Borhan Sir

Name: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan
Designation: Professor
Degree: PhD (SOAS) LLM (LSE)
Phone:
Email: borhan@du.ac.bd

Education

A. Current Academic Appointments

  1. Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
  2. Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

B. Educational Qualifications

1.Ph.D., 1995, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

2.LL.M. in Public International Law, 1990, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, UK.

3. LL.M. 1985, University of Dhaka.

4. LL. B. (Hons.) 1984, University of Dhaka.

5. Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC), 1980, Jhenidah Cadet College.

6. Secondary School Certificate (SSC), 1978, Jhenidah Cadet College.

C. Scholarships, Fellowship and Sponsorships for Post Graduate Education and Training

  1. Commonwealth Scholarship for LL.M in Public International Law and Ph.D. programme tenable at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London: 30 July 1989 to December 1992.
  2. British Council Fellowship for the remaining period of Ph.D. programme tenable at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London: 1 January 1993 to 31 March 1994
  3. United Nations/UNITAR Fellowship in International Law, tenable at the International Court of Justice, The Hague: 1 July 1996 to August 1996.
  4. Judge Oda Scholarship to attend Lectures on Private International Law, at The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague: 6 July 1998 to 24 July 1998.
  5. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sponsorship to attend 15th Refugee Law Course in the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy: 9 November 1999 to 13 November 1999.
  1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the University of York, Toronto, Canada, sponsorship to attend Summer Refugee Law Course from 11 June to 18 June 2000.
  2. ILO Sponsorship to attend training course on the Training of Experts on Freedom of Association, tenable at the ILO Head Quarters, Geneva and United Nations Training Centre, Turin, Italy: 1 September to 14 September 2001.
  3. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Sponsorship to attend Training Seminar on International Humanitarian Law for University Teachers tenable at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva: 9 September to 14 September 2002.

Experience

Employment History

University of Dhaka

  1. Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, [06 July 2005 to till date].
  2. Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, [16 February2002 to 05 July 2005].

      3. Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, [09 November 1995 to 15 February 2005].

4. Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, [09 March 1989 to 08 November 1995].

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, [10 September 2017 to till date]

Eastern University

Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, [01 May 2003 to 09 September 2017].

Selected Professional Experiences at the University of Dhaka

  1. Chairman of the Department of Law [01 January 2015 – 31 December 2017]
  1. Dean, Faculty of Law, [1 March 2006 to 10 October 2010].
  1. Senate Member, [28 May 2009 to 19 July 2013].
  1. Member, Disciplinary Committee, [04 January 2004 to 10 October 2010].
  2. Member, Disciplinary Sub-Committee, [1 March 2006 to 10 October 2010].
  3. Provost Muktijoddah Ziaur Rahman Hall, [04 January to 09 May 2009].
  4. House Tutor of Muktijoddah Ziaur Rahman Hall, [03 May 1996 to 03 January 2004].

Publication

a). Authored and Edited Books

1.Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (co-editor)), Brill / Nijhoff, Leiden and Boston, 2022

2.Revisiting the Geneva Conventions:1949-2019, (co-editor)), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenand Boston, 2020.

3.Compendium of Laws on or having bearing on Local Government, Sharique, Dhaka, 2015.

4.Protection of Minorities: Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia, (co-author)Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, 2012.

5. Protection of Children in Conflict with the Law in Bangladesh, (co-author) Save the Children UK, Dhaka, 2008

6. Compendium of Laws on or having bearing on Union Parishad, Sharique, Dhaka, 2007.

7. AntorjatickManobicAin (International Humanitarian Law), Dhaka, 2004. This work is written in vernacular Bangla.

8. National Advocacy: A Path to Reform, the Asia Foundation, Dhaka, 2002

9. Women in the Labour Market: Impact and Implications of Labour Law on Women,(co-author), Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Dhaka, 2002.

10. Encyclopedic Compendium of the Laws of Bangladesh, (co-author) (In Four Volumes about 2500 pages), Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, Dhaka, 2002.

11.Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Dhaka, 1998.

12.AparadhBijnanParichiti(An Introduction to Criminology), Dhaka, 1986. This work is written in vernacular Bangla.

 b). List of Book Chapters and Articles

  1. “Complexities and Challenges in Reconciling International Human Rights with International Criminal Law: An Introduction”, (co-author) in Borhan Uddin Khan and Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan(eds,) Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (pp. xxii-xxxiv), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenthe Netherlands and Boston, 2022
  2. “The Contested Definitions of ‘International Crimes’”, (co-author) in Borhan Uddin Khan and Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan(eds,) Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (pp.75-93), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenthe Netherlands and Boston, 2022.
  3. “Is International Criminal Law Strong Enough to Save the Rohingya?”, (co-author) in Borhan Uddin Khan and Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan(eds,) Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (pp.351-376), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenthe Netherlands and Boston, 2022.
  4. “Revisiting the Application of Rome Statute upon Non-party States: Security Council Referral Discourse and the Way Forward”,(co-author) in Borhan Uddin Khan and Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan(eds,) Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (pp.377- 398), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenthe Netherlands and Boston, 2022.

5.“Impediments to the Smooth Functioning of the icc Who Is Responsible?”(co-author) in Borhan Uddin Khan and Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan(eds,) Human Rights and International Criminal Law, (pp.399-422), Brill / Nijhoff, Leidenthe Netherlands and Boston, 2022.

