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Shritha K Vasudevan

Visiting Faculty

Teaching

Courses

Nov 2024

Education

  • B.A.B.L. (Hons.) NALSAR University of Law (2010)
  • LLM, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA (2011)
  • MA (Women and Gender Studies), University of Louisville, USA (2014)
  • MA (International Relations), University of Chicago, USA (2015)
  • MA (Political Science), University of Florida, USA (2019)
  • HDR Candidate (Law), University of Adelaide, Australia (ongoing)

Profile

Shritha has been working on the field of investigating the compliance dynamics of India with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Her especial area of expertise is investigating Article 5(a) to the Convention. Her research straddles an intersection of public international law, international relations and gender-based violence (GBV) in Indian society.

Publications

Articles

  • Vasudevan, Shritha K., “Demonstrating the Independent Normative Pull of International Gender Norms through the Public Interest Litigation Petition in India,” Accepted with the Connecticut Journal of International Law.
  • Vasudevan, S.K., Demonstrating that Gender is Material to State Interest: A Waltzian Rejoinder to Post-Positivist Feminist IR, accepted with the Indian Journal of Politics.
  • Vasudevan, S.K. The Case for Promulgating a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Due Diligence Mechanism by The Republic of India, accepted with revisions by the Indian Journal of International Law.
  • Vasudevan, S.K. Resolving the Constitutional Dilemma of the Uniform Civil Code in India through the Women’s Convention. Liverpool Law Rev (2023).
  • Shritha K. Vasudevan, Examining A Conceptual Fallacy on Culture Under the Women’s Convention, Indian Journal of International Law, Vol 61 No. 1 & 2 (2022): 14–50.
  • SHRITHA, V. (2022). Would the “Optional Protocol” Effectuate India’s Due Diligence Obligation Under the Women’s Convention? Asian Journal of International Law, 1-21. doi:10.1017/S204425132200025X.
  • Vasudevan, S.K. Interrogating the substantive implications of India’s declaration to CEDAW’s Article 5(a): Part I. Indian Journal of International Law (2020).
  • Vasudevan, Shritha. “A Gendered Refutation of Epiphenomenal Norms through the Median Voter: A Case-Study of India’s CEDAW Compliance” Emory International Law Review, Vol. 33, April 2019.
  • Vasudevan, Shritha. 2015. “Examining the Case for India to Repeal Its Personal Status Laws under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.” The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies 10 (3): 27-38. doi:10.18848/2324-755X/CGP/v10i03/53384.
  • Vasudevan, Shritha, 2008. “The Creation of Social Space for the Articulation of Gender Justice- A Case Study” in Three Studies on Law and the Shifting Spaces on Social Justice, The Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India 19: 27-33.

Book Chapters

  • Vasudevan, Shritha. (2015). New Jersey. In Chuck Stewart (Ed.), Proud Heritage: People, Issues, and Documents of the LGBT Experience Volume I (pp. 1083-1090). Santa Barbara, CA ABC-Clio LLC.

Books