Details of Ms. Taslima Yasmin

PROFESSIONAL RECORD

 Assistant Professor

July 2013 – Present

Department of Law,

University of Dhaka

 Advocate

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Adjunct Faculty

Department of Women and Gender Studies

University of Dhaka

(June 2018-January 2019)

 Senior Lecturer

January 2010- July 2013

School of Law,

BRAC University,

44 Mohakhali, Dhaka

PUBLICATIONS

 “The Legal Discourse Addressing Violence Against Women in Bangladesh” (Book Chapter) Voices on South Asia: Interdisciplinary Perspectiveson Women’s Status, Challenges and Futures, (Published by World Scientific Singapore, 2020)

• “The Laws against Acid Violence in Bangladesh: Gaps in Implementation”, Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Volume 4, 2020 Published by Brill Nijhoff.
• Overview of Laws, Policies and Practices on Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the World of Work in Bangladesh”, Published by International Labor Organization, October, 2020
• “A Review of the Effectiveness of the New Legal Regime to Prevent Child Marriages in Bangladesh : Call for Law reform” Published by Plan International Bangladesh and Girls not Bride Network (October 2020).

 “Exploring the obstacles in accessing justice for survivors of domestic violence: How effective is the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010” to be published by ActionAid Bangladesh in March 2021.

• “Laws against Sexual Harassment: Analyzing the legal framework of Bangladesh”

Bangladesh Journal of Law (BJL), Volume 18, Issue 1 & 2 (2018), to be published by the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA).

· “Sexual Harassment at Educational Institutions and Workplaces: A Study on the Implementation Status of the 2009 Supreme Court Guideline”

Published by ActionAid Bangladesh, January 2019.

·  “Judicial Trends in Child Custody Cases in Bangladesh: Traditional Islamic Law Rules versus Welfare Consideration”

Asian Journal of Comparative Law, December, 2017 issue, published by the Cambridge University Press.

• “Enemy Property Laws in Bangladesh: Grabbing lands under the Guise of Legislation”

Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ), Volume 15, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 121-147

• “Sexual Violence in Bangladesh: Addressing Gaps in the Legal Framework”

Dhaka University Law Journal, (the Dhaka University Studies, Part-F) Volume 28, 2017

• “The Ban on Triple Talaq: The Legal Context of Bangladesh and Pakistan” (Book Chapter)

‘Dispelling Rhetoric: Divorce and Gender Inequality in Islam’, New Delhi 2019, Indian Law Institute.

• “The Laws on Domestic Violence in Bangladesh: A Comparison with laws of India and Pakistan”

Dhaka University Law Journal, (the Dhaka University Studies, Part-F) volume- 25, Issue no. 1 of 2014

 “Burning Death Traps Made in Bangladesh: Who is to blame?”

Labor Law Journal, (volume 65, No. 1) March 25, 2014, Published by Wolters Kluwer

• “Unsafe Working Conditions at the RMG Sector of Bangladesh: Role of the International Retailers”

South Asia Journal, Issue-11 Fall 2014.

• “International Practice of Public Legal Education: A missing element in the justice system of Bangladesh”

‘Commonwealth Law Bulletin’ Journal, Issue 38, Volume 3, pp. 467-483.

(Republished in the Journal of the Chevening Society of Bangladesh, Volume 2, December 2013)

 “Impact of International Arbitration Proceeding: Governmental Approach and Investment Climate in Bangladesh”

Economic Research Group Working Paper series 1/2010,

Funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

• The Vagrants and Shelter-less Persons (Rehabilitation) Act, 2011: ‘Rehabilitation’ or ‘Criminalization’?

Journal of the Chevening Society of Bangladesh,

Issue 1, Volume 1, October 2012

International Refugee Law, Migration and Stateless Persons

UGC Award, 2012 for Best published Research Article, Chevening Scholarship (2008-2009)

Human rights, Violence against women, Family law, Access to Justice

CV of Taslima Yasmin

KEY CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

The Commonwealth Asia High-level Regional Dialogue on Strengthening Equality and Equal Protection of the Law – Reforming Laws that Discriminate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia held on 18-20 November 2019, organized by Sisters For Change and the Equality & Justice Alliance.

Lecture at the Asian Law Junior Faculty Workshop, Organised by the Asian Law Institute (ASLI) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS), June 2019, Singapore.

Paper presented at the 16^th Asian Law Institute Conference, held in June 2019 at the National University Singapore, Singapore.

Keynote paper presented at the Seminar on ‘Dispelling Rhetoric: Divorce and Gender Inequality in Islam’, held in New Delhi in 2019, organized by the Indian Law Institute.

Keynote presentation, Seminar Series organized by the Centre for Asian Legal Studies of the National University Singapore on 07 April, 2016.

Participapted at the Legal Empowerment Leadership Course, invited by the Central European University’s School of Public Policy, the Open Society Foundation and Namati held in December 2015 at Budapest, Hungary.

Delegate, “Leadership Breakthroughs”, Asia Regional Alumni Programme, held in March 2012 in Dubai, UAE; invited by the British Council Bangladesh.

Paper presented at the International Conference on Law & Justice 2013, held from 24-25 June, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, organized by the International Center for Research & Development (ICRD).

Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars held in Southampton, UK from 13^th to 16^th September 2010.

Paper presented at the10th Asian Law Institute Conference, held on 23 & 24 May 2013, in Bangalore, India.

Paper presented at the 6^th International Conference on Law (20^th July –24^th July 2009) in Athens, Greece, organized and invited by the ‘Athens Research and Education Institute’ (ATINER).

Presented paper at the Conference on Developing Capable Citizens: Civil Justice and PLE (November 2009. Cardiff, UK) organized by Public Legal Education Network in a joint event with the Civil Justice Council of the Ministry of Justice, UK.

Presented the keynote on “International and national framework addressing Sexual Violence” at the National Dialogue on Actions to end Sexual Violence (to officially commemorate the 16 days of Activism); organised by the United Nations (UN) and the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWCA) in December 2019, held in Dhaka.

Keynote presentation on “Current situation of child marriage and gender based violence and way forward” before the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Eliminating Child Marriage and Preventing GBV, held in November 2019 at the Bangladesh Parliament- invited by the UNFPA.

Keynote paper presented at the ‘National Conference on Rape Law Reform’, held in December 2018, organized by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trusts (BLAST).

Key note presentation at the Symposium on “Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Legal and Social Aspects” organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA), in January 2016.

Keynote paper at the Conference on “Protection of Beggars’ Rights to Life and to Liberty” organized jointly by Action on Disability and Development (ADD), Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), and BRAC Human Rights and Legal Services (BRAC-HRLS)]

 VOLUNTARY AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Women Rights Committee, National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh
• Member of the ‘Working Group to formulate a Draft law on Sexual Harassment’, constituted by the National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh
• Member, Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee, ActionAid Bangladesh
• Member, Anti Sexual Harassment Committee, Care Bangladesh
• Member, National Women Rights Protection Movement, Bangladesh MahilaParishad
• Member, The UN Women Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG)
• Contributor for the Editorial columns, the Daily ProthomAlo and TheDaily Star.