M Rafiqul Islam

The writer is Professor of Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Who has paralysed the postwar rule-based world order?

The heinous tragedy and torment of Gaza continues unabated. The outrage of international public opinion, overwhelming support of states in the UN General Assembly, unprecedented Security Council binding resolution, and the Secretary-General’s repeated warning of an apocalyptic situation warranting immediate cease-fire and uninterrupted access of humanitarian assistance have so far gone unheeded in this world order.

10m ago

The hegemonic Western world order in crisis in Gaza

Few postwar world order crises have solicited world attention and concern as alarmingly as has the ongoing genocidal mass killings and wanton devastation in Gaza by Israel.

12m ago

Factors undermining the recognition of the Bangladesh genocide

Civilian atrocities committed during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 seemingly bear the hallmarks of the crime of genocide prohibited and punished under the UN Genocide Convention, 1948.

2y ago

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh

Bangladesh enacted and implemented its Constitution in 1972 featuring parliamentary democracy. Since then, the constitutional rule of law has had a turbulent journey.

2y ago

Alleged respect for Mostaq in DU: A politico-legal post-mortem

The conflict between political correctness and incorrectness is as old as the history of political discourse itself.

2y ago

Why Bangladesh’s abstention from the UN resolution on the Ukraine war is justified

The UN General Assembly emergency session adopted a resolution against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on 2 March 2022. It was adopted by 141 votes of total 193 members with 5 negative votes and 35 abstentions of which Bangladesh was one.

3y ago

Why Bangladesh’s abstention from the UN resolution on the Ukraine war is justified

The UN General Assembly emergency session adopted a resolution against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on 2 March 2022. It was adopted

3y ago

The Ukraine crisis amid fractured international legal order - hypocrisy of powerful

The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine once again has solicited world attention to the international legal order that has repeatedly been fractured by powerful states in the post-cold war era.

3y ago
December 18, 2021
December 18, 2021

Improving higher education in Bangladesh: A case for collaboration with Australia

Australia and Bangladesh have concluded the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on 15 September 2021 to boost their trade and

October 30, 2021
October 30, 2021

Identity controversy amid communal violence in Bangladesh: A human rights perspective

Once again Bangladesh has recently witnessed communal violence in different districts during the Durga puja (worship of the Mother Goddess) of the people with Hindu religious faith, a fundamental religious right duly recognised and embodied in the Constitution of Bangladesh.

June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021

Foreign university branches/study centres in Bangladesh: law and policy to improve higher education

Few recent matters have solicited the attention and concern of many in Bangladesh and abroad as intensely as has the current state of its higher education.

May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021

TRIPS patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines: Is it legally necessary?

The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with no confirmed end in sight.

May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021

TRIPS patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines: Is it legally necessary?

The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with

March 9, 2021
March 9, 2021

The Historic Seventh March Speech of Bangabandhu: Its Influence on International Legal Discourse and Reform

Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan. The crisis engineered by the Pakistan ruling military oligarchy, which sought to deny by bullets what the Bangalees achieved through ballots, the first ever general election held in Pakistan in 1970.

March 7, 2021
March 7, 2021

The Historic Seventh March Speech of Bangabandhu: Its Influence on International Legal Discourse and Reform

Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan.

May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018

THE ROHINGYA CRISIS at ICC and UNSC

The widespread violence against Rohingya Muslims causing civilian deaths, rapes, and forced deportation to Bangladesh has been

April 17, 2018
April 17, 2018

Constitutionality of army deployment in parliamentary elections

In his recent statement, the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh 'personally believed army should be deployed in the upcoming

May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017

PERCEIVED TENSION BETWEEN judiciary and executive of Bangladesh

The tension between the two principal organs of the government of Bangladesh, the judiciary and the executive, is not too far to be perceivable.