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Muhammad Ekramul HAQUE

(PhD in Constitutional Law and International Law
Monash University, Melbourne)
Professor
Department of Law, University of Dhaka
Adviser, Department of Law, East West University
Distinguished Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Texas at
Austin, USA (2024-2026)
https://www.du.ac.bd/body/faculty_details/LAW/333
E-mail: ekram.haque@du.ac.bd

About Professor Ekramul Haque

Muhammad Ekramul Haque Ph.D. is a Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of
Dhaka (https://www.du.ac.bd/body/faculty_details/LAW/333 ), obtained his Ph.D. in Constitutional Law
and International Law from Monash University, Australia. He is a Distinguished Senior Research Fellow in
the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin, USA (2024-2026). His latest
publication is The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its 50th
Anniversary (Springer Singapore 2023 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7 ). He
is the State Volume Editor of Bangladesh, in the Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia (BRILL
NIJHOFF, 2021, https://brill.com/view/title/39529 ), Section Editor of International Law in
the International Handbook of Disaster Research (Amita Singh ed., Springer-Nature,
2023 https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3 ), Rapporteur in Asian
Yearbook of International Law (Brill, https://brill.com/view/serial/AYIL ). Professor Haque is in the
Governing Body of Development of International Law in Asia (DILA, http://www.dila-
korea.org/dila/introduce_01.html ), Advisory Body of NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group (NDRG), a
specialized body of NAPSIPAG, Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institutes of public Administration and
Governance https://ndrg.in/team/prof-muhammad-ekramul-haque/?fbclid=IwAR1p4uQR7JQt-
RUD2mNRqyncx_zGlvMuw-IdWIcZ-W4Yaq1drBw4jk23-08 and a member of the Research Group on
‘Cross-Judicial Fertilization: The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges’, International
Association of Constitutional Law (https://www.academiaidh.org.mx/crossjudicialfertilization ) and
the International Society of Public Law ICON•S. He is a contributor to The I·CONnect Global Review of
Constitutional Law and The International Review of Constitutional Reform (Texas, USA). Professor Haque
is the director of Dhaka University Law Clinic. He is also serving as an Adviser of the Department of Law at
East West University. He has established a YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorEkramLawLectures) which broadcasts law lectures on
constitutional law and diverse legal issues. He is an Associate Editor of Dhaka University Law Journal. He
also serves as a member of editorial boards in several law journals. Professor Haque has authored three
law textbooks: Law of Contract; Muslim Family Law: Sharia and Modern world; and Islamic Law of
Inheritance: Rules and Calculations. He acts as a resource person for the training of Judges and
Government Officials in Bangladesh. He has delivered law lectures as an invited speaker in different
universities and conferences at home and abroad. In the last decade, Dr Haque has been one of the leading
scholars in the fields of constitutional law and comparative constitutional law in Bangladesh. His
contributions to the study of constitutional law of Bangladesh focus on how comparative constitutional

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experience and international law reflect and help shape the understanding and developing contents of
Bangladeshi constitutional provisions and their interpretations. He is a co-editor of “Implementation of
Sustainable Development in the Global South: Strategies, Innovations and Challenges” (HART Publishing
November 2024, forthcoming).

Professional affiliations:
• Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2016 to date).
• Adviser, Department of Law, East West University (2023-2024).
• Distinguished Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of
Texas at Austin, USA (2024-2026)

Academic Qualifications
❑ PhD in International Law and Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne,
Australia (2012).
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❑ LLM (1997) 1 Class 2 , Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
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❑ LLB (Hons) (1996) 1 Class 1 , Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
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❑ Secondary (1989) & higher secondary (1991) education: 1 Division

Ph.D. Thesis:

Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Critical Analysis of the Fundamental Principles of
State Policy in the Constitution of Bangladesh. (2012, Monash University, Australia).

Legal practice:
Got the license for legal practice, Advocateship year: 1999
Advocate, Bangladesh Bar Council.

Research Project: (Last 5 years: 2019-24)

• Regional Consultant in the CELP-UNDP Research Project on Crimes against Future Generations
(2023-25).

• International Law in Asia Book Project, Brill and DILA Korea (2024- 2026).

• Co-editor, Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Global South: Strategies,

Innovations and Challenges (HART, 2022-24).

• Cross-Judicial Fertilization: The Use of Foreign precedents by Constitutional Judges, International

Association of Constitutional Law (IACL).

• Co-editor, The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its

50th Anniversary (Springer 2023)

• State Volume Editor of the volume on Bangladesh in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in
Asia [EPILA], Professor Lee, Seokwoo ed., BRILL NIJHOFF, 2021 https://brill.com/view/title/39529

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 • Section Editor, International Law, International Handbook of Disaster Research, Springer-Nature
(2022).

• Monograph on ‘Bangladesh’ in International Encyclopaedia of Constitutional Law, edited by Prof.

André Alen & Prof. David Haljan, in International Encyclopaedia of Law, Kluwer Law International,
(Forthcoming).

• Consultant in the project on Legislative Research for Identification of Discriminatory Provision in

Existing Laws, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. (2020-2021)

• Research project on ‘An evaluation of the role of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in protecting
human rights recognized in the Constitution: From 1972 to 2018’ (project period: July to December
2019, Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, University of Dhaka).

• Online Course on Muslim Law of Inheritance, April-May, 2020.

• National Consultant, Legal Preparedness for Regional/ International Disaster and Pandemic
Response in South Asia– Baseline Mapping, 2020.

• Consultant, Law Translation Project of the Ministry of Law, 2020-21.

