Devasheesh Bais

Devasheesh Bais is a CILRAP Fellow and Deputy Co-ordinator of the ICC Legal Tools Project. He is enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh.

Previously, Mr. Bais served as a research assistant for Ambassador Narinder Singh, former Chairman of the International Law Commission. He has also worked with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability, and undertaken internships with the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in Arusha, Tanzania, the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and has participated in various moots. He holds B.A. and LL.B. (Hons.) degrees from the O.P. Jindal Global University and LL.M. in public international law from the University of Oslo.

Some publications of Devasheesh Bais:

“Prioritisation of Suspected Conduct and Cases: From Idea to Practice”, in Xabier Agirre Aranburu, Morten Bergsmo, Simon De Smet and Carsten Stahn (editors), Quality Control in Criminal Investigation, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2020, pp. 563-586.

“Understanding Indian Responses to the Rohingya Crisis”, in Policy Brief Series, No. 117 (2020), Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2020.

“Human Rights Litigation before Indian Courts as an Example and Resource for other Asian States”, in FICHL Policy Brief Series, No. 64 (2016), Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2016 (co-authored with Vinamra Kopariha).

“India and the International Criminal Court”, in FICHL Policy Brief Series, No. 54 (2016), Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, Brussels, 2016.

“Rocket Emissions and the Environment: Need for Legal Regimes”, in KLE Law Journal (2015), 2(1), pp. 259-278 (co-authored with Shireen Moti).