CHITTAGONG INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY

CHITTAGONG INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY

CHITTAGONG INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY

Arafat Ibnul Bashar

Lecturer
School of Law
On Study Leave

E-mail: arafat_ibnul_bashar@ciu.edu.bd

Office Address: Room: 1604, 5th Floor, School of Law, Chittagong Independent University
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Introduction

Arafat Ibnul Bashar is currently working as a Lecturer at School of Law in Chittagong Independent University. He passed his LL.B. and LL.M from Department of Law, University of Chittagong and has a diploma in Economic, Social & Development Rights from Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. He has been an accomplished mooter in his student life, being the Champion of International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, 2018 and the Runner-up and Best Memorial Award recipient of 4th Bangladesh Rounds of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2020. He joined Chittagong Independent University in July, 2024, with previous two years of teaching experience and has been enrolled as an Advocate in the Lower Judiciary of Bangladesh since 2023. Arafat Ibnul Bashar has authored the book titled “Outlines of Private International Law” and has also published in various national and international journals.

Education
  • LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., Department of Law, University of Chittagong
  • Diploma in Economic, Social & Development Rights (ESDR), Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
Publications

Books in Bangladesh

  • Outline of Private International Law, published by Bengal Press, Chattogram, 1st Edition (July 2023). ISBN Number: 978-984-97062-0-9.

Chapters in Edited Books

  • ‘Human Rights Abuses in Global Sporting Events: Legal Responsibilities of Business Entities’ in Sports Law: Theory and Practices, Published by ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad, India. (August, 2022). ISBN Number: 978-93-92347-07-8.

Journals

  • Bureaucracy & White-Collar Crimes in Bangladesh (co-authored), SCLS Law Review, Volume 1 Number 1, January 2018, p 62-65.
  • The Riddle of Right to be forgotten: A Case Note on Google Spain & Google Inc. v. Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos& Mario Costejo Gonzalez, SCLS Law Review, Volume 1 Number 2, March 2018, p 34-38.
  • Tortious Liability in Sports for In-Field Actions of Players, Bangladesh Journal of Legal Studies, August 30, 2018, ISSN: 2415-136X (Online). Available at https://bdjls.org/tortious-liability-in-sports-for-in-field-actions-of-players/
  • In search of judicial enforcement of ESC rights in Bangladesh and India: Past, present and future, NLUA Law & Policy Review (India), Volume 3 Number II, 2018, p 128-148, ISSN: 2455 – 8672.
  • Marital Rape in Bangladesh: Law and Reality, SCLS Law Review, Volume 2 Number 2, May 2019, p 31-36.
  • Food Safety Laws of Bangladesh: Legal Responsibility of Different Stakeholders, SCLS Law Review, Volume 2 Number 3, September 2019, p 24-29.
  • Recovery of Defaulting Bank Loans: An Evaluation of Bankruptcy Act, 1997, SCLS Law Review, Volume 3 Number 1, January 2020, p 21-27.
  • Legal Regime of the Killer Robots in Warfare, FIMT Law Journal (India). Volume 2 Issue 1, April 2019, p 1-12, ISSN: 2321-4333. Available at http://fimtlawjournal.in/volume-2/ (published in 2020).
  • On automatic loss of citizenship: Looking into the Alvin Teage Jalloh v Olubanke King-Akerele case through the lens of international law, Jindal Global Law Review, Volume 12 Issue 1, June 2021, 215-225, DOI: 10.1007/s41020-021-00138-5.
  • COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps and Technologies as a tool of Mass Surveillance: A Cure Deadlier than the Disease, Kathmandu School of Law Review, Volume 8 Issue 2, November 2020, p 50-67, P-ISSN : 2091-2110, E-ISSN : 2773-8159, DOI: 10.46985.
  • Regulating Corporal Punishment Settings: Gapping the Bridge Between the Cultural Practices of the East and the Concern of the Western Treaty-Standards, FIMT Law Journal (India). Volume 4 Issue 1& 2, April & November 2021, E-ISSN: 2582-9017, Available at https://fimtlawjournal.in/volume-4-2021/.
  • Can ‘Climate Change Refugees’ be Accommodated in the Current Legal Regime?- Lessons from Teitiota v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, JULS Law Review (Jahangirnagar University Law Society Writing Club, Bangladesh), Volume 1, 2020, p 11-29.
  • Liability of the Football Clubs for Spectator Violence, AMUCM Law Society Review (Law Society, Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, Centre Murshidabad) Edition – First (2022), ISBN – 978-81-957018-1-0, p 23-30.
  • Coup d’état and Civilian Support: Analysis in light of the 2016 Turkish Coup d’état Attempt, KDU Law Journal (Faculty of Law, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka) Volume 3 Issue 1 (March, 2023), p 16-30, ISSN 2783 – 8870.
  • A Regional Human Rights Court in South Asia: An Analysis Premised upon Necessity, Feasibility and Geopolitical Reality, Bangladesh Journal of Law (BILIA, Bangladesh) Volume 21 No. 1 (June, 2023), ISSN: 1609-3593, p 137-154.
  • Evaluating The Mass Release of Prisoners During Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Future Public Health Emergencies, NALSAR Law Review (The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, India) Volume 8 Number 2, 2023, p 180-196, ISSN: 2319-1988.
  • Determining the Legality of the Approach to Censorship of Films on the Grounds of Obscenity in Bangladesh (co-authored), Journal of Journalism and Media (Jahangirnagar University) Volume 5 No. 1: Special Issue: National Conference, 2023, ISSN: 2409-479X, p 7-21.
  • Determining a Child’s Habitual Residence: The Myriad of Judicial Decisions in the courts of the UK and the European Union (co-authored), International Journal of Law Management and Humanities (India), Volume 7 Issue 3 (2024), ISSN: 2581-5369, p. 3166-3174.
  • Revisiting Eriko Nakano vs. Bangladesh: A New Horizon for Bangladeshi Private International Law?, Bangladesh Journal of Law (BILIA, Bangladesh) Volume 22 No. 1 (June, 2024), ISSN: 1609-3593, p 149-158.
  • Self-Determination in the face of Climate Change: Loss of Territory, Relocation and Evolving Nature of Rights and Obligations, AALCO Journal of International Law (Secretariat, Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization) Volume 12 (2024), ISSN: 2319-2895, p 133-144.