Research and Publications

• Contributions in Encyclopedia

Author of the following Titles in 'Bangladesh', Haque, Muhammad Ekramul, ed., in Encyclopedia of Public
International Law in Asia [EPILA], Seokwoo Lee, ed., Volume 3, ISBN: 978-90-04-38877-2, BRILL NIJHOFF,
(Publication: 01 Oct 2021 Hard copy link: https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/39529?language=en link to
online version: https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/epil?language=en ).

i. Constitutional Status of International Law in Bangladesh

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

ii. The Proclamation of Independence, 1971: Unilateral Declaration of Independence of

Bangladesh https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-
international-law-in-asia-online

iii. Land Boundary Agreement Between Bangladesh and India

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

iv. Status of International law in the Legal System of Bangladesh: Dualism vs. Monsim
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_3010

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 v. Application of International Law in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh
http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_3010

vi. Use of International Law in Interpreting Constitutional Rights in Bangladesh

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_3010

vii. Treaty Making in Bangladesh: Power and procedure

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

viii. Constitutional Implications of the Land Boundary Agreement between Bangladesh and
India https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-
international-law-in-asia-online

ix. Constitutional Provisions regarding Law of the Sea

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

x. Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights Law in Bangladesh

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

xi. Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Implementation of International law
in Bangladesh https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-
international-law-in-asia-online

xii. Constitutional provisions regarding Human Rights

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

xiii. Contribution of Bangladesh to International Law

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

xiv. Delimitation of the maritime Boundary in the Bay of Bengal (Bangladesh/Myanmar):

Issues, Decisions and Principles
https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

xv. Protection of Human Rights and the National Human Rights Commission
https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopedia-of-public-international-
law-in-asia-online

• Books and Edited Books:

1. State Volume Editor (Bangladesh), Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia [EPILA],
Seokwoo Lee, ed. BRILL NIJHOFF, https://brill.com/view/title/39529?rskey=XFVwAm&result=3

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2. The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its
50th Anniversary (Springer 2023) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7
(Co-editor).

3. Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Global South: Strategies, Innovations and

Challenges (HART Publishing November 2024 forthcoming).
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/implementation-of-sustainable-development-in-the-global-
south-9781509963751/ (Co-editor).

4. Law of Contract, Law Lyceum, Dhaka, 2004.

https://books.google.com.bd/books/about/Law_of_Contract.html?id=BZNrtwAACAAJ&redir_es
c=y (Author)

5. Islamic Law of Inheritance: Rules and Calculations, London College of Legal Studies, Dhaka, 2009.
https://books.google.com.bd/books/about/Islamic_Law_of_Inheritance.html?id=_gZQtwAACAA
J&redir_esc=y (Author)

6. Muslim Family Law: Sharia and Modern World, London College of Legal Studies, Dhaka, 2015.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345323246_Muslim_Family_Law_Sharia_and_Mode
rn_World (Author)

• Chapters:

1. Haque, Muhammad Ekramul. "Chapter 24: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under Modern
International Human Rights Law: Transformation of the Non-justiciable Moral Statement in the
UDHR to Justiciable Rights". In Human Rights after 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Nijhoff, 2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004517967_025

2. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Transformation of Non-
justiciable Constitutional Principles to Justiciable Rights in Bangladesh, in The Constitutional Law
of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its 50th Anniversary, Springer Singapore, pages
337-351, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7_19, Springer Website of the
publication: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7_19, Hardcover ISBN
978-981-99-2578-0, Date of Hard Copy Publication: 26 July 2023.

3. M Rafiqul Islam & Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Introduction: Fifty Years of the Constitution of
Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation, in The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh:
Progression and Transformation at its 50th Anniversary, Springer Singapore, pages 1-24, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7_1, Springer Website of the publication:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7_1, Hardcover ISBN 978-981-99-
2578-0, Date of Hard Copy Publication: 26 July 2023.

4. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Constitutional protection of economic and social human rights:
Intention of the constitution-makers and judicial interpretations, in A History of the Constitution
of Bangladesh: The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead (Ridwanul Hoque and Rokeya
Chowdhury, eds.), Routledge, Taylor and Francis weblink of publication:

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 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003276814-15/constitutional-
protection-economic-social-human-rights-muhammad-ekramul-
haque?context=ubx&refId=c175c4ea-7779-446a-9b4a-9fa8b338843c, pages , DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003276814, Print Copy published: November 2023.

5. Co-author of the Chapter on Bangladesh in The International Review of Constitutional Reform

(IRCR), Richard Albert (ed) (USA 2022). Available at
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4254200

6. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Introduction: International Law and Collaboration During

Disasters, in: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_217 ,
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_217-1 Springer
weblink: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_217 ,
Hardcover ISBN 978-981-19-8387-0, Hard Copy Published: 02 October 2023.

7. Muhammad Ekramul Haque & A.U. Bhuiyan, Managing Disasters in Bangladesh: Legislative
Framework and Judicial Developments, in: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster
Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_129, Springer
weblink: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-19-8388-7_129,
Hardcover ISBN 978-981-19-8387-0, Hard Copy Published: 02 October 2023.

8. Muhammad Ekramul Haque and Ali Mashraf, Bangladesh, in The ICON 2022 Global Review of
Constitutional Law, Richard Albert and others (eds.) (Constitutional Studies Program at the
University of Texas at Austin, USA),
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4617537, Published on 30 October 2023.

