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
Journal Articles:
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, 'Bharat H. Desai, International Environmental Governance: Towards UNEPO (Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff 2014)' Oxford Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Vol 28 (2017)
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, ‘Bangladesh Biological Diversity Act 2017: An Appraisal’ as a country report on Bangladesh in IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, (2018) ISSUE 9, pp 132-141
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, ‘Impact of Graduation from LDC Group on the Pharmaceutical Sector in Bangladesh’, The Pharma World, (2018) Vol. 10, No. 52, pp 65-67.
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, 'Judith Blau, The Paris Agreement: Climate Change, Solidarity, and Human Rights (Palgrave Macmillan 2017), xvii + 119', IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, ISSUE 9 (2018), pp 243- 246
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, ‘Managing Ecologically Critical Areas in Bangladesh', as a country report on Bangladesh in IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal, ISSUE 8 (2017), pp 65-72
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal and Md. Akhtaruzzaman, ‘Common People’s Access to the Environment Courts of Bangladesh: An Appraisal’, Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) Journal, (2016) Volume XV, pp 211-220.
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, 'Imtiaz Ahmed (ed.), South Asian Rivers: A Framework for Cooperation (Springer International Publishing, 2018), vii + 113 pp', South Asia Research, Vol. 38(2): 214– 217, May 2018
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, 'Ridwanul Hoque, Judicial Activism in Bangladesh: A Golden Mean Approach (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011) xli + 348 pp', Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD), Online Edition, Oct 20, 2017
- Imtiaz Ahmed Sajal, ‘Role of Women in Protecting Environment and Natural Resources: Law and Policy (in Bangla)', Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS) Biannual Journal of Nari o Progati, (2015) issue 22nd, pp 30-35
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.