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(852) 3163 4427 |
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(852) 3163 4439 |
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dinushap@cuhk.edu.hk |
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Professor Dinusha Panditaratne ¼ï}²ï§U²z±Ð±Â
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Dinusha Panditaratne specializes in international human rights, especially (i) human rights in Asia and the United States, (ii) women¡¦s rights, and (iii) human rights and cultural pluralism. She is admitted to practice in New York. She previously worked in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, as an associate in its corporate finance group. Her teaching expertise includes public international law, professional ethics, and contracts.
Education
Admission and Membership
- Attorney admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, since 2000
- Member of the American Society of International Law, since 1995
- Human Rights
- Public International Law
- Legal Theory
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Law and Justice in Sri Lanka
Representative Publications
D Panditaratne, 'Towards Gender Equity in a Developing Asia: Reforming Personal Laws Within a Pluralist Framework,' (2006) 31 NYU Review of Law & Social Change (forthcoming)
D Panditaratne, 'Uncovering Rights in the USA: Gauging the gap between the Bill of Rights and human rights' in R Peerenboom, C Petersen and A Chen (eds), Human Rights in Asia: A comparative legal study of twelve Asian jurisdictions, France and the USA, London, Routledge, 2006
D Panditaratne, 'Rights-Based Approaches to Examining Waiver Clauses in Peace Treaties: Lessons from the Japanese Forced Labor Litigation in Californian Courts,' (2005) 28 Boston College International & Comparative Law Review, 299-351
D Panditaratne, 'Book Review' (reviewing L Takkenberg, The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998), (1999) 24 Yale Journal of International Law, 345-348
D Panditaratne, 'Equal Opportunity' in Sri Lanka: State of Human Rights 1998, E Nissan (ed), Colombo, Law & Society Trust, 1999, 127-172
D Panditaratne and P Ratnam (eds), The Draft Constitution of Sri Lanka: Critical Aspects, Colombo, Law & Society Trust, 1998
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