9. Muhammad Ekramul Haque and Ali Mashraf, Bangladesh, in The 2022 International Review of
Constitutional Reform, Richard Albert and Luís Roberto Barroso (eds.) (Constitutional Studies
Program at the University of Texas at Austin, USA),
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4254200, Published on 05 November
2023.

10. Chapter on Environmental Constitutionalism in Implementation of Sustainable Development in

the Global South: Strategies, Innovations and Challenges (HART Publishing, UK, forthcoming
November 2024). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/implementation-of-sustainable-
development-in-the-global-south-9781509963751/

11. Chapter on ‘Public Interest Environmental Litigation (PIEL) to Tackle Climate Change in
Bangladesh: Growth, Challenges and Future’ in International Law, Climate Change and
Bangladesh (Springer, November 2024 forthcoming ISBN 978-3-031-71296-8).
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031712968

12. Chapter on ‘Implementation of International Norms relating to Airport Security in Bangladesh’

in Aerodrome Governance in Asia (Springer, forthcoming 2025).

• Journal Articles:

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1. Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges: Bangladesh State Practice, In: Asian Yearbook of
International Law, Volume 27 (2021), Authors: Muhammad Ekramul Haque and Azhar Uddin
Bhuiyan, Pages: 79–90 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687202_007, Web Link:
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004687202/BP000016.xml (Publication Date: 21 Nov 2023).

2. Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under International Human Rights Law, Dhaka
University Law Journal, Special Issue for the commemoration of 100 years of the Faculty of Law,
University of Dhaka (2021)
https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DULJ/article/view/57179/40155

3. ‘Current International Legal Issues: Bangladesh’ in the Asian Yearbook on International Law
(Volume 23, 2017), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415829_002 (Publication Date: 2019).

4. Multifaceted Dimensions of Human Rights, Dhaka University Law Journal, The Dhaka University
Studies Part-F, Volume 28, 2017, pages 21-34, University of Dhaka http://law.du.ac.bd/en/wp-
content/uploads/2018/10/Dhaka-University-Law-Journal-Volume-28-2017.pdf

5. State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law: Bangladesh, In: Asian Yearbook of
International Law, Volume 27 (2021), Authors: Sumaiya Khair and Muhammad Ekramul Haque,
Pages: 130–151 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687202_010, Web Link:
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004687202/BP000019.xml (Publication Date: 21 Nov 2023).

6. State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law: Bangladesh, In: Asian Yearbook of
International Law, Volume 26 (2020), Authors: Sumaiya Khair and Muhammad Ekramul Haque,
Pages: 165–183 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004530973_006 , Web Link:
https://brill.com/display/book/9789004687202/BP000019.xml (Publication Date: 19 January
2023).

7. State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law: Bangladesh, Asian Yearbook of

International Law, Vol 26, 2020, published in January 2023,
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004530973_006

8. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights versus Civil and Political Rights: Closing the Gap between the
Two and the Present International Human Rights Regime, Dhaka University Law Journal, The
Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume 29, 2018, pages 41-54, University of Dhaka.
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/dkauvylw29&div=6&id=&page=

9. Constitutional framework of Protection of Human Rights in Bangladesh, Dhaka University Law

Journal, The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2011, pages 55-78, University of
Dhaka. https://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php/DULJ/article/view/1661

10. Formation of the Constitution and the legal system in Bangladesh: From 1971 to 1972: A critical
legal analysis, Dhaka University Law Journal, The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume 27,
Issue 1, 2016, pages 41-56, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=download&path%5B
%5D=1527&path%5B%5D=1439

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11. Concept of the Basic Structure of the Constitution: An Analysis in the context of the Constitutional
law of Bangladesh, Dhaka University Law Journal, The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume
16, Issue 2, 2005, pages 123-154, University of Dhaka.

12. Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights in South Africa, Dhaka University Law
Journal, The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, University of Dhaka.

13. Does Part II of the Constitution of Bangladesh contain only economic and social rights?, Dhaka
University Law Journal, The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2012, pages 45-
50, University of Dhaka. https://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php/DULJ/article/view/1681/1588

14. The Role of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in developing normative
contents of the economic and social rights contained in the ICESCR, Dhaka University Law Journal,
The Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2012, pages 1-18, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=
1679&path%5B%5D=1586

15. In search of origin of recognition of economic and social rights as constitutional principles: from
Ireland to Bangladesh, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2012, pages 79-84, Dhaka University Law Journal, The
Dhaka University Studies Part-F: Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka.
https://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php/DULJ/article/view/1693

16. Legal and Constitutional Status of the Fundamental Principles of State Policy as Embodied in the
Constitution of Bangladesh, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2005, pages 45-80, Dhaka University Law Journal,
The Dhaka University Studies Part-F: Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka.
https://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php/DULJ/article/view/1481/1418

17. The Preamble of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh: An Analysis from Legal
Perspective, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2004, pages 107-122, Dhaka University Law Journal, The Dhaka
University Studies Part-F: Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=
1473&path%5B%5D=1411

18. Protecting Fundamental Rights through restricted legislative competence: Application of the
doctrine of eclipse and severability, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2006, pages 49-62, Dhaka University Law
Journal, Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=
1547&path%5B%5D=1456

19. The requirement of notification under section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 and
its impact on the validity of talaq: a quest for the present law in Bangladesh, Journal of the Faculty
of Law, Rajshahi University.

20. The inheritance of orphaned grandchildren under Islamic law of succession: An analysis of section
4 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Rajshahi University.

21. An analysis of the laws regarding payment of dower in the marriages under Muslim personal law,
Chittagong University Journal of Law.