Magazines

  • Continuing Relevance of Ethics and Morality in Laws and Legal System, Law Vision, Issue: 13, 2014-2015, p 56-58. Published by the Department of Law, University of Chittagong.
  • Online Courts and Services to Ensure Access to Justice In Bangladesh: Possibilities and Challenges, Law Vision, Issue 14, 2020-2021, p 27-32.Published by the Department of Law, University of Chittagong.
  • Presidential Power to Grant Pardon: Solving the Dichotomy of Judicial Review & Unfettered Power, BILD Law Magazine (ISSN: 2617-6971), Volume IV Issue II, June 2021, p. 21-24. Published by Bangladesh Institute of Legal Development.
  • Ecocide: An Introduction to the (Proposed) International Crime of Damage to the Environment, Lex Terra, Volume 41, p 24-27, available at https://www.nluassam.ac.in/docs/lex%20terra/Lex%20Terra%20Issue%2041.pdf
Conference and Seminars
  • Presented “Evaluating the Mass Release of Prisoners during Covid-19 Pandemic & other Public Health Emergencies” in UMSAILS-UAP International Virtual Conference on the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic in the Legal Field, organized by UNESCO Madanjeet Singh South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal & Human Rights Studies and Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific, on 17-19 June 2021.
  • 1st Runner Up in Poster Exhibition (Research based) in Humanities, Social Sciences & Law in 1st Jamal Nazrul Islam National Conference – 2022 for Young Researchers, held on 21 May 2022, organized by Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Chittagong University Research and Higher Study Society.
  • Presented “A Regional Human Rights Court in South Asia: An Analysis premised upon Necessity, Feasibility and Geopolitical Reality” in South Asian Postgraduate Law Conference 2022, organized by Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka; Faculty of Law, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University, India; Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India and Jindal Global Law School, OPJGU, Sonipat, India, on 25-26 November, 2022.
  • Participated and Presented “Establishment of a SAARC Regional Court to tackle Transnational Crimes” in Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) Golden Jubilee Conference, 2023 on Augmenting Legal Education through Technology: Issues and Challenges, organized by Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), Lloyd Law College and Indian Law Institute, in Greater Noida, India from 2nd to 4th March, 2023.
  • Participated and Presented “Bangladesh’s Unilateral Withdrawal from Customary International Law: Implications for the TWAIL Movement” in 1st National Law Conference organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong from 16th September to 17th September, 2023.
  • Presented “Determining the Legality of the Approach to Censorship of Films on the Grounds of Obscenity in Bangladesh” (along with Prashanta Kumar Shill) in National Conference 2023: Journalism, Media & Communication organized by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies of Jahangirnagar University, MRDI and Fojo Media Institute of Linnaeus University from 3rd October to 4th October, 2023.
Funded Research and Consultancy
  • Editor of Project Bajho: A research project undertaken by the Millennium Fellows Class of 2020 from Kathmandu School of Law. The project was dedicated to give contextual recommendations to South Asian countries to tackle climate change after analyzing the laws and policies of those countries.
  • Research Assistant on Climate Change Laws (Bangladesh) in Project “Advocating for a Regional Agreement on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Marine Protection.”, part of The Support to Justice Sector Project (JURE) funded by European Union (EU), implemented by UNDP and UNICEF Sri Lanka, facilitated by the Ministry of Justice, Sri Lanka. Employed by Centre for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP), Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Editorial Position
  • Editor in Project Bajho: A Study of the Climate Change Laws and Policies in South Asian Countries (ed.), Published by Lex & Juris Publication Pvt, Ltd. & Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal (2022). ISBN Number: 978-9937-9343-6-7.
Current Research Interests
  • Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Climate Change, Sports Law, Private International Law, History.
Memberships, Professional Affiliations and Social Affiliations
  • Advocate, District and Sessions Judge’s Court, Chattogram & Member of Chittagong District Bar Association