Pranay Lekhi

About/Bio

Pranay Lekhi is an Associate at A&O Shearman, practicing public international law and international arbitration. He acted as counsel to the Republic of Djibouti in the advisory proceedings before ITLOS on obligations of States in respect of climate change. He also regularly acts for States and investors in investor-State arbitration. Pranay holds an LLM, with a specialisation in international law from the University of Cambridge.

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Another Genocide Convention case, another conundrum for interventions

On 5 March 2025, Sudan instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding alleged violations by the UAE of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (the Genocide Convention). The case concerns allegations that the UAE is supporting Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces against…

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