Dr. Wasiq Abass Dar

International Commercial Arbitration, International Investment Law, International Investment Arbitration, Commercial Mediation, Private International Law

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• International Investment Law and Investment Arbitration
• Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
• Law of Contract I
• Professional Ethics and Bar-Bench Relations

• Awarded merit based scholarship (5000 USD) by the Central European University Foundation of Budapest to conduct research at Cornell University Law School, New York, from October 2017 – December 2017.
• Awarded merit based scholarship (7790 USD) by the Central European University Foundation of Budapest to conduct research and teach at the Department of Law, University of Yangon, Myanmar, under the Global Teaching Fellowship Program, from June 2017 – September 2017.
• Awarded research grant (2890 USD) by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to conduct research for a project on ‘Using and Abusing Public Interest against Free Competition – Comparative Analysis of Federal Markets’, from January 2017 – August 2017.
• Awarded merit based scholarship (1500 USD) by the Central European University Foundation of Budapest to participate in the Training Course on International Arbitration organized by the University of Leiden and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, at The Hague, The Netherlands, in August 2016.
• Awarded merit based ‘Full CEU Doctoral Scholarship’ by the Central European University Foundation of Budapest from 2015-2018, to undertake S.J.D. program in International Business Law, Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

Scopus

• Dispute Resolution in Public Procurement Contracts: An Agenda for Effective Arbitration, European Yearbook of International Economic Law (Forthcoming, 2023) [Co-author]
• The Investor-State Arbitration Legitimacy Crisis: Could AI be its Future Savior (or Resurrector)?, (July 2023) The Union University Law School Review (Pravni Zapisi) No.01 of 2023 [Co-author]
• ‘Public Policy Exception’ in International Commercial Arbitration: An Indian Tale of Turbulent Past and a Promising Future, in Leïla Choukroune and Rahul Donde (eds.), Adjudicating Global Business in and with India: International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Dispute Settlement (Routledge – U.K., July 2021)
• “Understanding Public Policy as an Exception to the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: A South Asian Perspective” (2015) Vol. 02, No. 04, European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance {This research paper was listed as an essential reading for the participating High Court Judges of India during the ‘Conference for High Court Justices on Arbitration including International Arbitration’, held at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, from 14^th to 16^th December, 2018}

   

Non-Scopus

• On Arbitrability: Geneology, Application and Interpretation, in Pallab Das, International Arbitration: Global Perspective, Routledge (Forthcoming, 2023) [Co-author]
• NGO’s as Amicus in investor-State Arbitration: Addressing the public Interest and Human Rights Issues, in Justine Bendel and Yusra Suedi (eds.), Public Interest Litigation in International Law, Routledge (Forthcoming, 2023) [Co-authror]
• “Chapter on India”, in Kazuaki Nishioka (ed.) Treatment of Foreign Law in Asia Hart Publishing (Forthcoming, 2023) [Co-author]
• “Anti-Arbitration Injunctions in Investor-State Arbitration: Instruments of ‘Abuse of Process’”, in J. Chaisse, L. Choukroune, S. Jusoh (eds.), Handbook on International Investment Law and Policy (Springer – Singapore, 2021) [Co-author]
• “Ordre Public and Public Policy in Private International Law: Evolution, Relevance, and Application”, in V.K. Ahuja et al (eds.), International Law – Contemporary Developments (Essays in the Honor of Prof. A.K. Koul) (Satyam Law International, 2021)
• “India’s Tryst with Free Trade: Overcoming the Inherent Challenges of Federalism”, in Csongor Istaván Nagy (ed.), World Trade and Local Public Interest: Trade Liberalization and National Regulatory Sovereignty (Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, Springer – Germany, 2020)
• “‘Abuse of Process’ and Anti-Arbitration Injunctions in Investor-State Arbitration: Analysis of Recent Trends and the Way Forward”, in Csongor István Nagy (ed.), Investment Arbitration and National Interest (Council of International Law and Policy, Indianapolis, USA, 2018)
• “Targeted Killings: Through the Prism of International Law” (Jan – June 2015) Vol. 01, No. 01, Shobith University Journal of Interdisciplinary Research [Co-author]
• “Judicial Review: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka” (March 2014) Vol. III, Supreme Laws Today, D.L.T. Publications, India

• “Has the Public Policy Exception Returned to Haunt Indian Courts?” (December 12, 2017) Kluwer Arbitration Blog
• “Enforcement of Annulled Arbitral Awards: A Dichotomy of Approaches” (August 2014) 06, No. 08, The Indian Arbitrator, Online magazine of Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation

