Shahdeen Malik is a Bangladeshi lawyer, eminent jurist, a constitutional expert, and legal activist.[1][2][3]
Early life edit
Malik's father, Abdul Malik Chowdhury, was the chief conservatory officer of the Forest Department.[4] He did his masters in law at the Patrice Lumumba University in Russia in 1979.[5] He did another masters in law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984.[5] He did his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1994.[5]
Career edit
Malik joined the University of Dhaka in 1980 as a lecturer.[5]
Malik joined Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust in 1990.[5] He wrote Public Interest Litigation in South Asia - Rights in Search of Remedies in 1997.[6]
Malik started his practice at the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2003.[5]
Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of BRAC University.[5]
In 2008, Malik was the lawyer for the University of Dhaka.[7]
From 2010 to 2019, Malik served at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs as an honorary director.[8] He criticised the Fifteen Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh which abolished the caretaker government on 19 July after praising it on 10 July 2011.[9][10] In 2013, he was the lawyer of the Bangladesh Election Commission.[11]
Malik is a Trustee board member of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.[5] He is a member of the governing body of the ActionAid Bangladesh, and the Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit.[5] He is an Independent director of Pubali Bank Limited.[12] He is an Adjunct Professor at Gono University.[8]
In February 2022, Malik withdrew his name from consideration for the next election commissioner of Bangladesh.[13] He described the speech by the Minister of Law, Anisul Huq, in Geneva defending the human rights record of the government as embarrassing.[14]
References edit
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2018-09-30). "Free speech will cease to exist". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2003-01-11). "Stain on country's image: Shahdeen Malik". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "Bangladesh court declares top Islamist party illegal". South China Morning Post. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2015-03-14). "Obituary". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Dr Shahdeen Malik | CPD". Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ Public interest litigation in South Asia : rights in search of remedies. Sara Hossain, Shahdeen Malik, Bushra Musa. Dhaka: University Press. 1997. ISBN 984-05-1391-5. OCLC 37579439.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Stay order extended". The Daily Star. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ a b "DEPARTMENT OF LAW » Dr. Shahdeen Malik". Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2011-07-19). "'Despicable offence' committed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "'Spirit of liberation reflected'". The Daily Star. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "Bangladesh high court restricts Islamist party Jamaat". BBC News. 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "Pubali Bank Limited". www.pubalibangla.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ "Shahdeen Malik withdraws name from EC candidates' list". The Business Standard. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ^ Staff Correspondent. "Law minister's speech in Geneva embarrasses us: Shahdeen Malik". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2022-11-26.