V. S. Mani

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{{short description|Indian lawyer and author}}
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|order1 = Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur, India
|office1 = Director-general{{!}}Director
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|term_end2 = 2016
|order3 = [[Gujarat National Law University]]
|office3 = Director-general{{!}}Director
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'''V. S. Mani''' (6 March 1942 – 22 August 2016) was an Indian legal scholar. He was the founder and director of [[Gujarat National Law University]] and an expert in the field of [[public international law]]. He was also the founder and director of the [[Seedling School of Law and Governance]] at [[Jaipur National University]] in [[Rajasthan, India]].<ref name="il">{{cite web|url=http://www.indialawjournal.com/mani_profile.html|title=Prof. V.S. Mani|publisher=India Law Journal|access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> He died on 22 August 2016.

==Other Positions==
He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy,<ref name="il"/> Chief Editor, ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law & Refugee Law, and President of the [[Asian Society of International Law]], Singapore (2011-2013).<ref name=ASIL>{{cite web|title=President's welcome- Asian Society of International Law|url=http://www.asiansil.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=114|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref> He was an ''ex officio'' member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the [[Asian Journal of International Law]], Singapore.<ref name=AJIL>{{cite web|title=Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of International aw|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=AJL&type=eb&sessionId=AF788DCD27C0820A8552971DB06B87F4.journals|access-date=4 December 2012}}</ref>

On 1 September 2013, he was awarded "Professor N.R.Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher 2013" award by Mr. [[Lalit Bhasin]], President of the Indian Law Firms.

==Previous Positions==
Formerly he was professor at Centre of International Legal Studies, School of International Studies, [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. He had served as ISRO Chair in International Space Law, as Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law, and as Director of its Human Rights Teaching and Research Programme.
<ref name="isil">{{cite journal|year=2004|title=An INDO-US Panel Discussion on Challenges to International Humanitarian Law|journal=The Indian Society of International Law Newsletter|volume=3|issue=1|publisher=Indian Society of International Law|url=http://www.isil-aca.org/january-March-2004.htm|access-date=17 April 2011 }}</ref> He was also the founder-director of the prestigious [[Gujarat National Law University]], Gandhinagar, India and was elected Executive President of the [[Indian Society of International Law]], [[New Delhi]] in 2003.<ref name="isil"/>
He had been Member, Advisory Committee on drafting of Optional Rules of Arbitration of Space Law Disputes under the auspices of Permanent Court of Arbitration 2010-2011.

== Notable Cases==
Mani had appeared before the [[International Court of Justice]] as agent and counsel on several occasions. He was Legal Advisor to the Government of the Republic of [[Nauru]] in 1981-83 and again in 1985-90. He was directly involved in organising Nauru’s case against Australia before the [[International Court of Justice]] (1986–93).<ref name="il"/> He was a member of the Indian legal team to the ICJ led by India’s Attorney-General, [[Soli Sorabjee]], in Pakistan’s case against India (the [[Atlantique Incident|Atlantique case]]) in 1999-2000.<ref name="kargil">{{cite journal|year=2000|title=International Court of justice (ICJ): Case Concerning the Aerial incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India)|journal=International Legal Materials|volume=39|issue=5|publisher=American Society of International Law|jstor=20694040}}</ref> He was involved in the drafting of pleadings in at least four cases before the World Court (including the Nuclear Weapons case of 1996).

==Books and publications==
He had authored/edited nine books and more than 110 research articles, some published in international journals and books, including one published in a book on Essays in International Law published by the United Nations Office of the Legal Affairs.

===Books===
# Handbook of International Humanitarian Law and South Asia (OUP, New Delhi, 2007), edited, sponsored by the ICRC Delegation, New Delhi.
# "Humanitarian" Intervention Today (The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston, 2005), Recueil des Cours, 2005, vol. 313, pp. 9–323.
# India on the Threshold of the 21st Century: Shape of Things to Come (New Delhi: co-ed with S. Bhatt, 1998)
# Human Rights in India: An Overview (New Delhi: Occasional Paper No. 4, the Institute for the World Congress of Human Rights, 1997)
# Recent Trends in Space Law and Policy (New Delhi: co-ed with S. Bhatt & V. B. Reddy, 1996)
# Air Law and Policy in India (New Delhi, co-ed with S. Bhatt & V. B. Reddy, 1994)
# Basic Principles of Modern International Law: A Study of the United Nations Debates on the Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States (New Delhi, 1993)
# The Non-Aligned and the United Nations (New Delhi: co-ed with M. S. Rajan, & C. S. R. Murthy, 1987)
# International Adjudication: Procedural Aspects (Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague/New Delhi, 1980)

==References==
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==External links==
Worldcat identities - Mani, V. S. (Venkateshwara Subramaniam) 1942- 2016 [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-211942]

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