Qualifications:

Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratisation (International Program). Dissertation: A Review of Child Rights Laws and Policies on Forced Marriage in Bangladesh.

Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand.

Master of Laws (LL.M.)

Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis between Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights in the Context of Developing Countries.

Department of Law, Premier University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

Dissertation: Extrajudicial Killing in Bangladesh: A Gross Violation of Human Rights.

Department of Law, Premier University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Asma Al Amin is a lawyer and academician with a background in International Human Rights Law. She is a Faculty member of the law department at BGC Trust University Bangladesh. She has extensive experience working on Environment and Human rights issues at both national and regional levels, including with the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT), Thailand, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal. She is a European Commission APMA Fellow and completed her Master of Arts in Human Rights and Democratization from Mahidol University, Thailand. Later, she completed the European Commission Funded APMA Internship Program as a Southeast Asia research fellow from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Thailand. In 2022, she has been awarded researcher for the Asia Pacific Region, funded by Global Campus of Human Rights, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa She holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Premier University, Bangladesh. Her current research project is on internal displacement affiliated with the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (from 2nd May 2019 to date).

• Chairman in charge, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (from 10th April 2022 to June 2022).
• Lecturer, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (from 9th January 2014-April 2019).
• Research Fellow, ASEAN Programme, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Bangkok, Thailand. (Feb-July, 2018).
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (from 8th January 2013 - 9th January 2014).

Environment and Human Rights,Child Rights.

SPECIAL COURSES AND TRAINING :

1. Data collectors’ Training for a research project on recruitment practices and employment conditions experienced by urban refugees in Bangkok organized by United Nations Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Person (UN-ACT) held at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand from 1-2 December 2016.

 Topics Covered: Refugee law, Human trafficking and UN ethics on data collection.

 2. Asian Regional Learning Program on Human Rights organized by the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University held in Thailand from 21st-29th September 2015.

Topics Covered: International Human Rights Law.

3.  Asia-Pacific Youth Forum organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 21-24th September 2014

Topics Covered: Climate Change, Environmental Law, and Mountain Development.

4. Certificate Course on Legal Research and Writing organized by The South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS) held at Dhaka from 09-10 March 2012. Topics Covered: Research Methodology and Writing Method.

5. Second Winter Course on International Trade Law organized by The Indian Society of International Law held at New Delhi, India from 2-6 January 2012.

Topics Covered:  International Trade Law.

6. 12th Human Rights Summer School Program organized by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) held at Manikgonj, Dhaka from 19-30 December 2011. Topics Covered: Human Rights and International law.

2022     Researcher for Asia Pacific Region, funded by Global Campus of Human Rights, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

2018 (Feb-Jul) European Commissions Funded APMA Internship Program.

2016-2017     European Commissions Master of Human Rights and Democratisation Scholarship for AsiaPacific, Mahidol University, Thailand and Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

2015     Recipient, Grant, The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property & the Public Interest, National Law University, New Delhi, India

2015     Recipient, Grant, Interrogating Forced Migration: A Research Workshop on Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group (CRG), Kolkata, India.

2015      Recipient, Grant, Asian Regional Learning Program on Human Rights, Mahidol University, Thailand.

2014    Recipient, Grant, Asia-Pacific Youth Forum, The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

ACHIEVEMENTS/EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES :

1. Best Speaker Award, Annual Debate Competition of Kalokakoli High School. Year: 2003.
2. Best Speaker Award, Dristy National Debate Competition, Chittagong. Year: 2006.
3. Best Speaker Award, Human Rights Debate Competition, Mahidol University, Thailand. Year: 2016.
4. Champion, Inter-University Debate Competition by TIB, Chittagong. Year: 2009.
5. Former National Debater (2007-2011).
6. Former Joint Secretary, Debate Club of Law Department, Premier University (2009-2010).
7. Former Vice-President, Premier University Debating Society (2010-2011)
8. Member, Asia Pacific Youth Forum (2014-till date)
9. Moderator, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Debating Society (2014-2015)
10. Executive member, Centre for Youth Coalition and Climate Action. (2014 –2016)
11. General Member, Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) (2018- till date).
12. Worked as rapporteur of the 16th Human Rights Summer School (HRSS) on “Human Rights and Terrorism” from 20 to 30 October 2015. Institute: Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) Location: Koitta, Manikgonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
13. President, Concilium for Skill Development, Department of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (from September, 2019 till date)

1.2022 Global Classroom on Internal Displacement, research programme organized by Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria,Pretoria, South Africa from 30 May - 3 June 2022. Presented Paper on: A lack of legal frameworks for internally displaced persons impacted by climate change and natural disasters: Analysis of regulatory challenges in Bangladesh, India and  the Pacific Islands.

2.New research in international development, human rights, and international relations at a time of disruption, International virtual conference organized by Chulalongkorn University, Thailand from 29 - 30 July 2020.

Presented Paper on: Protecting Children from Domestic Violence at the time of Disruption: Human Rights Concerns.

