Curriculum Vitae

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Publications
28
Outlets
14
Engagements
21
Credentials recorded
82

Experience

  • International Criminal Court
    Chambers, from October 2021 · Office of Public Counsel for Victims, 2020
  • BRAC University, School of Law
    Senior Lecturer from March 2021 · Lecturer from July 2016
  • Earlier: Researcher, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (2016); Research Assistant, BRAC University School of Law (2013–2015).

Education

  • LLM, University of Cambridge
    Hughes Hall, 2015–16 · Commonwealth and Cambridge Trust Scholar
  • LLB (Honours), BRAC University
    2011–14 · Vice Chancellor's Medal, highest CGPA 3.89 of 4.00

Skills

  • Evidence and fact-finding. Assessment of witness credibility in trial proceedings; evidence analysis and management; expert evidence, expert conferences, and cross-examination of experts; open-source evidence; satellite imagery as evidence; the psychology of witness memory, suggestibility and interviewing.

  • Drafting. Judgments and judicial decisions; memoranda and legal opinions; submissions before all chambers of an international court; plain-English legal drafting.

  • International economic law. International investment law read as an LLM module at Cambridge and taught at undergraduate level; investment treaty arbitration and international dispute settlement at the Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop (Goethe-Universität), the Singapore International Arbitration Academy (NUS Centre for International Law) and the New York State Bar Association; WTO and regional trade dispute settlement, including published work on the participation of least developed countries; research assistance on international economic and investment law.

  • Internal justice and institutional process. Advice to staff under ICC Staff Rule 111.1 across more than sixteen internal investigations and administrative proceedings; staff representation; institutional and administrative law.

  • Protection and displacement. Refugee status determination under the 1951 Convention and the UNHCR Handbook; protection analysis by root-cause method; victims’ participation and reparations; sexual and gender-based violence.

  • Advocacy and training. Design and delivery of advocacy training (train-the-trainer qualified); moot coaching and judging at international competitions; lecturing, seminars and curriculum development.

  • Research and review. Legal research and the supervision of research; annotated bibliography and knowledge mapping for a UN agency; peer review for an international journal, a national law journal and an academic press.

Scholarships and Awards

  • Certificate of Appreciation, International Criminal Court (23 July 2020).

  • OPCW Scholarship, Training Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of WMD (2020).

  • Full scholarship, 5th Online Course on International Refugee Law, IIHL Sanremo (2020).

  • Full scholarship, 17th Course on Internal Displacement, IIHL Sanremo (2019).

  • Emer de Vattel Scholarship, The Hague Academy of International Law Summer Course (2019).

  • Full scholarship, Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea Diploma (2018).

  • Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Scholarship, awarded by the Cambridge Trust in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, held at the University of Cambridge (2015 – 2016).

  • Vice Chancellor’s Medal, BRAC University (9th Convocation, 20 November 2014), awarded for the highest CGPA, 3.89 of 4.00, among students receiving the LL.B. (Hons).

  • Performance-Based Scholarship, BRAC University (multiple consecutive semesters, 2011 – 2014).

  • Vice Chancellor’s List, BRAC University (multiple consecutive semesters, 2011 – 2014).

  • Dean’s List, BRAC University (Fall 2011; Fall 2012).

Professional Service and Engagement

  • Legal Adviser, Staff Advisory Committee, Staff Union Council, ICC (January 2026 – present); ad-hoc Legal Adviser, Staff Advisory Committee (April 2023 – December 2025). Advised staff on more than sixteen internal investigations and administrative proceedings under Staff Rule 111.1.

  • Staff Representative, Staff Union Council, ICC (January 2026 – present).

  • Judge, international moot court competitions (2022 – present):

    • Dutch Qualifying Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2022, 2023, 2026); Japan National Rounds (2025).
    • English edition of the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition, organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, and The Hague Office of the International Bar Association: final rounds (2022, 2023, 2024); preliminary and semi-final rounds (2025); preliminary and semi-final rounds, and presentation of the best speaker awards (2026).
    • Semi-finals of the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition (2023, 2024, 2025).
    • Reviewed draft moot problems for the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition (2025, 2027).

  • Peer reviewer: Journal of International Criminal Justice (2022); Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge, 2021), chapter review; Southeast University Law Journal (2019).

  • Mentor, Study Abroad Mentoring Programme, British Council Netherlands (January – December 2024). Completed the programme’s mentor training.

  • Mentor, European Society of International Law (ESIL) Early-Career Mentoring Programme (September 2023 – 2024).

  • Mentor, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Lieber Society Mentorship Programme (2023 – 2024).

  • YPF Fellow – Law, Rights and Justice, Youth Policy Forum, Bangladesh (2021 – 2022).

  • Coach and adviser, BRAC University Moot Court teams at the Jessup (2016 – 2021).

  • Debate adjudicator (2011 – 2018): Cambridge Inter-Varsity (2015); Oxford Inter-Varsity (2015); breaking adjudicator and finals judge at Bangladeshi national and inter-school tournaments.

  • Member, Hughes Hall Debate Team, University of Cambridge (2015 – 2016).

  • President, BRAC University Debate Club (2013 – 2014).

  • Member, BRAC University Debating Club (BUDC) (2011 – 2014).

  • Competitive university debater (2011 – 2015). World Universities Debating Championship, Chennai (2014) and Malaysia (2015); United Asians Debating Championship, Malaysia (2012); 5th NUJS Parliamentary Debate, Kolkata (2012). Best Speaker, Asia Debate Academy (2013); Best Speaker of the Tournament, 4th AIUB National Debate Festival (2013).

  • President, Moot Court Society, BRAC University (2013 – 2014).

