Curriculum Vitae

A.B.M. IMDADUL HAQUE KHAN Assistant Professor and Chairman Department of Law, Eastern University, Bangladesh Tel: +8801721610397 E-mail: [email protected],

CAREER ■ As a Law academic and researcher, I am teaching various subjects of law including OBJECTIVE International Environmental Law, International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law. I am passionate to give my effort to imbibe a deep sense of leadership in the mindset of the students. Besides, as a law consultant of Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, I am contributing at policy making level. I look forward to researching on integration of human rights and climate displacement discourse.

ACADEMIC ■ LLM in International and Comparative Law at University of Dhaka DEGREES ■ LLB (Honours) at University of Dhaka ■ LLM Thesis: Conceptualizing Climate Refugees and Protecting their Human Rights: Ways to Ensure Justice at Both International and Domestic Level

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION ■ Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Enrolled April 2015) ■ Advocate, District Court, Bangladesh (Enrolled April 2012)

EXPERIENCE AS A RESOURCE ■ Editor in Chief, SED Journal of Environmental Studies PERSON AND ■ Member, Editorial Board, Eastern University Law Journal EDITOR ■ Reviewer, Bangladesh Environmental Judgments, 2018

■ Research supervisor ( LLB and LLM) , Southeast University ( 2012-2015)

■ Founding Editor, Bangladesh Law Review (BDLR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

■ Member of Editorial Board, Bangladesh Institute of Legal Development (BiLD)

PUBLICATIONS/ RESEARCH ■ “Conceptualizing Climate Refugees and Protecting their Human Rights : Need For Binding Instrument at International Level,” (2012), "Year-Book of Human Rights 2012: Human Rights and Religion" "Empowerment Through Law of the Common People (ELCOP)", PP. 52-74

■ “The Crisis Involuntary Internal Displacement: Changing its Soft Protection

Paradigm of Guiding Principles to a Hard Convention of Human Rights,” (2014),

"Year-

Book of Human Rights 2014: Human Rights and Religion" "Empowerment Through

Law of the Common People (ELCOP)", PP. 88-115

■ “International Legal Regime of Forcible Displacement and State Responsibility” (2016), "Year Book of Human Rights 2016: Human Rights and Displacement""Empowerment Through Law of the Common People (ELCOP)" , PP. 21-39

Page | 1 ■ “Looming Global Warming Inducement Sea Rise and The transfer of Green Technology to LDCs: Challenges and Options for Submersible Bangladesh”, (2012),16(2), Bangladesh Journal of Law, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs ( BILIA), PP. 40-62

■ “ UNCITRAL Model Law and The New Law of Commercial Arbitration in Bangladesh : A Comparative perspective ” (2016) 27(1), Dhaka University Law Journal, PP. 32-57 ■ “ The WTO Provisions and Challenges for the Legal Reforms in Bangladesh” (2013), 24(2), Dhaka University Law Journal, PP. 43-68 ■ “Alternative Dispute Resolution : How it Works in Bangladesh”, (2016) 4 (1), Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, PP. 42-70 ■ “ADR : Recent Changes in Different Laws of Bangladesh” (2014) 2 (1), Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law, PP. 63-81

■ International Mechanism to Paris Agreement‟(2015) 26(1), Dhaka University Law

Journal, PP. 28-43

■ „The Tension between culture and women‟s human rights: Towards mutual

reinforcement‟(2016) 27(2), Dhaka University Law Journal, PP. 46-65

■ „Conciliation and other Alternative Procedures of Dispute Settlements related to Personal Matters in the Legal System of Bangladesh: A critical Appraisal‟ Published in Society and Change, Journal of Social Sciences Vol. VIII No.4

IMPORTANT ■ „Climate Change Displaced People and Refugees: Unsettled Debates on Legal PRESENTATIONS Status and Human Rights‟ in the 7th Biennial Conference of Asian Society of International Law, 2019 held in Manila, Philippines‟ „Climate Change Refugees: The Case for Legal Recognition‟ in the 13th Annual Conference of European Society of International Law, Naples, Italy, 2017

Page | 2 ■ „Climate Change Induced Internal Displacement and Refugee Problem in

Bangladesh: In search of Legal Solution‟ in International Bar Association (IBA) Conference, Washington, 2016

■ „Compensating Bangladesh for Causing Mass Migration‟ in International

Conference on Rohingya Crisis: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions, 2019,

held in North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ■ Climate Induced Displaced People: Necessity of Right Based Legal Framework‟ at the Senior Advocate Ozair Farooq Memorial Law Conference, 2018 Organized by Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka. ■ „Compensation Scheme for the victims of Climate Change‟, in the Conference Asian society of International Law (Bangladesh Chapter), Dhaka, 2014

■ „The Anti-Terrorism Act 2009: Intensifying fear against freedom?‟ Presented at

International Conference on Terrorism in the wave of Islamic State Organized by Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka, 6-8 January 2017 ■ „Right to Food‟ presented at a Public Hearing on October 27 2014 Organised by National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh and OXFAM-Bangladesh ■ „Humanistic Interpretation of Islamic Law to Eliminate discrimination‟ at 15th Human Rights Summer School on 19 October 2014 Organised by ELCOP

■ „Empowering ESC rights to ensure human development‟ Presented at Ghent University, Human Rights Centre, Belgium on August 6, 2014 ■ „Compensation Scheme for the victims of Climate Change‟ Presented at 14th Human Rights Summer School on 14th December 2013

SELECTED ■ International Laws on Refugees, Migrants and Stateless persons, 2013, BOOKS University Publication. ■ Fundamentals of International Environmental Law, 2015, University Publication.