• “Strategic Leveraging of Party Autonomy in Private International Law: Determining the Limits in International Commercial Arbitration”, at the 9^th Journal of Private International Law Conference, organized at the Singapore Management University (August, 2023)
• The Investor-State Arbitration Legitimacy Crisis: Could AI be its Future Savior (or Resurrector)?, at WhatNext.Law Conference, organised at the Nova School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (February, 2023)
• “Decoding the Muddled Waters of Arbitrability, Mandatory Rules and Public Policy in International Commercial Arbitration”, at the 11^th Center for International Law Studies Conference on “Global Resilience, Recovery and Solidarity: The Role of International Law”, organised by Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia and Faculty of Law, Universitas Sumatera Utara (October, 2022)
• “NGO’s as Amicus in Investor-State Arbitration: Addressing Public Interest and Human Rights Issues”, at an international conference on “The Potential of Public Interest Litigation in International Law”, organised by University of Exter and Universite de Geneva (November, 2021)
• “Towards a Framework of Implementing Algorithmic Decision Making in Investor-State Arbitration” at an international colloquium on “International Investment Law & New Technologies”, organised by The Tilburg Law and Economics Center, at Tilburg University (December, 2021)
• “Abuse of Process’ and Anti-Arbitration Injunctions in Investor-State Arbitration: Analysis of Recent Trends and the Way Forward” at an international conference on “Law and Justice in Asia”, at the 17^th Asian Law institute Conference, organized by Asian Law Institute and National Law University, Delhi (November, 2020)
• “Public Policy Exception in India: A Tale of Turbulent Past and a Promising Future” at an international conference on “60 Years of The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Key Issues and Future Challenges”, orgqnised by Loyola University Andalusia, Spain (April, 2018)
• “Decrypting the Role of Public Policy in Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration” at an international conference, “Sixth Annual Conference of the American Society of Comparative Law – Young Comparativists Committee”, organsied by Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey (April, 2017)
• “Investment Arbitration and National Interest: Central and Eastern European Experiences in the Light of the Upcoming EU-US Free Trade Agreement”, organized by the Federal Markets “Momentum” Research Group and the Central European University, at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (May, 2016)

• Guest Lecture at the School of Law, University of Kashmir, on the topic “Introduction to International Investment Law and Investment Arbitration” (July 2023)
• Guest Lecture at the Capacity Buidling Programme on International Investment Law, organised by Maharashtra National Law Univeristy, Mumbai, on the topic “Investment Treaty Arbitration” (January 2023)
• Keynote address at a a Two day – Multidisciplinary International Conference (virtual) on Mediation as Mode of Settlement of Disputes in the New Millennium: A way Forward, organised by the School of Law, GITAM University, Vishakhapatnam, on the topic “Mediation as Method of Settling Investor-State Disputes” (December, 2022)
• Keynote address at the 2^nd Summer School organized by International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Faculty of Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the topic “Decrypting the Secrets to the Success of the New York Convention” (September, 2022)
• Panel discussion on ‘Commercial Arbitration’ at City-Jindal Commercial Law Event, organized by City University London and Jindal Global Law school (June, 2022)
• Keynote address at the International Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration, organised by DSNLU Visakhapatnam, on the topic “Enforcement of Foreign Seated Arbitral Awards in India: Issue and Concerns” (March, 2022)
• Keynote address at the Summer School organized by International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Faculty of Law, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the topic “The Three Pillars of International Arbitration: The New York Convention, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and UNCITRAL Model Law” (September, 2021)
• Guest lecture to the students of Birmingham Law School, Birmingham, U.K., on the topic “Introduction to Commercial Arbitration in India” (June,2021)
• Guest lecture to the students of Faculty of Law, University of Yangon, on the topic “Vis Moot and International Commercial Arbitration” (October, 2020)
• Guest lecture to LL.M. candidates of South Asian University, New Delhi, on the topic “Arbitral Tribunals: Issues and Concerns” (June, 2020)
• Guest lecture to the senior LL.M. candidates of South Asian University, New Delhi, on the topic “Arbitral Tribunals and Arbitral Proceedings, in International Commercial Arbitration” (April, 2018)
• Guest lecture to the students of Department of Law, East Yangon University, Myanmar, on the topic “Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration” (August, 2017)
• Guest lecture to the students of Department of Law, Dagon University, Myanmar, on the topic “Introduction to International Investment Law and Investment Arbitration” (July, 2017)

• International Training Program/Workshop on Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, organized by Association Arbitri and Law Development Program, U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Embassy – Sarajevo, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (February, 2017)
• “Training Course on International Arbitration”, organized by the University of Leiden and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, at The Hague, The Netherlands (August, 2016)
• International symposium on “Reform of Secured Transaction Laws – Chinese and European Experiences Compared”, organized together by the Central European University and Chinese-EU School of Law at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (September, 2015)