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 22. Husband’s unilateral and excessive power of divorce under Islamic family law and its reforms in
the modern world, Chittagong University Journal of Law.

23. An overview of modern statutes on polygamy under Muslim law, Volume 23, Issue 2, 2011, pages
43-56, Dhaka University Law Journal, Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Journal of the Faculty of
Law, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=viewFile&path[]=169
1&path[]=1597

24. Gender Bias ‘Preferential Gift’ is Illegal: New Interpretation, Volume 25, Issue 1, 2014, pages 25-
30, Dhaka University Law Journal, Dhaka University Studies Part-F, Journal of the Faculty of Law,
University of Dhaka. http://law.du.ac.bd/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Volume-25-Number-
1-June-2014.pdf

25. ‘Utility of Marriage Stipulations to remove gender inequalities and to protect the rights of
women’, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2011, pages 37-52, Dhaka University Law Journal, Dhaka University
Studies Part-F, Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka.
http://journal.library.du.ac.bd/index.php?journal=DULJ&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=
1667&path%5B%5D=1575

Op-ed

1. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, The legality of the interim government: Analysis from
constitutional and international legal perspectives, Daily Star 15 August 2024,
https://www.thedailystar.net/author/muhammad-ekramul-haque

2. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Law interview: The Proclamation of Independence 1971, Daily Star
28 April 2023, https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/news/the-proclamation-
independence-1971-3306236

3. Muhammad Ekramul Haque, Constitutional borrowing and transplants: Use of world

constitutions in the making and development of the Constitution of Bangladesh, Daily Star 4
November 2022, https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/50-years-our-constitution-original-
ideals-vs-reality/news/constitutional-borrowing-and-transplants-3160266

Research report

• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has published “Legal
Preparedness for Regional and International Disaster and Pandemic Response in South Asia:
Regional and Comparative Analysis” where I have worked as a contributor and prepared country-
level mapping. The publication is available for download at the IFRC disaster law website:
https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/media/3969

Conference/Workshop/Seminar/Lecture

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1. Paper on ‘International Law in Bangladesh: Is there Any Unique Perspective of International
Law?’, in ILA-KOREA’s 60th Anniversary International Conference "The Asian Century: Fact or
Fiction?" (10-11 June 2024, Seoul, Korea). http://www.dila-korea.org/dilakorea/conference.html

2. Paper on ‘Contribution of Bangladesh to the Development of International Law’, in ILA-KOREA’s

60th Anniversary International Conference "The Asian Century: Fact or Fiction?" (10-11 June 2024,
Seoul, Korea). http://www.dila-korea.org/dilakorea/conference.html

3. Paper on ‘An Evaluation of Korea’s state Practice of International Law’, in ILA-KOREA’s 60th
Anniversary International Conference "The Asian Century: Fact or Fiction?" (10-11 June 2024,
Seoul, Korea). http://www.dila-korea.org/dilakorea/conference.html

4. Lectures on comparative constitutional law (one week in February 2024) in the International
Teaching Month 2024 program organized by the Institute of Law, Nirma University, India.
https://www.facebook.com/share/s7dCzW74XkJNkQSo/

5. Paper on the ‘Areas for improvement of national laws and mechanism in order to ensure disaster
management through regional and international cooperation’ in the International Conference
on the ‘Role of Disaster Laws in Mitigating and Strengthening Climate Resilience’ organised by
IFRC and NAPSIPG at Bangkok (30 November 2023 Bangkok).
https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/node/967

6. Presentation on ‘Comparative Constitutional Law’ in the ‘Constitutional law Conclave’ organized

by Nirma University, India (February 2024 India).
https://www.facebook.com/share/s7dCzW74XkJNkQSo/

7. Lecture on ‘Constitutional Borrowing and Transplant in ‘Big-C’ and ‘small-c’ constitutions of

Bangladesh’ in the 49th Foundation Training Course for the Assistant judges/Equivalent Judicial
officers organized by the Judicial administration and Training Institute, Bangladesh (28 March
2024 Dhaka). https://www.facebook.com/share/jRa1uNHnqZqrxKMr/

8. Lecture on ‘Muslim Family Law and Law of Inheritance as Applied in Bangladesh: An Analysis of
Some Selected Issues from Practical Legal Perspective’ in the 49th Foundation Training Course for
the Assistant judges/Equivalent Judicial officers organized by the Judicial administration and
Training Institute, Bangladesh (19 March 2024 Dhaka).
https://www.facebook.com/share/D2Vdz2fZJ5n57nCg/

9. Conducted the session on ‘Humanitarian Law, Survival and co-existence’ as a resource person in
the 04 Days Workshop on ‘Disaster Laws & Community Preparedness’ organized by NAPSIPAG
Disaster Research Group (NDRG) in collaboration with Sphere India & Institute of Social Sciences
(27-30 August 2023). https://www.facebook.com/share/2bNqjB5tASPnMcLG/

10. Chaired the Technical session 05 on "Safeguarding tomorrow's Energy: Low Carbon Futures,
Carbon Neutrality and Energy Security Synergy" in the International Conference on
Environmental Justice (ICEJ'23) (co-organised by the University of Colombo, Jindal Global Law
School, India, Commonwealth Legal Education Association, NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group
(NDRG-2020), Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, Italy, CAPAZ
German-Colombian Peace Institute & Chair for Peace Studies, Justus-Liebig University Giessen,

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 Germany and City University of New York, United States, funded by the European Union funded
Support to Justice Sector Project (JURE), jointly implemented by UNDP and UNICEF Sri Lanka, and
facilitated by the Ministry of Justice, Sri Lanka.) (26 August 2023). https://cmb.ac.lk/icej23 ;
https://www.facebook.com/share/36iqeopsap5acSzz/

