UPDATES:

13 January 2025:

It was a pleasure to speak about the work we do at International Criminal Court; the legal framework, the Court’s structure and functions, and challenges, with students at the School of Law, BRAC University, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University on 23 and 24 December 2024 respectively. Special thanks to Professor Md. Rizwanul Islam and Mostafa Hosain for the kind invitations.

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22 July 2024:

It was a pleasure to participate in the Sixth Asia Pacific Forum of The Hague; focusing on the region’s engagement with and contribution to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Asia-Pacific is one of the most underrepresented regions here at the Court.

Press release: https://bit.ly/6thAsiaPacificForum

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7 June 2024:

It’s been a pleasure to once again judge the Final of the English edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition. Great performances all around. Congratulations to all the teams, and kudos to the organisers (Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University and The Hague Office of the International Bar Association).

Press release and AV material: https://bit.ly/2024iccmootfinal

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27 January 2024:

Cutout from the print version of The Daily Star, of my recent piece enunciating the relevant international law on ‘Bangladesh’s right of intervention in the Genocide Convention Cases’ before the International Court of Justice: https://bit.ly/bd-icj

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7 July 2023:

It was an interesting experience participating in the ‘Mock Trial and Training 2023’, organised by the Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, The Hague. Kudos to the organisers and fellow participants.

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10 June 2023:

It was a pleasure to judge this year’s Final of the English edition of the ICC Moot Court Competition. Great performances all around. Congratulations to all the teams, and thanks to the organisers for the great work.

Press Release and Audio-visual Materials: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/universidade-federal-da-bahia-brazil-wins-icc-moot-court-competition-english-version

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27 February 2023:

It was a pleasure to judge the Championship Round of the 2023 Dutch Qualifying Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition at Amsterdam Law School on Saturday, 25 February 2023. Congratulations to both the finalists, University of Amsterdam and Leiden University, and all the participating teams.

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28 May 2022:

It was an immense pleasure to judge the Final of the English edition of the 2022 ICC Moot Court Competition. Congratulations to all the teams, and great work by all the organisers.

Press Release and Audio-visual Materials: https://bit.ly/2022ICCMootFinal

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RESEARCH ARTICLES:

‘Where are the LDC and Small Developing State Complainants in the WTO DSB?’ (2020) 52(2) The George Washington International Law Review (with Prof. Md. Rizwanul Islam)

‘Right to be Forgotten: A Critique of the Post-Costeja Gonzalez Paradigm’ (2015) 21(6) Computer and Telecommunications Law Review 175

CHAPTERS:

‘Framework of Engagement with International Law’ in Mohammad Shahabuddin (ed), Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge 2021)

POSTS, OPINION PIECES, and ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS:

‘Bangladesh’s right of intervention in the Genocide Convention cases‘ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 24 January 2024)

‘Should Foreign Courts have the ability to effectively disqualify Bangladeshi MPs?’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 13 July 2021)

‘Resolving the Issue of Sea-stranded Rohingyas’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 13 March 2021)

‘Special and Differential Treatment of LDC Parties in RCEP’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Mere Words or Effective Safeguards?’ AfronomicsLaw (17 February 2021)

‘Bangladesh should Host ICC’s Proceedings in Cox’s Bazar’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 25 September 2020)

‘The Importance of Land Rights to Rohingya Repatriation: The Pinheiro Principles and Justice for the Displaced’ Policy Forum (Canberra, 25 September 2020)

‘Folk Fest Registration Controversy Exemplifies the Need for Data Protection Law’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 19 November 2019)

‘Shamima Begum may be a Bangladeshi Citizen After All’ EJIL: Talk! (14 March 2019)

‘Sexual Misconduct at the Workplace and a Culture of Impunity’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 5 November 2018)

‘How Bangladesh should Approach the Rohingya Issue’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 24 September 2018)

‘Myanmar Remains Disingenuous when it comes to Rohingya Repatriation’ The Diplomat (Washington, DC, 28 August 2018)

‘Bangladesh’s Observations on Rohingya Deportation’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 30 May 2018)

‘Myanmar should pay Reparations to Rohingyas’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 13 May 2018)

‘In Search of Justice: Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingyas and the International Criminal Court’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 3 March 2018)

‘Rohingyas’ Dignified Return to their Homeland’ The Kathmandu Post (Kathmandu, 23 November 2017)

‘Rohingyas’ Dignified Return to their Homeland is more than just Agreement to Repatriate’ The Straits Times (Singapore, 21 November 2017)

‘Rohingyas’ Dignified Return to their Homeland’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 21 November 2017)

‘Case for a UN Interim Administration in Rakhine’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 25 October 2017)

‘Protecting Data in Digital Bangladesh’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 7 May 2017)

‘The Fate of the Stateless’ Dhaka Tribune (Dhaka, 26 April 2017)

‘Diplomatic Protection for the Stateless Rohingya’ Policy Forum (Canberra, 22 March 2017)

‘Diplomatic Protection for the Stateless Rohingya’ New Mandala (Canberra, 22 March 2017)

‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act: An Assault on State Immunity’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 7 February 2017) (with Dr. Md. Rizwanul Islam)

‘Blocking Pornographic Websites Counterintuitive and Futile’ The Daily Star (Dhaka, 7 January 2017)

‘The Man I Knew’ Dhaka Tribune (Dhaka, 21 October 2014)

NOTES:

Answering Problem Questions in Law (The ILAC Method) (2021)

Patents, LDCs, and the COVID-19 Vaccine (2021)

International Criminal Law – Information Note on Victims’ Participation International Criminal Court Proceedings (2021)

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh – Notes on the Interpretation of the Constitution (2015)

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh – Notes on the Independence of the Judiciary (2015)

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh – Notes on Fundamental Right (2015)

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh – Notes on Writs (2015)

EDUCATION:

LLM, University of Cambridge (2016)

LLB (Honours), BRAC University (2014)

STATEMENTS:

Statement of Facts leading up to the Protests against the BRAC University Administration in August 2017