Dinesh Napal

SJD Candidate

Dinesh Napal is a SJD candidate at American University Washington College of Law. His doctoral research focuses on the impact of US drone strikes and targeted killings on civilian survivors, and seeks to explore the relevance of Hannah Arendt’s theorisations on the ‘banality of evil’ and Michel Foucault’s work on thanatopolitics to international law concerning the use of force. He is particularly interested in the interaction between national security and human rights violations and the proliferation of drone technologies in the military-industrial complex. His dissertation will also explore truth and reconciliation processes and their potential in the aftermath of drone strikes.

Before joining the AUWCL SJD program, Mr. Napal worked at the British Medical Association, the leading trade union for doctors and medical students in the United Kingdom as a senior policy advisor, and most recently head of committee secretariat. He received his LLM in Law, Development and Globalisation from SOAS University of London, and his BA in Law and Sociology from the University of Warwick.

Degrees and Universities

• SJD (Doctorate of Juridical Science) American University Washington College of Law
• LLM Law, Development and Globalisation, SOAS University of London, 2016-2018
• BA Law and Sociology (Qualifying Degree), University of Warwick, 2011-2015

Scholarships

• SJD Merit Scholarship, American University Washington College of Law, 2021