11. Speaker on “Researching Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law from a
Bangladesh perspective: Prospects and Problems” in the Thematic Session on ‘Challenges of
Conducting Legal research’, 1st National Law Conference 2023 (University of Chittagong, Faculty
of Law) (16-17 September 2023). https://www.facebook.com/share/VyD7imKKVF1rEkbv/

12. Chaired the session on ‘Technological Change and Law’, 1st National Law Conference 2023
(University of Chittagong, Faculty of Law) (16-17 September 2023).
https://www.facebook.com/share/VyD7imKKVF1rEkbv/

13. Panel speaker in the session on ‘Constitutional Changes in Bangladesh’, 1st National Law
Conference 2023 (University of Chittagong, Faculty of Law) (16-17 September 2023).
https://www.facebook.com/share/VyD7imKKVF1rEkbv/

14. Panel speaker in the session on ‘Interpretations of Recent Judicial Decisions’, 1st National Law
Conference 2023 (University of Chittagong, Faculty of Law) (16-17 September 2023).
https://www.facebook.com/share/VyD7imKKVF1rEkbv/

15. Public lecture on 'Liberalization of Locus Standi and the Development of Public Interest Litigation
in Bangladesh: From Kazi to Mohiuddin and Beyond' organized by BUPLMCC, Bangladesh
University of Professionals (22 August 2023).
https://www.facebook.com/share/BUfhpz1e1vzwb2Cr/

16. Meeting of the Governing Body of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in
Asia (DILA) with international law experts from Asia and Pacific, 27 June 2023.

17. Presented a paper on “Protection of Refugees in the Non-signatory States to the 1951 Refugee
Convention: Bangladesh Case Study”, (co-authored with Abu Bakar Siddique) 2023 DILA
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on ‘Refugee Protection and Border Control: Asian State Practice’
organized in a hybrid mode by DILA (Development of International Law in Asia) and hosted by
Mongolia at Ulaanbaatar, 26 June 2023. http://www.dila-korea.org/dila/conference.html;
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://www.dila-
korea.org/down/2023.06_DILA+NUM_PROGRAM.pdf

18. Moderator, Lecture on “The Geopolitical History of North-South Divide in International Law:
Monocultural Eurocentrism in Multicultural Plural World” by Emeritus Professor M Rafiqul Islam
(Macquarie University, Australia) organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (13 June
2023).

19. Introductory speech in the 'East West University Annual Law Lecture 2023' on the 'Liberation War
and Genocide from International Legal Perspective' by Emeritus Professor of Macquarie
University of Australia M Rafiqul Islam (10 June 2023).

20. Resource Person (Constitutional Law), Training of the election officers under the election
Commission (September 2023).

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21. Resource Person on Constitutional Law training on ‘Judicial review under Article 102 of the
Constitution of Bangladesh’ in the 48th Foundation Training Course of Assistant Judges, Judicial
Administration and Training Institute, Bangladesh.

22. Resource person, Research Methodology Workshop, Bangladesh University of Professionals

(2023).

23. Interview (03 November 2023) hosted by Professor Richard Albert (the University of Texas at
Austin, USA) in the book launch of "The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and
Transformation at its 50th Anniversary" (Springer)

24. Special Law Lecture on “The Use of Comparative Constitutional Law in Bangladesh:
Constitutional Borrowing and Transplants”, Department of Law, Feni University, (26 July 2022)
https://www.facebook.com/FULAW2012/

25. Session on Disaster Laws in the Foundation Course on Disaster Management jointly organized by
the Institute of Social Sciences (India) and the Disaster Research Group of the Network of Asia-
Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration and Governance (NAPSIPAG), (2022
September 5-9).

26. ‘Secularism to State Religion: Constitutional Right to Freedom of Religion in Bangladesh’ at the
4th Indonesian Constitutional Court International Symposium (ICCIS) 15-16 September 2021
https://iccis.mkri.id/home/speakers

27. “Influence of Marbury v Madison on the Development of Judicial Review in the Constitutional
Law of Bangladesh”, Twelfth Annual Constitutional Law Colloquium hosted by Loyola University
Chicago School of Law and George Washington University Law School, USA, Paper: 12-13
November 2021 (Upcoming), Washington, USA. https://www.luc.edu/law/events/constitution-
law-colloquium/

28. Public Law Compensation as a Constitutional Remedy and the Theory of ‘Bricolage’ in
Bangladesh” in the Panel 145 on A Matter of Justice: Judicial Review and New remedies for the
21st Century, International Society of Public Law ICON • S Mundo 2021 CONFERENCE.
https://www.icon-society.org/conference-schedule/

29. “International Law Provisions in the Constitution of Bangladesh”, 8th Biennial Conference of
Asian Society of International Law, in the Panel 30 on International Law and Domestic Law, 24
May – 28 May 2021 (ASIL), Australia.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tmruo1nbyjm80pr/Final%20AsianSIL%202021%20Program%20for
%20website%20-%20release%2021%20May.pdf?dl=0

30. International Public Lecture on comparative constitutional law, "Impact of Comparative

Constitutional Law on the Liberalization of Locus Standi: Constitutional Transplant of Public
Interest Litigation in Bangladesh" Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia, 28 August 2021
https://pasca.unair.ac.id/event/intl-public-lecture-with-prof-muh-ekramul-haque-univ-of-
dhaka-bangladesh-impact-of-comparative-constitutional-law/

