinyurl.com/34m9wjw5 #Intlaw ABILA International Law Association (ILA)

After 10 years of having judged moots, a great honour to have judged the Finals of the SAARC Regional Rounds of the 29th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot - on a panel with co-judges with 35+ years of work experiences. The livestream is below: youtube.com/live/Q_hh7ORXy…

📣 - Honoured to announce that I got the opportunity to author — a 75-page Case Record for India’s most reputed int. commercial arbitration moot — NLIU - Justice R.K. Tankha Int. Arb. Moot’s 10th landmark edition. Case record: drive.google.com/drive/mobile/f… #environmentalcompensation

Mootchandani’s Jessup Week > People’s Valentine’s Week 😆. Honour to adjudicate the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition’s Vietnam 🇻🇳 Rounds and India 🇮🇳 Rounds (Quarters). * Great also to return to the alma mater’s campus after 5 years. #icj #jessup #pil

NEW REPORT I India’s clean energy future depends on securing critical minerals. This study provides a roadmap to ensure a reliable supply. 👇 Read now: iisd.org/publications/r… CEEW | Centre for Social and Economic Progress | ICRIER | Shakti

PRESS RELEASE: HE Judge Iwasawa Yuji (#Japan) was today elected President of the #ICJ by his peers, for a term expiring on 5 February 2027. go.icj-cij.org/3F2yRtr

Dr. PS Rao’s contributions to the ILC and international law are monumental and a personal source of inspiration. 🇮🇳 Rest in peace, Dr. Rao.

NEWS: Today marks the 79th anniversary of the inaugural session of the #ICJ, held on 18 April 1946. (1/2) youtu.be/kMWLJbxpwLI?fe…

Honoured that I have been selected from a multitude of candidates worldwide for the IFLOS’ Summer Academy at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ins July-August. 🙏 Also honoured to be one of the few to be given a full scholarship. See you there! #los

Had the honour of presenting at Leiden Law School on: ‘Who should pay to whom, and how to calculate climate change induced damages to Cultural Heritage under State Responsibility.’ These questions relate to my ongoing Ph.D. on Environmental Compensation at int. courts & tribunals.

PRESS RELEASE: The #ICJ will deliver its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change on 23 July 2025 at 3 p.m. (The Hague). Watch live on UN Web TV. Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3TYEeOt

Honoured to start as a Summer Fellow at International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; will engage with LoS & Maritime Law with ITLOS judges. Grateful to the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea International Foundation for the Law of the Sea for selecting me with a Full Scholarship.

Honoured to share that I successfully completed the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea’s Summer Academy at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as part of a cohort of 40 brilliant Summer Fellows representing 33 nations. Was a lifetime opportunity to be trained by ITLOS judges and other renowned people in Law of the Sea.