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Mayank Mishra

Mayank Mishra

Associate Fellow

Areas of Research

  • Law and Lawfare
  • Evidence
  • Jurisprudence
  • Public Policy
  • Information Technology
  • Ontology and Formal Epistemology
  • Maritime Security

Experience

  • Of Counsel, Cicero Chambers, New Delhi (Nov. 2019 – Present)
  • Legal and Research Consultant, Centre for Holistic Development, New Delhi (2016 – Present)
  • Legal and Research Consultant, LEAD at KREA University (Aug-Oct 2021)
  • Intern, Office of Siddharth Bhatnagar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India (2017-19)
  • Partner, Mobile Harvest Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (Mar 2012 – Jul 2016)

Education

  • LLM in Constitutional Law, Dissertation: ‘A Critical and Analytical View of Lawfare’, Amity Law School, Amity University, Haryana (2022)
  • PG Programmes in Public Policy and Administration, International Relations and Diplomacy, Centre For Advanced Learning, St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi (2021)
  • LLB (Hons.), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2019)
  • B.A. (History), Indira Gandhi National Open University (2016)

Presentations

Presentations at NMF

  • ‘Legal and Policy implications of Lethal Autonomous Weapons’, delivered at National Maritime Foundation (March 2023)
  • ‘Ethics of Lethal Autonomous Weapons’, delivered at National Maritime Foundation (November 2022)

Presentations outside NMF

  • ‘Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: Implications of UNCLOS and SUA Convention’, delivered at 15th ReCAAP ISC Capacity-building Senior Officers’ Meeting (December 2023)
  • ‘Lethal Autonomous Weapons: UNODA Working Papers and Loopholes’ delivered at Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India (April 2023)
  • Represented NMF at the Group of Governmental Experts of the High-Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), United Nations. Geneva, Switzerland (May 2023). Accompanied MEA (GoI) delegation to Geneva and provided key legal inputs during negotiations. Continue to be a part of MEA’s team on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and AI.
  • “Empowering Tribal Women in North-West India with a Focus on Himachal Pradesh”: The National Seminar for Revisiting Women-centric laws from the eyes of the Judiciary in the North-West Region. (May 2022, Amity University, Haryana).

All Publications

NMF PublicationsOther Publications
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THE CHALLENGE OF IUU FISHING: A FIRST LOOK AT INDIAN RESPONSES

Author: Keywords: IUU Fishing, Fishing, Fisheries, Fisheries Policy, Small-scale fishing, Artisanal fishing, Fish landing points, Fish landing centres, Geo-tagging, GIS, Economic impact, India, Maritime, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific.   “IUU Fishing”, as a well-known abbreviation for “Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing”, is a collective term for a broad range of fishing activities considered illegal, unreported, or unregulated […]
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERPLAY OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE MARITIME DOMAIN

Author: Keywords: Law, International Law, Maritime Law, Technology, Technological development, Development of Law. *** Introduction As it always has, science and technology (“technology”) continue to revolutionise the maritime domain.[1]  Its civilian as well as military spheres are affected in lasting ways by technological advancements such as autonomous shipping and weapons, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc.  At the […]
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A STUDY OF ENGAGEMENT AND INFLUENCE AT THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Author: Keywords: International Maritime Organisation, IMO, Legal Committee, IMO’s Legal Committee, Standard-setting, Rulemaking, Rules and Standards, Rules-based order, International law.    The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) that sets standards and creates regulatory frameworks for the safety, security, and environmental performance of international shipping.[1]  The structure of the […]
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CONSIDERATIONS OF LAWFARE (PART 3) CASE STUDIES AND STATE RESPONSES

Author: Keywords: Law, Lawfare, Responses to lawfare, Litigators, Litigation, Strategic litigation, China, People’s Republic of China, Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine conflict. The preceding two articles in this specific series-of-three explored some of the more prominent facets of ‘lawfare’, including its underlying concepts and techniques.  In this culminating article, two contemporary case studies of lawfare are examined.  Although several […]
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LAWFARE: TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES

Author: Keywords: Lawfare, Law, War, Tactics, Legal tactics, Techniques of Lawfare.   The preceding article of this trilogy explored the definitions and concepts associated with lawfare.  This follow-on piece explores the tactics and techniques of lawfare, and focuses upon the practice of offensive as well as protective facets of lawfare — for the most part in […]
  • “E-Governance and Cyber Security – Protecting Democracy in a Digitalised World”: Lex Revolution (Journal of Social & Legal Studies, Volume VII, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2021, pp. 36-52. ISSN 2394-997X.).
  • “EOLC for Indian Citizens: Need for Policy and Legislative Intervention”: Published in Conference Book of Abstracts (ISBN: 978-81-954625-2-0); published for The 41st Annual Conference of Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR) 2022, organised by Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine & Stem Cell Research (AIMMSCR) and Amity University, Noida.

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