  • Mooter during the LL.B.: Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (2012–13, 2013–14); KLRCA-Novice Arbitration Moot, Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (2013); LCLS Moot Court Competition (2013); 1st ELCOP Refugee Law Moot Competition (2012), runners-up; 8th National Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition (2012).

Publications 28

Teaching Materials 3

Speaking 21

Specialised Training

  • Forensic Psychology, The Open University, United Kingdom (January 2025). OpenLearn open-access course; self-directed, no assessment. Covers witness observation and change blindness, the effect of stress and arousal on witnesses, false memory and suggestibility, question types, and the cognitive interview.

  • How Teams Work, The Open University, United Kingdom (January 2025). OpenLearn open-access course; self-directed, no assessment.

  • Leadership and Followership, The Open University, United Kingdom (December 2024 – January 2025). OpenLearn open-access course; self-directed, no assessment.

  • Advocacy in the International Courtroom, Training the Trainers Course, IILAT, The Hague (May 2025). Participated as Advocate.

  • Gender Equality: Key Concepts and Practices, International Criminal Court (27 February 2025).

  • Creating a Harmonious Workplace and Addressing Prohibited Conduct, International Criminal Court, The Hague (December 2024).

  • Unconscious Bias in Recruitment, International Criminal Court, The Hague (November 2024).

  • Advanced Advocacy Training on Open-Source Evidence, IILAT, The Hague (September 2024). Expert evidence, expert conferences, and cross-examination of experts on open-source analysis, with HHJ Joanna Korner KC and Grahame Aldous KC.

  • Advanced First Aid Training, Dutch Red Cross, Amsterdam (July 2024).

  • Legal Professional Ethics and International Courts and Tribunals, Institute for International Legal and Advocacy Training (IILAT), The Hague (March 2024).

  • Satellite Imagery as Evidence in International Judicial Proceedings, UNITAR and the Asser Institute, The Hague (October 2023 – February 2024).

  • ADC-ICT/ICLB Mock Trial and Training, UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN-IRMCT), The Hague (June 2023). Mock Trial in courtroom before international judges Joanna Korner (ICC) and Margaret deGuzman (UN-IRMCT).

  • Advocacy Training for Junior Lawyers, IILAT, The Hague (December 2022).

  • Leading Myself: Self-awareness, Mindfulness and Resilience, TLEX Institute for the International Criminal Court, The Hague (November – December 2022).

  • Writing and Drafting in Plain English, John Trimbos, International Criminal Court, The Hague (November 2022).

  • French A1.1, Alliance Française La Haye, delivered for the International Criminal Court (April – June 2022).

  • Training the Trainers Course, IILAT and The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, The Hague (February 2022). ‘Advocacy in the (International) Courtroom’; appeared as counsel, conducting examination-in-chief, cross-examination and a prosecution closing speech.

  • The Essential GATT/WTO – Revisiting the Fundamentals 2021, Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore, Singapore (July – August 2021).

  • Singapore International Arbitration Academy, Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore, Singapore (June 2021).

  • International Arbitration Webinar Series, New York State Bar Association (December 2020).

  • 5th Online Course on International Refugee Law, International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Sanremo, Italy (September – October 2020). Full scholarship.

  • Training Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, The Asser Institute and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague, Netherlands (September – October 2020). OPCW Scholarship.

  • Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (March 2020).

  • 17th Course on Internal Displacement, IIHL, Sanremo, Italy (November 2019). Full scholarship.

  • Summer Course on Public International Law and Directed Studies, The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands (July 2019). Emer de Vattel Scholarship.

  • British Academy Writing Workshop, Dhaka, Bangladesh (October – December 2018).

  • Diploma, Law of the Sea, Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, Yeosu, South Korea (August – September 2018). Full scholarship.

  • Adventure Course, Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling, India (February 2007).

Media Coverage

  • ‘Seminar on International Criminal Court held at North South University’, The Daily Star (Dhaka, 26 December 2024); also reported by The Financial Express (Dhaka, 26 December 2024) and Ajker Patrika (Dhaka, 26 December 2024, in Bengali).

  • ‘Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2019’, Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts (Dhaka, January 2019), event record naming the panel.

  • ‘Quiz competition held at BRACU’, The Daily Observer (Dhaka, 9 October 2016).

  • ‘To assess the growth of justice sector’, The Daily Star (Dhaka, 2 June 2015); also reported by IPHRD Net (2 June 2015). On the UNDP Knowledge Mapping Project.

  • ‘KMP Dissemination Workshop’, New Age (Dhaka, 2015).

  • Bulletin Board, The Daily Star (Dhaka, 8 March 2015).

  • ‘Legal Awareness Seminar for Youth’, The Daily Star (Dhaka, 16 October 2014).

Professional Memberships

  • Cambridge University Law Society (life member, from 2015).

  • The Cambridge Union Society (life member, from 2015).

  • American Society of International Law (ASIL) (2018 – 2025), former.

  • European Society of International Law (ESIL) (2018 – 2025), former.

  • Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers (AYICL) (2021 – 2022), former.

  • Working Group of Young International Law Scholars (Arbeitskreis junger Völkerrechtler*innen, AjV) (2019 – 2022), former.

  • Young Public International Law Group (YPILG) (2019 – 2021), former.

  • Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (BACSAF) (2016 – 2018), former.

Languages

  • English – Native.

  • Bengali – Native.

  • French – Basic.

  • Hindi, Urdu, Nepali – Fluent (spoken).

  • Arabic – Basic (reading).

Research

Current interests: the engagement of the Third World with international law, and silence and the manufacture of consent in the making of international obligations. Longer-running work on tacit agreements in international law, and a treatise in progress.