Short Biography:
Mohammad Golam Sarwar is a law researcher and academic with 10 years of working experience, particularly focusing on law and development, international and environmental law, business and human rights, Just transition and climate justice. Mr. Sarwar is an Assistant Professor of Law (on Study leave) at the University of Dhaka.
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Masters | International Development Law | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 2016 |
| Masters | LLM | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Bachelor | LLB | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2011 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Lecturer | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 02, Oct 2016 | Currently Working |
| Lecturer | Eastern University | Dhaka | 21, Jan 2014 | 30-09-2016 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Labour and Industrial Law | Labour Act 2006, International Labour Standards, Business and Human Rights, Just Transition |
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| Criminal Law | The Penal Code 1860 | |
| Environmental Law | Domestic and International Environmental Law, Principles of Environmental Law, Rights of Nature, Climate Law and Governance, Climate Justice |
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| International Development Law | Law and Development, Rule of Law and Development, Sustainable Development |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Violent Extremism | Mapping of Research Activities and Identifying the root causes of Violent Extremism in Bangladesh | 01-07-2022 | 31-10-2022 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN WOMEN | |
| Child Rights | Diversionary Options and Alternatives to Instutionalization for Children In Conflict And Contact With The Law In Bangladesh | 01-02-2022 | 30-04-2022 | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and UNICEF | |
| Human rights and Peace | Formulating implementation strategies for National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP WPS) in the light of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 | 01-01-2022 | 31-05-2022 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN WOMEN | |
| Rule of Law and Human Rights | Formulating a Framework on Rule of Law, Human Rights and Digital Justice and Researching in a project on Accelerating Digitization in the Justice System of Bangladesh | 01-12-2021 | 30-06-2022 | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and UNDP | |
| Human Rights | Research on developing South Asian Human Rights Mechanism: Prospects and challenges | 01-10-2021 | 31-12-2021 | ASK and FORUM-ASIA | |
| Business and Human Rights | Researc, training and workshop for youth in Bangladesh on the issues of busniess and human rights and environment (BHRE) | 01-06-2021 | 31-12-2021 | Swedwatch (A Sweden based international research organization) and SIDA | |
| Trade and Investment | Reviewing Trade and Investment related laws and Policies under the Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project-1 | 01-05-2021 | World Bank and Ministry of Commerce and SANEM | ||
| Forced Labour | Study report on Forced Labour in the context of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh | 01-02-2021 | 30-11-2021 | UNODC and International Labour Office (ILO) | |
| Human Rights and advocacy | ‘Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights | 01-10-2020 | 31-05-2021 | NETZ Bangladesh and European Union | |
| Human Trafficking | Drafting Bangladesh National Study on Trafficking in Persons and Forced Labour | 31-08-2020 | 31-12-2021 | Ministry of Home Affairs and UNODC (South Asia) | |
| Human Rights and Covid-19 | Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting on UN’s Immediate Socio-Economic Response Plan (ISERP) to COVID-19 | 01-07-2020 | 30-04-2021 | Office of UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | |
| River Rights | Reviewing and translating High Court Judgments on Rights of Rivers in Baproject; UK industry and science supporting clean river policy and practice in urban Asia | 01-04-2020 | 31-12-2020 | University of Oxford and DFID, UK | |
| Law Review | 'Legislative Research for identification of discriminatory provisions in existing laws of Bangladesh in the light of human rights and SDGs | 07-03-2020 | 30-11-2021 | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| Treaty Reporting | Drafting the Initial State Party Report of Bangladesh on The United Nations Convention against Torture 1984, | 01-04-2019 | 31-05-2019 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP | |
| Dispute Resolution | Research on Developing Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy within Legal Aid Framework | 01-11-2016 | 31-05-2017 | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Research for Development |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Member, Global Network on Human Rights and Environment | 2023 | ||
| 2 | Member, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law | 2023 |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Rumana Islam Sustainable Development Objectives in International Investment Law: Developing Countries in Context.
London: SPRINGER NATURE, 2024 .
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| 2 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Zartner Dana, and Cárdenas Fabián Thrive and Survive: The Rights of Nature as Effective Legal Advocacy for Environmental Justice.
Washington, DC: Island Press, 2024 .
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| 3 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Syeda Nasrin An Analysis of the Legislative Landscape and Court Orders on Air, Noise, and Water Pollution.
Dhaka: Waterkeepers Bangladesh, 2022 .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Rumana Islam "Towards Innovation-Driven Legal Education to Achieve SDGs."
Legal Education in the University of Dhaka: A centennial review. Dhaka: Dhaka University Law Faculty, 2023 .
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| 2 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Haque, Muhammad Ekramul and Bhuyan, Mohammad Azhar "Constitutional Reform: Bangladesh Chapter in The International Review of Constitutional Reform,."