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31. Lecture in comparative constitutional law on the title: “Impact of the Indian Supreme Court
Judgments on the Development of Constitutional Law in Bangladesh.” (15 February 2021) in the
International Teaching Month 2021 program organized by the Institute of Law, Nirma University,
India, in association with Penn State Law, USA. Nirma International Teaching Month February
2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2faOur5Xpg

32. keynote Speech on "50 years of Independence: Constitutional Discourse of Bangladesh"

organized by the Department of Law, State University of Bangladesh to celebrate the golden
jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh, 27 March 2021 https://youtu.be/uYg1VIzc9ho

33. ‘The development of basic structure of the Constitution in Bangladesh: Legitimacy and
implications’ accepted for ACS Constitutional Law Scholars Forum, jointly sponsored by Texas
A&M University School of Law and the Barry Law Review, Orlando, Florida (February 2020).

34. ‘Constitutional Protection of Social and Economic Rights and the Role of the Supreme Court of
Bangladesh’ at Indonesian Constitutional Court International Symposium (ICCIS) 4-8 November
2019 held in Bali, Indonesia.

35. Development of International Law in Asia: 30th Anniversary International Conference on the
Grand Anatomy State Practice of International Law in Asia and the Workshop on the
Encyclopedia of International Law in Asia, held on 14-18 October 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
http://www.dila-korea.org/down/DILA%202019_2.pdf

36. ‘Clinical legal education in Bangladesh’ in Regional Conclave: The Future of Justice Education in
South Asia, held in Ahmedabad in India on 08 to 09 November in 2019, India
http://www.ilnuconference.org/rgaje/cp.html

37. Presentation on Bangladesh in the Webinar on Strengthening Justice Education initiative in

South Asia, Justice Education Initiative during the Pandemic 2020 (August 2020).

38. Law Lecture on “Special Features of Muslim Law of Succession”, Faculty of Law, Dhaka
International University, 2020.

39. Current International Legal Issues in Bangladesh in DILA Korea International Conference on Asian
State Practice of Domestic Implementation of International Law, 26 January 2019, Seoul, South
Korea. http://www.dila-korea.org/down/DILA-KOREA_CONFERENCE_2019_1.pdf

40. Presentation on ‘Bangladesh’ in DILA Korea International Conference on Encyclopedia of Public

International Law in Asia, 25 January 2019, Seoul, South Korea. http://www.dila-
korea.org/down/DILA-KOREA_CONFERENCE_2019_1.pdf

41. International workshop on ‘Clinical Legal Education (CLE)’, jointly organized by the University of
Dhaka and BLAST in Dhaka on 05 August in 2019, presentation on the activities of Dhaka
University Law Clinic.

42. ‘Use of International Law in Interpreting Constitutional Rights in Bangladesh: The Judicial Trend
Toward Creeping Monism’, 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law
(ASIL), (2019).

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43. South Asian Regional Conference on Gender, Rights and Choices: Citizens’ Access to Justice in
Megacities, Panelist in the session on Addressing Discrimination in Laws Policies and Procedures,
BLAST (March 2018).

44. Lecture on ‘Justiciability of Constitutional Principles on Economic and Social Rights in

Bangladesh and India: A Comparative Analysis,’ 13 November 2019, the FLS Seminar Lecture
Series Programme, Faculty of Legal Studies (FLS), South Asian University (SAU)-New Delhi.
http://www.sau.int/pdf2019/13-11-09-na.png, http://www.sau.int/tenders-listing/20-
faculties/fls/260-fls-events.html

45. Expert Lecture on ‘A Comparative Discussion on Constitutional Enforcement of Economic and

Social Rights in India and Bangladesh,’ 11 November, 2019 at the Institute of Law, Nirma
University, Ahmedabad, India. https://law.nirmauni.ac.in/calendar/a-session-on-comparative-
constitutional-law/

46. 1st Senior Advocate Ozair Farooq Memorial Law Conference 2018, University of Dhaka, 16-17
September 2018, Convener, Conference Sub-Committee and chaired the session on
‘Constitutional Rights and Remedies.’

47. Seminar Speaker on “Law of Contract in Bangladesh and UK: A Comparative Study”, Department
of Law, Independent University of Bangladesh, 2018.

48. Seminar Speaker on “Constitutional Law and Remedies in Bangladesh”, Department of Law,
Independent University of Bangladesh, 2018.

49. Public lecture on ‘Use of International Law in Interpreting the Constitutional Rights in
Bangladesh’, May 16, 2017, Dhaka Law Review (DHLR), Dhaka,
https://www.dhakalawreview.org/public-lecture-on-use-of-international-law-in-interpreting-
the-constitutional-rights-in-bangladesh.

50. Speaker in the seminar on ‘Judicial Activism & Judicial Self-Restraint’, May 10, 2017, Dhaka
International University, Dhaka https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=73032 ;
https://blog.diu.ac/judicial-activism-and-the-quest-for-judicial-self-restrained-in-bangladesh/

51. Panel discussant for the fourth session focusing on ‘Public Interest Litigation Lawyering’ in the
National Conference on ‘Clinical Legal Education: LAWYERS SERVING THE COMMUNITY,’
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) under the project of Community Legal Services
(CLS) supported by the Department for International Development (DFID) and a consortium
consisting of Maxwell Stamp PLC, as principal contractor and the British Council and the Centre
for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK) (March, 2017).

