Dr. Bharat H. Desai is a Professor of International Law and Jawaharlal Nehru Chair in International Environmental Law at the Centre for International Legal Studies, School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He is Editor-in-Chief of the global journals Environmental Policy and Law (Amsterdam: IOS Press) and Yearbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Prof. Desai's cutting-edge ideas, call for taking International Law seriously and proposals, such as the UN 'specialized agency' for the environment (UNEPO), revived and repurposed UN Trusteeship Council (UNTC) and an international environmental court (IEC), are reflected in his leading books published by global publishing houses as well as in journals of international repute.