The International Review of Constitutional Reform. Richard Albert Texus, USA: Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the International Forum on the Future of Constitutionalism., 2022 .
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| 3 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar "Bangladesh and International Law."
Bangladesh and International Law. ed. Mohammad Shahabuddin Routledge, 2021 .
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| 4 |
MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR "Identifying the challenges of International refugee law framework in guaranteeing protection of refugees."
ELCOP Yearbook of Human Rights. Dr. Mizanur Rahman and Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah 2016 .
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| 5 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar "Economic Rights of the Tantees (Weaver Communities)."
In the Shadow of Death: The Tantees in Bangladesh. Ed., Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah 2012 .
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| 6 |
MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR "'Disintegration of Handloom Industry and its Impact on Tantees’."
In the Shadow of Death: The Tantees in Bangladesh. Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah DHAKA: ELCOP&Palal Publications, 2012 .
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Mohammad Golam Sarwar "‘In Pursuit of Deliverance: Critical Analysis of the Draft Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2012’."
Human Rights and Critically Disadvantaged People. Dr. Mizanur Rahman and Dr. Md. Rahmat Ullah ELCOP&Palal Publications, ISBN 978-984-603-250-5, 2012 .
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| 8 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar "International Environmental Treaties and Bangladesh."
Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia. Muhammad Ekramul Haque (ed), ‘Bangladesh’, in Seokwoo Lee, (ed) Ledien, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021 .
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| 9 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar "Environmental Legislation in Bangladesh."
Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia. Muhammad Ekramul Haque (ed), ‘Bangladesh’, in Seokwoo Lee, (ed) Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021 .
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| 10 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar "Bio-diversity Conservation and Protection of Environment in Bangladesh."
Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia. Muhammad Ekramul Haque (ed), ‘Bangladesh’, in Seokwoo Lee, (ed) Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2021 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : Climate Change Considerations through the Environment Protection Lens in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): Addressing the Challenges,
Skip navigation Transnational Dispute Management https://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/journal-advance-publication-article.asp?key=2004 , 2024
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| 2 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : Secularism as a State Policy, State Religion, and Minority Rights in the Constitution: Benign or Malign for Communal Harmony in Bangladesh?,
Springer , 2023
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| 3 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : Recent Trends of Judicial Activism for the Advancement of Muslim Family Laws in Bangladesh: A Critical Appraisal,
Dhaka University Law Journal Faculty of Law University of Dhaka , 2022
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| 4 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : 'Determining the standard of proof required to remove an arbitrator on the ground of bias',
Dhaka University Law Journal , vol.30 , 2019
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| 5 |
MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR : Dealing with Loss and Damage arising from Climate Change: From Warshaw International Mechanism to Paris Agreement,
Dhaka University Law Journal Vol , vol.28 , pp.119 , 2017
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MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR : The Tension between culture and women’s human rights: Towards mutual reinforcement,
Dhaka University Law Journal , vol.27 , no.2 , pp.47 , 2017
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| 7 |
MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR : Conciliation and other Alternative Procedures of Dispute Settlements related to Personal Matters in the Legal System of Bangladesh: A critical Appraisal,
Society and Change, Journal of Social Sciences , vol.Vol. VIII , pp.51-66 , 2015
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| 8 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar and Anisur Rahman : Humanistic Interpretation of Islamic Law to eliminate Discrimination’,
15th Human Rights Summer School Journal , 2014
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| 9 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : Complementarity Principle in Prosecution of International Crimes: Assessing its Necessity and Efficacy,
Dhaka University Law Journal Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka , pp.161-174 , 2021
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| 10 |
Mohammad Golam Sarwar : Unveiling the invisible anguish: the victims of Climate Change,
14th Human Rights Summer School Journal ELCOP&Palal Publications, ISBN- 978-984-33-6133-2. , 2013
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Mohammad Golam Sarwar : ‘Draft Child Marriage Restraint Act 2014: A compatibility Test’,
Bangladesh Law Association Journal , vol.Vol 1 , no.2 , 2014
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship | 2021 | United Kingdom | Awarded Commonwealth Doctoral Scholarship to pursue PhD in Law at SOAS University of London |
| International | FCO UK GOVERNMENT Chevening Scholarship | 2015 | United Kingdom | • Awarded Chevening Scholarship given by Foreign and Commonwealth office of the British Government |
| National | Best Researcher | 2010 | Bangladesh | Inter year Moot Court Competition Organized by Dhaka University, 2010. |
MOHAMMAD GOLAM SARWAR (On study Leave)
Assistant Professor
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Email: sarwar.law@du.ac.bd