52. ‘Utility of Marriage Stipulations to remove gender inequalities and to protect the rights of
women’ in the International Researcher Links Workshop jointly organised by the Faculty of Law,
University of Dhaka, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London,
UK on the theme “Governance and Management of Gender Relations: A Comparative Study of
Law and Society” ((February, 2015).

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 53. ‘Justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights: Myth or Reality?’, International Conference
at Harvard, USA: June, 2010, USA.

54. ‘A critical analysis of the constitutional protection of economic and social rights’, Seminar held
in the Institute of Human Rights, Abo Akademi University, Finland, 17 November 2008, Turku,
Finland.

55. ‘Constitutional protection of economic and social rights in Bangladesh’, Post graduate Law
Students Conference, 2008, Sydney University, 31 October 2008, Australia.

56. ‘Justiciability of the Constitutional Principles on Economic and Social Rights in India’, Public Law
Conference in the University of New South Wales, 12 July 2010, Australia.

57. Seminar Speaker on Business Law, Faculty of Business Studies, Independent University of
Bangladesh, 2002.

Scholarships and awards

❑ Monash Law Dean’s Award (2008-2010), Monash University, Australia.

❑ Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2007-2010), Australia.
❑ Monash Graduate Scholarship (2007-2010), Australia.
❑ Scholarship by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs to participate in an international course on
human rights in Finland (November 2008).
❑ Justice Muhammad Hussain Memorial Gold Medal (Awarded by the Chancellor at the 40th
Convocation of the University of Dhaka).
❑ University Grants Commission Merit Scholarship, 1996 [For securing 1st position in 1st Class in LL.B.
(Hons.) Exam]

LLM RESEARCH MONOGRAPH (1997)

“Role of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations for the Promotion and Protection of Fundamental
Human Rights”.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1. Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2016 to To date)

2. Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
4. Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
5. Part-time Teacher, Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka. (2004-2007).
6. Advisor, Department of Law, East West University, Dhaka. (2023 to Date)
7. Advisor, Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Development Alternative, Dhaka
(2013 to 2015).
8. Lecturer and coordinator, Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Development
Alternative, Dhaka (2002-2003).
9. Visiting Faculty: Extensive experience of teaching in different universities at different times
including Bangladesh University of Professionals, North South University, East West University,

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 Southeast university, Eastern University, Dhaka International University, University of
Development Alternative and the Study support centers in Bangladesh for LLB External Program
under the University of London.

Current Teaching Load:

• Constitutional Law: LLB (Hons) 2nd Year

• Comparative Constitutional law: LLM
• Comparative Constitutional law: MPhil

Current PhD Supervision:

• ‘Constitutional Right to privacy and data Protection in Bangladesh: A Critical Study.’ PhD
Candidate: Md. Riaduzzaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Daffodils International
University.
• ‘Law of Contract in Bangladesh and the UK: A Comparative Study.’ PhD Candidate: Associate
Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
• ‘A Critical Study of the Laws Regarding Safe Custodies for Women and Children in Bangladesh.’
PhD Candidate: Mili Sultana (Associate Professor, Department of Law, Dhaka International
University) at the Centre for Higher Studies and Research, Bangladesh University of Professionals.

Trainer and Resource person

1. Resource Person (Constitutional Law), Judicial Administration and Training Institute.

2. Resource Person (Constitutional Law), Training of the Government servants in Bangladesh.

3. Resource Person (Law), Certificate Course on Research Bioethics, Bangladesh Medical

Research Council.

4. Resource Person, Legal Research and Writing a Thesis, Department of Law, East West
University.

5. Resource Person, Research Methodology Workshop, Department of Law, Faculty of Security

Studies, Bangladesh University of Professionals.

6. Resource person, workshop for preparing curriculum in OBE model, East West University.

7. Resource person, workshop for preparing curriculum in OBE model, City University.

8. Reviewer and Expert, Curriculum in OBE model, Northeast University.

9. Reviewer and Expert, Curriculum in OBE model, Bangladesh Army International University of
Science and Technology.

TRAINING AND COURSES PARTICIPATED

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 • Intensive Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Theory and Practice,
organized by the Institute of Human Rights, Abo Akademi University, Finland.
• Course on Maritime Law and Marine Insurance conducted by Bangladesh Insurance Academy in
co-operation with British Executive Service Overseas (BESO), London, U.K.
• Training Program on Environmental Law organized by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers
Association, a member of the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
• Training program on Human Rights in International Law organized by the Ethical Association of
Bangladesh.
• Teachers Training Program on International Humanitarian Law organized by the Faculty of Law,
University of Dhaka in collaboration with The International Committee of the Red Cross.
• Advanced Research Workshop for the University teachers organized by the Department of Law,
University of Dhaka.
• Bar Vocational Course, a six weeks’ long intensive training program to develop practical legal skills
organized by Bangladesh Bar Council.

OTHERS

• Clinical Legal Education and Law Clinic:

• Director, Dhaka University Law Clinic (2024- to date).

• Coordinator, Clinical Legal Education Programme, Department of Law, University of Dhaka
(2014- to 2022).

• Other Academic activities in the University of Dhaka

• Director, SA Entity, IQAC, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2022- to date).

• Additional Director, IQAC, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2019- 2021).
• Member, Academic Council, University of Dhaka (2016- to date).
• Member, Board of Advanced Studies, University of Dhaka (2016- to date).
• Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (2016- to date).
• Member, Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (2019-21).
• Member, Sub-committee on the Scrutiny of MPhil and PhD proposals, Department of Law,
University of Dhaka (2016- 2023).