■ Reflections on the Law of Insurance, 2017, Learned Publication.

■ A textbook on Penal Code with Special Law, 2019, Learned Publications

EMPLOYMENT ■ Assistant Professor , Dept. of Law, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, HISTORY from 26 July 2015 to till date

■ Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Law, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 04 May 2015 to 25July 2015

■ Lecturer, Dept. of Law and Justice, Southeast University, Dhaka,

Bangladesh, from 28 May 2012 to 03 May 2015

■ Lecturer, Dept. of Law, World University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 20 Sep. 2011 to 27 May 2012 ■ Law Consultant, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, from July

2018 to till date

AS AN ADMINISTRATOR ■ Chairman, Dept. of Law, Eastern University

■ Member, Academic Council, Eastern University ■ Coordinator, Graduate Program , Dept. of Law, Eastern University

■ Moderator, Eastern University Moot Court Society Page | 3 EXPERIENCE AS A ■ Head of the Law Firm I. H. Khan and Associates from September 2015 to till date , COUNSEL Room#5020, Supreme Court Bar Associations Building, Dhaka-1000 ■ Associates at Hoque & Associates, Chamber of Mr. Shah Monurul Hoque, BEL Tower, Dhanmondi, Dhaka- 1205, Bangladesh (Oct. 2013 to Sep. 2015) ■ Associates M H Chowdhury & Associates, Address : Supreme Court Bar

Association Annex Building, Room # 213, Shahbag, Dhaka-1000, (May 2011 to

August 2013)

LEGAL ADVISOR ■ Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change ■ Prime Minister‟s Office

■ Ministry of Commerce ■ ActionAid Bangladesh ■ Bangladesh Bank ■ United Commercial Bank Limited ■ Australian International School ■ NCC Bank Limited ■ Eastern Bank Limited ■ Standard Chartered Bank Limited ■ The Premier Bank Limited ■ South East Bank Limited ■ ONE Bank Limited ■ Dutch Bangla Bank Limited

RESEARCH ■ November 2017- March 2020, Working as a National Consultant for developing EXPERIENCE AS A National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, funded by UN Women in CONSULTANT collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. ■ December 2016-February 2017: Worked as a Consultant, Project on Developing ADR Policy within Legal Aid Framework funded by Research for Development and

Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. ■ July 2014-October 2014: Worked as Research Assistant to the Consultant, Project on Legal reform relating to the investigation process of the rape victims in Bangladesh, A project funded by International Development Law Organization (IDLO). ■ August 2014- October 2014: Worked as Research Assistant to the Consultant, Research on Elimination of Child Marriage on Bangladesh, A project funded by UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund (Bangladesh). ■ July 2016 – June 2017 “Community Based Adaptation in the Ecologically Critical

Area through Biodiversity Conservation and Social Protection (CBA-ECA) Project” funded by UNDP ■ May 2014- April 2016 “ Institutional Strengthening for the Phase out of the Ozone Depleting Substances ( Phase-VI) funded by UNDP EXPERIENCE AS A TRAINING ■ Enlisted Trainer (February 2018-Continue), Advocacy for Social Change Program, INSTRUCTOR BRAC. ■ Resident Instructor at 14th -18th Human Rights Summer School, 2013-2017, (Two weeks intensive residential training (annual) on Human Rights issues, designed for law students in South Asian Region, Organised by Empowerment Through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) ■ September 2014-December 2014, Trainer to the Employee, Solidarity Center (An American NGO) ■ July 2014-November 2014, Youth Advocate to Fight Against Human Trafficking Programme, Relief International (Bangladesh),

■ March 2013- December 2015 Street Law Trainer, Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP)

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ADVOCACY BEFORE ■ Supreme Court of Bangladesh ■ District Court of Dhaka ■ Labour Courts of Dhaka■ Administrative Tribunals of Dhaka

■ National Commercial Arbitration

MEMBERSHIP ■ International Bar Association ■ International Law Students Association ■ Asian Society of International ■ European Society of International Law

■ Supreme Court Bar Association ■ Dhaka Bar Association

■ Dhaka University LLM Lawyer‟s Association

MOOTING EXPERIENCE (Extra-curricular Activities) ■ Participated as Mooter in the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, 2010. AS A STUDENT ■ Participated as Researcher in the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2009

MOOTING EXPERIENCE (Extra- Curricular Activities) AS A MENTOR ■ Participated as the Coach of the „Team Bangladesh‟ Representing Eastern University, in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (International Rounds), Washington, 2017, 2018, 2019

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