Dr Sheetal Soni is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Research and Higher Degrees in the School of Law at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and holds LLB, LLM and PhD degrees. Her work sits at the intersection of international law, bioethics, and health law, with a particular focus on reproductive justice, emerging biotechnologies, and the protection of health in contexts of vulnerability and conflict.

Her current research focuses on developing integrated bioethics and international law frameworks for safeguarding maternal and neonatal health in armed conflict. She has also written on reproductive violence as a modality of atrocity crimes, contributing to ongoing debates on its recognition and prosecution within international criminal law.

Her research is both doctrinal and applied, engaging directly with contemporary global challenges at the intersection of law, science, and health. She regularly presents her work at international conferences and contributes to scholarly and policy debates aimed at strengthening the protection of health and human dignity in conflict and often under-regulated contexts.