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Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal

Lecturer

Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal is currently working as a Lecturer at the Department of Law, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology. He completed his LLB (Hons) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and an LLM in International Law from South Asian University (New Delhi, India). Moreover, Sajal has also completed a 1-year PGD programme in International Environmental Law from the Indian Academy of International Law and Diplomacy (ISIL, New Delhi). Currently, he is also serving as an honorary Editor-in-Chief of Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD).

During his studies at the University of Dhaka, he was engaged in environmental activism with Dhaka University Environment Society and served as a programme coordinator. From June 2014 to November 2015, Sajal worked with the Centre for Climate Justice- Bangladesh (CCJ-B) as a research intern. From June to July 2017, he worked with the research team of Enviro Legal Defence Firm (ELDF), New Delhi as an intern.
Sajal presented his research papers in several international conferences at home and abroad and some of his papers have been published in peer-reviewed academic law journals. Besides these, he attended three international summer programmes on international law, international environmental law and intellectual property law in South Korea and China.

 

As an academician and a public interest environmental lawyer, Sajal would like to work for the protection of mother earth and to promote environmental justice.

Papers and Publications

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Conferences Papers

  • ‘Contributions of Third World Judges in the Jurisprudence of International Law: A Glance at the International Court of Justice’ in the Second Academic Salon of 2018 Summer Program of the Xiamen Academy of International Law held on 27 July, 2018 at Xiamen, Fujian, China.
  • ‘Protection of Goods with Traditional and Intangible Cultural Orientations under Geographical Indications Legal Framework: The Case of Bangladesh’ in 2018 XMU International Summer School of Intellectual Property, held on 15 July 2018, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
  • ‘The Standard of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection in WTO Law and Options for the LDCs: The Context of Bangladesh’s Pharmaceutical Industry' in the ‘National Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights: Issues and Challenges’, held on 19th January 2018 at School of Law, Sharda University, Greater Noida (Delhi -NCR), India.
  • ‘Climate Change Induced Migration: Regional Mechanism and Cooperation under SAARC’ in ‘International Seminar on Governance, Human Rights and Regional Cooperation in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization’ held on April 19-20, 2017 at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi.
  • ‘Rampal Power Project in Bangladesh: Interplay between Environment, Investment and Politics’ in ‘International Conference on Envisioning Our Common Future’ held on 22-23 December 2016 at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • ‘Legal Protection for the Victims of Climate Change in the Coastal Zones of Bangladesh’ in ‘International Integrative Research Conference on Governance in Transition: Perspectives and Practices’ held on 18-19 December 2015 at BARD, Cumilla, Bangladesh.
  • ‘Common People's Access to the Environment Courts of Bangladesh: An Appraisal’ in the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Ecocriticism, Environmental Justice and Literature. Organized by ASLE Bangladesh Planning Committee and EMK Center, held on 07-08 August 2015 at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.