• Academic Journals:

• Associate Editor, Dhaka University Law Journal, University of Dhaka (2023 -2024).
• Member in the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal “Adjure: A Journal of Law and
Governance Studies “of the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance (CSLG), Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi (2022).
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal for Human Rights Research, UK (2022).
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Maharishi Journal of Law & Society, Maharishi Law School,
Maharishi University of Information Technology, Noida, India (2022).
• Member, Editorial Board, Dhaka University Law Journal, Special Issue for the commemoration
of 100 years of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (2021).

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• Member, Editorial Board, Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Social Science Research Council,
International Journal of the Social Science Research Council, ministry of Planning,
Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (2020-24).
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (2012-13).
• Reviewer, Asian Journal of International Law, a Journal of the Asian Society of International
Law published by Cambridge University Press.
• Reviewer, Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law, University of Malaya.
• Reviewer, Jurnal Mengkaji Indonesia
• Reviewer, Indian Journal of Constitutional Law.
• Reviewer, Contemporary South Asia.
• Reviewer, Dhaka University Law Journal.
• Reviewer, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
• Reviewer, Jagannath University Journal of Law.
• Reviewer, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law.
• Reviewer, Dhaka University Journal of Islamic Studies.
• Reviewer, Northern University Journal of Law.
• Reviewer, DIU Journal of Law and Human Rights.
• Reviewer, Rajshahi University Journal of Law.
• Reviewer, BUP Journal.
• Reviewer of different other national and international journals.
• Reviewer, Handbook on civil liability for human rights violations, Project on civil liability for
human rights violations, Oxford University.

• PhD Thesis Examiner/Research, PhD committee:

▪ Gujarat National Law University, India (2024)

▪ South Asian University, India (2022)
▪ Member, Research Advisory Committee (RAC), Institute of Law, Nirma University (2023-
to date).

• Curriculum Development:

• Convener, Syllabus Committee, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2024 to date).

• Member, M.Phil. Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Law, University of
Dhaka.
• Member, LLM Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
• Member, LLB (Honours) Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Law, University
of Dhaka (2014-2023).
• Member, Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Women and Gender Studies,
University of Dhaka (2005).
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Bangladesh University of
Professionals.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU).
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Northern University Bangladesh.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Sonargaon University.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Notre dame University.

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• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in the University of Development
Alternative
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Southeast University.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Dhaka International University.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in Northeast University Bangladesh.
• Expert Member, Curriculum Development Committee in different other private universities
in Bangladesh.
• Reviewer, Curriculum in OBE model, City University.
• Reviewer, Curriculum in OBE model, Northeast University.
• Reviewer, Curriculum in OBE model, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and
Technology.
• Drafted syllabus for LLM and LLB (Hons.) programs for different public and private universities
in Bangladesh.

• Administrative Activities:

• Chairman, LLB (Honours) 2nd Year Examination Committee, Department of Law, University of
Dhaka.
• Chairman, LLB (Honours) 1st Year Examination Committee, Department of Law, University of
Dhaka.
• Member, LLB (Honours) 1st Year Examination Committee, Department of Law, University of
Dhaka.
• Member, MPhil PhD Sub Committee, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
• Expert member, Faculty selection board, Bangladesh University of Professionals
• Expert member, Faculty selection board, East West University
• Expert member, Faculty selection board, Sonargaon University
• Expert member, Faculty selection board, University of Development Alternative
• Expert member, Faculty selection board, Dhaka International University
• External Member, Examination Committee of the Department of Law, Bangladesh University
of Professionals (2018-22).
• External Member, Examination Committee of the Department of Law, Cumilla University
(2017-21).
• External Member, Examination Committee of the Department of Law, Feni University (2022).
• External Member, Examination Committee of the Department of Law, University of Asia
Pacific (2022).
• External Member, Examination Committee of the Department of Law, Bangladesh Army
University of Science and Technology, (2022).
• Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia (2009-2011).
• Member of different M Phil and PhD Examination Committees.
• Student Advisor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (2003-2007).
• Assistant House Tutor, Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall, University of Dhaka (2004-2007).

• Co-curricular activities as a law student

• Chair, HDR Students Group (official group of PhD students), Faculty of Law, Monash University,
Australia (2010).
• Awarded in Moot Court Competitions (1992-1997).

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 • Awarded in Debate Competitions (1992-1997).
• General Secretary, Law Debating Society (1994-96).
• Coordinator, Court Model Debate, 1st National Debate Festival in Bangladesh (1995).
• Student Member, Moot Court Society, Department of Law, University of Dhaka (1992-96).

Research fellow/Membership/Governing Body of International Organizations/Advisory Board of

Regional and international organizations:

1. Distinguished Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of
Texas at Austin, USA (January 2024- December 2026).

2. Rapporteur in Asian Yearbook of International Law (Brill, https://brill.com/view/serial/AYIL )

(2022 to date).

3. Member of the Governing Board, Development of International Law in Asia, DILA (2022 – 2024).

4. Member, Advisory Board, Network of Asia Pacific Schools and Institutes of Public Administration
and Governance NAPSIPAG Disaster Research Group (NDRG) (2023-2026).

5. International Society of Public Law ICON•S (2021 to date). https://www.icon-society.org/

6. Member, International Association of Constitutional Lawyers (IACL) https://iacl-

aidc.org/index.php/en/

7. Member, Research Group on Cross-Judicial Fertilization: The Use of Foreign precedents by

Constitutional Judges, International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL).

8. Member, ConstitutionWorld.

9. Member, Castan Centre for Human Rights, Australia (2007-2012).

https://www.monash.edu/law/research/centres/castancentre/about/members

10. Member, Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (2019-21).

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