Dr Kalika Mehta
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Dr Kalika Mehta is a Lecturer and Researcher in Law at the Centre for British Studies. She specialises in international criminal law and international human rights law. Her research interests include critical engagement with these two frameworks, particularly through the lens of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and postcolonial theory. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg, Germany, and an LL.M. from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. She is qualified to practice law in India. Her publications include a monograph on Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes Under International Law: A TWAIL Analysis (Routledge 2023) and an edited collection on International Criminal Law - A Counterhegemonic Project? (Springer 2022) (with Florian Jeßberger and Leonie Steinl). In addition to other academic work experience, she has worked with human rights organisations in India, Germany, Myanmar, Switzerland and the UK.
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