“Democracy and State Building in Bangladesh after the breakdown of One-Party Dominance”
Programme Schedule
Day 1 (26 March 2025, Wednesday)
(*All times are in the British Standard Time. Those joining online are strongly advised to check their corresponding local times)
Venue: Wharfe Board Room, Wharfe Building, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics (FBLP)
| Welcome and Refreshment | 09:15-09:30 AM | |
| Technical Session 1 | 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM | |
| Bangladesh’s Constitution: Roots, Reforms and Resilience | Presenter – Dr S M Masum Billah, Professor, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Visiting Fellow at the Université Côte d’Azur, France. | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Mr AKM Iftekharul Islam, Associate Professor of Islamic History and Culture, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and PhD Candidate in Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK 2) Dr Qazi Zahed Iqbal, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. 3) Dr Mahatab Uddin, Adjunct Professor and Post-doctoral researcher at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, Canada. Chair – Dr Corline Gibby, Head of Law School, University of Hull |
| Strengthening the office of the members of parliament in Bangladesh: A Contextual Approach | Presenters – Helal Morshed Omiyo, Lecturer, Department of Law, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology; and Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan, Lecturer in Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. | |
| Tea Break | 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | |
| Technical Session 2 | 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM | |
| Institution Building in Bangladesh 2.0: In Search of a Smart Judiciary | Presenter – Mr Raisul Sourav, Doctoral Researcher in Law School of Law, University of Galway, Republic of Ireland. | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Mr AKM Iftekharul Islam, Associate Professor of Islamic History and Culture, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and PhD Candidate in Politics and International Studies, University of Hull, UK. 2) Dr Qazi Zahed Iqbal, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh 3) Dr Mamoon Bashir, Senior Lecturer, University of Hull Business School Chair – Dr Martina McClean, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull, UK |
| Rohingya Influx from Myanmar and the Associated Security Challenges in Bangladesh | Presenter – Dr Mohammad Mohiduddin, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chittagong and PhD Scholar, University of Ferrara, Italy | |
| Lunch Break | 12:45 PM – 01:15 PM | |
| Technical Session 3 | 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM | |
| “The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh: Testing the Effectiveness as an NHRI under the Paris Principles – | Presenter – Barrister Md. Abdul Halim, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh and PhD researcher Law School, University of Hertfordshire | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Azhar Uddin Bhuiyan. Lecturer in Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2) Suprobhat Paul (Associate Professor Department of Law and Justice Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka Bangladesh. 3) Dr Mamoon Bashir, Senior Lecturer, University of Hull Business School Chair – Dr Misbau Lateef, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull, UK |
| Legal Labyrinth: Navigating the Interim Government’s Uncertain Legitimacy and Popular Mandate | Presenter – Sangita F. Gazi, Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania | |
Day 2 (27 March 2025)
(*All times are in the British Standard Time. Those joining online are strongly advised to check their corresponding local times)
Venue: BJL Conference Room 1, Brynmor Jones Library, 2nd Floor
| Welcome and Refreshment | 09:15 AM – 09:30 AM | ||
| Technical Session 1 | 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM | ||
| Socialism in Bangladesh’s Constitutional Order | Presenter – Dr Morshed Mannan, Lecturer in Global Law, University of Edinburgh | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Mr Bayazid Hossain, PhD Candidate, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon 2) Barrister Md. Abdul Halim, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh 3) Dr Mahatab Uddin, Adjunct Professor and Post-doctoral researcher at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, Canada. Chair – Dr Menes Muzan, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull | |
| Embedding AI in the Constitution of Bangladesh: A Case for the Framework for Algorithmic Constitutionalism | Presenters – Dr Nafees Ahmad, Associate Professor, AG Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi-UAE; and Sk. Iftesham Islam, Lecturer in Law, Chittagong Independent University, Bangladesh | ||
| Tea Break | 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | ||
| Technical Session 2 | 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM | ||
| National reconciliation between the religious majority and minorities in Bangladesh, | Presenter – Fouzia Fariha, Tuhin and Partners, Supreme Court, Bangladesh | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Mr Bayazid Hossain, PhD Candidate, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon 2) Dr. Morshed Mannan, Lecturer in Global Law, University of Edinburgh 3) Dr Mohammad Hasan, Associate Professor of Law, Carleton University, Canada Chair – Dr Rachel Dixon, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Hull | |
| Bangladesh’s Current Constitutional Crisis: The Interim Government and Pathways to Reforms | Presenter – Md Imamunur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, ZH Sikder University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. | ||
| Lunch Break | 12:45 PM – 01:15 PM | ||
| Technical Session 3 | 01:15 PM – 02:45 PM | ||
| Bangladesh’s Apolitical Constitution-Reform Initiative: Quo Vadis? | Presenter – Mr Kawser Ahmed, Advocate Supreme Court of Bangladesh and Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, Bangladesh University of Professionals | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Md Abdur Razzak, Assistant Professor, Jagannath University, Bangladesh and PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales, Australia 2) Dr Mohammad Hasan, Associate Professor of Law, Carleton University, Canada 3) Professor Md Saiful Karim, University of Southern Queensland Law School, Australia Chair – Dr M Jashim Ali Chowdhury, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull, UK. | |
| Constitutional Reform in Bangladesh: Issues, Challenges, and Role of Political Parties | Presenters – Mr Suprobhat Paul, Associate Professor Department of Law and Justice Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka Bangladesh) and Mrs Bonosree Rani, Assistant Professor Department of Law and Justice Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and PhD Scholar, SOAS, University of London. | ||
| Tea Break | 02:45 PM – 03:00 PM | ||
| Session 4 (Book Panel) | 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM | ||
| Book – Fifty Years of Bangladesh Parliament: A Critical Evaluation (Brill Nijhoff, 2025) | Author – Dr M Jashim Ali Chowdhury, Lecturer, University of Hull Law School | Discussants/Commentators – 1) Professor SM Masum Billah, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Visiting Fellow at the Université Côte d’Azur, France. 2) Professor Abdullah Al Faruque, Former Dean Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. 3) Dr Shahdeen Malik, Constitutional Expert and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh Chair – Professor Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth), University of Hull, UK. | |