The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) is an institution for the teaching, research and promotion of International Law in India.
[1] It is located opposite the Supreme Court of India and next to the Indian Law Institute (ILI).
Krishna Menon and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru,[2] who served as Patron of the society.
[3] It set out as its objectives:to foster nation-wide the study and development of international law; establish the Indian Institute of International Law; interpret through its forums and publications the application of international law chiefly as affecting India; encourage the comparative study of the application of intermational law in other states; promote research in international law; organize regional branches of the Society and maintain libraries; and for these purposes to co-operate with similar societies in India and in other countries.
[3]The Indian Society of International Law has been notified as an approved organisation u/s 35(1)(iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 vide Notification No.