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Name: Dr. Md. Mahbubur Rahman
Designation: Professor
Degree: PhD in Law, 2013, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom.
Phone:
Email: mahbublaw2002@yahoo.com

Education

  • PhD in Law, 2013, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom.
  • Post-Graduate Diploma on International Humanitarian Laws, 2008-2009, NALSAR University of Law, India.
  • Master of Laws, 2001, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Result: First Class (Third position).
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hon’s), 2000, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Result: First Class (First position).
  • Higher Secondary Certificate, 1996, Dhaka College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Result: First Division (Second position in the combined merit list of humanities group, Dhaka Board)
  • Secondary School Certificate, 1994, Sena Palli High School, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Result: First Division (Fifth position in the combined merit list of social science group, Dhaka Board).

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh [April, 2013 – Present]
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh [March, 2009 – April, 2013]
  • Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh [September, 2006 – March, 2009]
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, Northern University, Bangladesh [September, 2005 – August, 2006]
  • Lecturer, Department of Law, Northern University, Bangladesh [May, 2004 – August, 2005]

Publication

  • Published books:
  • Criminal Sentencing in Bangladesh: From Colonial Legacies to Modernity. [2017, Leiden: Brill Nijhoff].
  • Protection of Minorities: Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia (co-author: Borhan Uddin Khan). [2012, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing].
  • Protection of Children in Conflict with the Law in Bangladesh (co-author: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan). [2008, Dhaka: Save the Children UK].
  • Nari-O-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain. [2005, Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation].
  • Acquisition & Requisition of Immovable Property Manual. [2004, Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation].
  • The Banking Companies Act, 1991 & the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891. [2004, Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation].
  • The Public Procurement Regulations, 2003. [2004, Dhaka: New Warsi Book Corporation].

 

  • Published research articles:
  • ‘Freedom of Religion in South Asia: Implications for Minorities’, European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Vol. 8, 2009, pp. 367-386. (co-author: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan)
  • ‘Combating Terrorism under Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Regime’, Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 12 (Double Issue), 2008, pp.379-397. (co-author: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan)
  • ‘Local Government Level Restorative Adjudication: An Alternative Model of Justice for Children in Bangladesh’, Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, Issue. 4, 2009, pp.26-45. (co-author: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan)
  • ‘Merits and Demerits of Jury Trial in the Administration of Criminal Justice: A Jurisprudential Survey of Issues’, Chittagong University Journal of Law, Vol. VII, 2002, pp.65-95. (co-author: Mostafa Mahmud Naser).
  • ‘Right to Life as a Fundamental Right in the Constitutional Framework of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan: An Appraisal’, Dhaka University Studies, Part – F, Journal of the Faculty of Law, Vol. 17, No. 1, June 2006, pp. 143-178.
  • ‘Obligation of Bangladesh under Article 4 of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984: A Performance Audit’, Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol, 10, No. 1 & 2 (2006) of Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA), pp.119-148. (co-author: Sk. Samidul Islam).
  • ‘Post-Cold War UN Peacekeeping: A Review of Legal Aspects’, Dhaka University Law Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, December 2008, pp. 35-64. (co-author: Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuian).
  • Published chapters in book:
  • ‘Human and Minority Rights in Bangladesh’. In Rainer Hofmann and Ugo Caruso (eds.) Minority Rights in South Asia, Peter Lang, Frankfurt et al., 2011, pp.87-108 (co-author: Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan).
  • ‘Autonomy for Indigenous People of CHT: Aftermath of the 1997 Peace Accord’. In Thomas Benedikter (ed.) Solving Ethnic Conflict through Self-Governance: A Short Guide to Autonomy in Europe and South Asia, Eurac Research, Bozen/Bolzano, 2009, pp.100-103.
  • Book review in research journal:

Douglas Husak, ‘The Philosophy of Criminal Law: Selected Essays’ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). New Criminal Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2011, pp.326-332.

Teaching

Law of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law

Award

  • Commonwealth Scholarship for undertaking Ph.D. (2009-2012)
  • Fieldwork Grant of the School of Oriental and African Studies (2010-2011).
  • PhD Research Grant of the Charles Wallace Bangladesh Trust, UK (2013).
  • Sumitomo Corporation Scholarships (1997-2001).
  • Salimullah Hall Ex-Students’ Welfare Association Gold Medal’2003.
  • Al-Haj Ahmed Ullah Advocate Memorial Merit Scholarship’2002.
  • The University Grants Commission Merit Scholarship, 2001
  • Dhaka University Shushikkha Barsha’2003 Gold Medal.
  • Justice Abdullah Gold Medal’2000.
  • Justice Syed Muhammad Hossein Memorial Gold Medal’2000.
  • Attorney Alamgir Gold Medal’2000.
  • ICRC Scholarship for studying Post-Graduate Diploma on International Humanitarian Law in NALSAR University of Law, India.

 

Others

  • EC Member, Asian Society of International Law.
  • Treasurer, Bangladesh Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law.
  • Life Trustee, AsianSIL Bangladesh Trust.
  • Member, Asian Society of International Law.
  • Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
  • Advocate, Bangladesh Bar Council.
  • Member, Bangladesh Law Association.