3.TIB-TM Integrity Talk on Climate Finance Governance: Transparency, Accountability and Participation, 2018 held at the Holiday Inn Bangkok Sukhumvit, Thailand from 25-27 April 2018.

4.The Research Seminar on Human Rights and Democracy, 2017 held at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 17th July 2017.

Presented Paper on: ‘Child Rights Forced Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh’

5.The 5th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD), 2017 held at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand from 23rd to 24th June 2017.

Presented Paper on: ‘The Myth of Child Rights Protection against Forced Marriage in

Bangladesh’.

6.Seminar on Ethics in Human Research organized by Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University held in Thailand from 2nd -3rd November 2016.

7.The SEAHRN 4th International Conference on Human Rights and Peace in Southeast Asia, 2016 Held at Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok from 10th to 12th October 2016.

8.The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property & the Public Interest, 2015 held at National Law University, New Delhi from 15th to 17th December 2015.

Presented Paper on: ‘An Urgent Need for Implementation of Law on Geographical Indication to

protect the Indigenous Products and Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh’.

9.GAIN 2014, International Conference on Governance and Innovation held at BIRD, Bangladesh, From 19 -20 December 2014.

Presented paper on: ‘Right to a Safe and Healthy Environment: An Introduction to Green Rights’.

10.UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Human Rights and Duties” held at Department of Law, University of North Bengal, India from 15-17 November 2014.

Presented paper on: ‘Encounter Killing and Enforced Disappearance in Bangladesh: Challenges of Combating Impunity’.

11.Interrogating Forced Migration: A Research Workshop on Forced Migration Studies held in Kolkata, India from 16-21 March 2015 organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG) Presented paper on: ‘A Conceptual Analysis on Environmental Forced Migration in Bangladesh: Human Rights Perspective’.

1. Al Amin, A. (2020). Protecting Children from Domestic Violence at the time of Disruption:   Human  Rights  Concerns. Available at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/582012afebbd1a19864d50c6/t/5f69c7ea1c6fa65 cc594be2f/1600768059857/Proceeding+%28MAIDS%29+%282020.09.21%29.pdf
2. Al Amin, A. (2018). A Resistance for Protecting Indigenous Rights: The Case Study of the Samin Community in Sukolilo Village, Pati, Indonesia. Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies, 4(2), 223-254. Available at: https://so03.tci- thaijo.org/index.php/HRPS/article/view/170145
3. Tarzid, S. & Al Amin, A. (2018). Combating Cyberspace Violence against Women: A New Battlefield. Human Rights and Digital Age, published in the ELCOP Yearbook of Human Rights, 165-183.
4. Al Amin, A. (2017). Socio-legal Analysis of Child Marriage: Bangladesh Context. Bangladesh Journal of Dalit and Minority, 3(1), 81-98.
5. Al Amin, A. (2016). Right to a Safe and Healthy Environment: An Introduction to Green Rights, published in the book titled Sustainable Governance: Bangladesh Perspective, 42-48.
6. Al Amin, A. (2015). An Appraisal on Environmental Terrorism in Bangladesh. Human Rights and Terrorism, published in the ELCOP Yearbook of Human Rights, 132-142.
7. Al Amin, A. & Faruqul, I. (2015). Encounter Killing and Enforced Disappearance in Bangladesh: The Challenges of Combating Impunity, published in the Book titled Human Rights and Duties, 1st ed., 174-189.
8. Al Amin, A. (2013). The Role of Amicus Curiae in the Judgements of the Higher Judiciary; A Comparative Study. 18 MLR Journal.
9. Al Amin, A. (2013). The Issue of ‘Locus Standi ‘in the Development of PIL inBangladesh. The APEX LAW REPORTS, 3 ALR (AD).
10. Al Amin, A. (2012). Geographical Indication of Bangladesh, Need Immediate Legal Protection. The APEX LAW REPORTS, 1 ALR (AD), 34-36.
11. Al Amin, A. (2013). Violence Against Women: A severe Violation of Right to Life. The Daily Star, Law and Our Rights page, 23rd February 2013. Available at: http://archive.thedailystar.net/law/2013/02/04/advocacy.htm.
12. Al Amin, A. (2013). Protecting Workers Rights. The Daily Star, Law and Our Rights page,    12th  January, available  at: http://archive.thedailystar.net/law/2013/01/02/advocacy.htm.
13. Al Amin, A. (2012). Immediate enactment of GI Act can ensure GIs Protection. The Daily Star, Law and Our Rights page, 1st December 2012, available at: http://archive.thedailystar.net/law/2012/12/01/vision.htm.
14. Al Amin, A. (2017). Child Rights Forced Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights in Bangladesh,  available at: http://www.ihrp.mahidol.ac.th/index.php/en/resources/online- proceedings/category/13-the-research-seminar-on-human-rights-and-democracy.
15. Al Amin, A. (2017), ‘The Myth of Child Rights Protection against Forced Marriage in Bangladesh’, available at: http://www.icird.com/publications/publications/default.