Justin Poonjatt
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Dr Justin Jos Poonjatt is a Lecturer in Law at the ºÚÁÏÍø, where he teaches and conducts research at the intersections of contract law and business and human rights.
Qualifications
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PhD UNSW Sydney, (2023)
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LLM (Distinction) University of Exeter, (2016)
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BBA LLB (Honours) National Law University Odisha, (2015)
Appointments
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Lecturer, Essex Law School, ºÚÁÏÍø (9/1/2024 - present)
Other academic
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Teaching and Research Fellowship, Law, Fundação Getulio Vargas Brazil (1/9/2018 - 1/12/2018)
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Teaching Associate, Government of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (1/8/2017 - 1/2/2018)
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Research Fellow, Centre for Justice, Law and Society, O. P. Jindal Global University, India (1/9/2016 - 31/3/2017)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Essex Law Key Skills (LW100)
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Contract Law (LW101)
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Business and Human Rights (LW922)
Publications
Journal articles (6)
Poonjatt, JJ., (2025). . Business and Human Rights Journal. 10 (2-3), 335-349
Jos, J., (2022). Reading the Register: Empirical Analysis of Modern Slavery Statements in Australia. Perth International Law Journal. 6 (1), 6-15
Jos, J., (2022). Legal waivers in settlement agreements: Implications on access to remedies in business and human rights. Journal of Human Rights. 21 (5), 639-653
Jos, J., (2018). . Revista de Direito Internacional. 15 (2), 116-128
Poonjatt, J., Jain, D., Pillai, G. and Shukla, S., (2018). . Socio-Legal Review. 14 (1), 98-142
Jos, J., (2017). Limiting gender variance: Critical refl ections on the transgender persons bill. Economic and Political Weekly. 52 (4), 21-23
Book chapters (1)
Poonjatt, J., Legal waivers in PNG and Tanzania: shrinking the space for access to judicial remedies in business-human rights cases. In: Research Handbook on Sustainability and Corporate Accountability book.. Editors: Liao, C. and Sjåfjell, BK., . Edward Elgar (Forthcoming 2025)
Other (2)
Knaak, BS. and Poonjatt, JJ., (2024).Teaching Business and Human Rights, by Anthony Ewing (ed.), (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023). Business and Human Rights Journal. 9(3),Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Poonjatt, JJ., (2019).The future of business and human rights: theoretical and practical considerations for a UN treaty. Australian Journal of Human Rights. 25(1),Informa UK Limited
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