  1. “Glimpses of International Law Discourse”, (co-author) in Mohammad Shahabuddin (ed.), Bangladesh and International Law, (pp.15-25), Routledge Publishing, London et al, 2021.
  2. “Bangladesh and International Humanitarian Law” in Muhammad EkramulHaque (ed), State Volume on ‘Bangladesh’, in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia(EPILA), Seokwoo Lee, (ed), vol.3, ISBN: 978-90-04-38877-2, Brill, 2021.
  3. “International Humanitarian Law and Domestic Legislative Steps in Bangladesh’ in Muhammad EkramulHaque (ed), State Volume on ‘Bangladesh’, in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia(EPILA), Seokwoo Lee, (ed), vol.3, ISBN: 978-90-04-38877-2, Brill, 2021.
  4. “United Nations Peace Keeping Operations: Determining Responsibility Under International Law”, (co-author) in Dhaka University Law Journal, Vol. 32, Issue 2, 2021.
  5. “Protection of Education in Armed Conflict Situation: Asia-Pacific in Focus”, (co-author) in Suzannah Linton, Tim McCormack and SandeshSivakumaran (eds.), Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law, (pp. 308-322), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Publishing, 2020.
  6. “International Legal Protection of Persons Affected by War: Challenges and Way Forward”, (co-author) in MdJahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan (eds.), Revisiting the Geneva Conventions:1949-2019, (pp.1-12), Brill / Nijhoff, Leiden the Netherlands and Boston, 2020.
  7. “The Development of Geneva Conventions”, (co-author) in MdJahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan (eds.), Revisiting the Geneva Conventions:1949-2019, (pp. 13-39), Brill / Nijhoff, Leiden the Netherlands and Boston, 2020.
  8. “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Current Challenges”, (co-author) in MdJahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan (eds.), Revisiting the Geneva Conventions:1949-2019, (pp. 262-299), Brill / Nijhoff, Leiden, the Netherlands and Boston, 2020.
  9. “National Report for Bangladesh”, (co-author) in, Jason Chuah and Eugenio Vaccari (eds.), Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide, (pp. 499-518), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2019.
  10. “Bicameralism in Bangladesh: Arguing for a Social “Parliament”?’, (co-author) (co-author) Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, (pp. 53-65). Volume VI, 2018.
  11. “Human and Minority Rights in Bangladesh”, (co-author) in Rainer Hofmann and Ugo Caruso (eds.) Minority Rights in South Asia (pp. 87-108), Frankfurt et al.: Peter Lang, 2011.
  12. “Freedom of Religion in South Asia: Implications for Minorities”, (co-author) European Yearbook of Minority Issues, pp. 367-386, Vol. 8, 2009.
  13. “Local Government Level Restorative Adjudication: An Alternative Model of Justice for Children in Bangladesh”, (co-author) Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009, Vol. 2009, Issue No. 4, pp. 26-45.
  14. “International Public Health Law: From Collaborative Service Delivery Initiatives to a Rights Discourse”, (co-author) in Journal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol. 20, Number 1 & 2, 2009.
  15. “Combating Terrorism under Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Regime”, (co-author)Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, Vol.12, 2008.
  16. “Labour Administration in Bangladesh”, (co-author) in Labour Administration in Selected Asian Countries, ILO, Bangkok, 2008.
  17. “International Humanitarian Law: Bangladesh’s Attitude and Practice” in Oxford Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, in V.S. Mani (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2007.
  18. “Law Making Authority and Process in Bangladesh” in Judicial Training in the New Millennium: An Anatomy of BLIA Judicial Training with Difference,Waliur Rahman and Mohammad Shahabuddin (eds.), Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs, Dhaka, 2005.
  19. “National implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Bangladesh” in Journal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol-16, Number 2, 2005.

25 “The ILO Conventions on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) and Equal Remuneration: A Legal Review of Its Impact and Implications in Bangladesh”, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol-15, Number1, 2004.

  1. “The ILO Conventions on Forced Labour: A Legal Review of Its Impact and Implications in Bangladesh”, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol-14, Number 1, 2003.
  2. “Human Security in Bangladesh: In Search of Clarity and Credibility”, (co-author) in Human Security in Bangladesh, EnamulHuq (ed.), UNDP, Dhaka, 2002.
  3. “Protection of Defenseless Persons in International Humanitarian Law”, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol-13, Number1, 2002
  4. “Membership of Bangladesh in the International LabourOrganisation and its International Obligations”, The Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 1, Issue No.1, 2001
  5. “The Origin and Development of Geneva Conventions and its Optional Protocols”, The Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 2, Issue No. 1, 1999.
  6. “The Development of Right to Freedom of Association in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Legislation and Policy”, The Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 2, Issue No. 1, 1998.
  7. “The Effectiveness of ILO Supervision Relating to International Labour Standards on Freedom of Association in Bangladesh,” Journal of the Faculty of Law Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol-8, 1997.
  8. “The Development of Right to Freedom of Association in Pre-independence Bangladesh (1919-1971): An Analysis of Legislation and Policy”, The Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 1, Issue No. 2, 1997.
  9. “The State and Status of Right of Association during the Colonial Rule in India”, Jou33rnal of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Vol. 7, 1996.

35.“The International Court of Justice: An Institution for Settlement of International Disputes”, The Bangladesh Case Reports, Vol. VII, 1987.

  1. “Minimum Requirements for the Administration of Civil Justice in Bangladesh”, The Bangladesh Case Reports, Vol. VII, 1987.
  2. “Representation in Muslim Inheritance: Some Problems and Perspectives”, The Journal of Law and International Affairs, Vol. VII, 1987.

Others

Current Academic Appointments

  1. Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka.
  2. Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)