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tareq_kms@ru.ac.bd

Associate Professor (on study leave) Department of Law University of Rajshahi Rajshahi 6205 Bangladesh


K. M. S. TAREQ
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Law


Education Summary  
PhD Researcher (SOAS, London); LLM International Law (Distinction) (Keele, UK)); and LLM & LLB (1st Class 1st and Prime Minister Gold Medalist) Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Research Interest  
Climate Mobility Law and Governance, Refugee Rights, Private Law of the UK and Bangladesh
Level Institution Year
Masters
(LLM in International Law)
University of Keele, Newcastle Under Lyne, UK 2021
Masters
(LLM)
University of Rajshai, Rajshahi, Bangladesh 2011
Bachelor/Honors
(LLB (Hons))
University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh 2010
Higher Secondary
(HSC)
Cantonment Public School and College, Saidpur, Nilphamari, Bangladesh 2004
Secondary
(SSC)
Patikaghat Sultanpur Adarsha Multilateral High School, Parbatipur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh 2002

Experience in Rajshahi University

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2021-12-11 to Department of Law Associate Professor
2015-03-17 to 2021-12-10 Department of Law Assistant Professor
2012-09-23 to 2015-03-16 Department of Law Lecturer

Experience in other Organization/Institute

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2024-09-30 to 2026-09-30 School of Law, SOAS University of London Teaching Fellow
2022-09-26 to 2024-03-31 School of Law. SOAS University of London, United Kingdom Graduate Teaching Assisstant (GTA)
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 Northern University of Bangladesh Visiting Lecturer
2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31 Public Administration Training Centre, Bogura, Bangladesh Visiting Lecturer
2015-05-05 to 2017-05-04 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Students' Hall, Rajshahi University House Tutor (Assisstant Provost)
2015-01-01 to 2019-09-30 Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Visiting Lecturer
2013-01-01 to 2019-08-31 Bangladesh Police Academy, Sardah, Rajshahi, Bangladesh Visiting Lecturer
2012-06-03 to 2012-09-21 Ministry of Public Administration, Bangladesh Assistant Commissioner (Executive Magistrate)
2011-05-16 to 2012-05-31 Department of Law, Daffodil International University, Dhaka Lecturer

Book Chapter

1. KMS Tareq "Embarking of UNHCR upon Climate Mobility: De Facto or De Jure Expansion of International Refugee Law Regime?" in Bayes Ahmed and Bishawjit Mallik (eds) Handbook on Climate Mobility (Edward Elger)

Published: December 2024
2. KMS Tareq "Adjudication of Anti-Terrorism Offences in the Legal Domain of Bangladesh" (ed) Prof Abu Naser Md Wahid and Dr Nasrin Rahman, Handbook of Inter-University Law Clinic (Pp 67 – 78)

Published: December 2020

Journal

1. Md Mofazzal Hossain and KMS Tareq "Non-Conventional Threats to Maritime Security: Challenges for Bangladeshi Legal Regime" Jagannath University Journal of Law Vol V 2023 (pp 109 – 126)

Published: June 2023
2. KMS Tareq "The Irrelevance of the Dichotomy between International Armed Conflicts and Non-International Armed conflicts" Jagannath University Journal of Law (Vol 3., Pp 205-18.)

Published: July 2022
3. KMS Tareq "The Refugee Convention and Recognition of Climate Refugees" Jahangirnagar University Journal of Law Volume IX: 2021, Issue II, Pp 61-73.

Published: January 2022
4. KMS Tareq "The Scope of the Contemporary Legal Regime to Recognise Climate and Armed Conflicts Refugees" Rajshahi University Law Review (Volume XI)

Published: April 2021
5. KMS Tareq "Compliance Mechanisms for the Effective Implementation of International Environmental Law" Islamic University Law Journal

Published: February 2021
6. KMS Tareq "Development of Laws Regarding Transfer of Property in Bangladesh: An Appraisal" Rajshahi University Law Review (Volume X) pp 78-93

Published: January 2021

Conference

1. KMS Tareq "Regional Climate Mobility Law and Governance in Addressing ‘Regional’ Problems" Presented at an international conference on ‘The Migration and Climate Nexus’ on 5 Dec 2024 in Paris, France, organised by the CLIMIG project team of the Institut Convergences Migrations, in partnership with the Campus Condorcet, the Centre d'histoire soc

Published: December 2024
2. KMS Tareq "Cross-Border and Internal Climate Mobility: (In)Equality in International Governance?" Environmental and Climate Migration Network (ECMN), University of Liege, Belgium

Published: July 2024
3. KMS Tareq "Regional Governance of Cross-Border Climate Mobility: A Study of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Frameworks" Presented in a Socio-Legal Study Association (SLSA) Workshop at University of Notingham

Published: June 2024
4. KMS Tareq "Self-determination and Universal Declaration of Independence under International Law: From the Perspective of Bangladesh" International Conference on 'Human Rights and Social Justice',@ Department of Law, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh

Published: October 2023
5. KMS Tareq "Expansion of International Refugee Law Regime to Address Climate Mobility" National Conference on 'Law in a Changing World' @ Department of Law, Chittagong University, Bangladesh

Published: September 2023
6. KMS Tareq "Arrest, Remand, and Confession of Accused: A study of Laws and Judgments of Bangladesh" Conference arranged by Faculty of Law, Rajshahi University

Published: August 2017
7. KMS Tareq "Significance of Trial of International Crimes by Domestic Tribunal: Bangladesh Perspective" Presented at a Conference arranged by the Faculty of Law, University of Rajshahi

Published: May 2017
8. KMS Tareq "Right to Health of the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh" Presented at an International Conference arranged by Faculty of Law RU and Ficeal, Finland

Published: June 2016

Report

1. Prof Abu Naser Md Wahid and KMS Tarreq "Convicted women prisoners and right of parole: Laws and policies of Bangladesh" Rajshahi University Research Project

Published: August 2019

Other

1. KMS Tareq "Challenges and Options for the Recognition of 'Climate Refugees' under the International Legal Regime" School of Law, Keele University, UK

Published: October 2020
2. কে এম এস তারেক "যাবজ্জীবন ও আমৃত্যু কারাদন্ড সমার্থক" সমকাল পত্রিকা

Published: February 2017

Seminar / Symposium / workshop attended

1. Simon Behmann and Avidan Kent "CLIMATE-INDUCED MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: WILL THE LAW EVER CATCH UP?" Maastricht University

Published: April 2024
2. British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) "Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation" London

Published: March 2024
3. Cambridge University "Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals: Future Directions for International Law and Governance" Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (5 Cranmer Road in Cambridge, UK)

Published: March 2024
4. City University of London "Climate change litigation and international courts" Paul Clark, Monica Feria-Tinta, and Yusra Suedi

Published: March 2024
5. SOAS "Climate Advisory Opinions: Expectation, hope and Justice" LEDC Seminar series

Published: November 2023
6. Oxford University "Masterclass on socio-legal research" Socio-legal Studies Association

Published: September 2023
7. LSE "Global Trends in Climate Litigation" Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Published: June 2023
8. Cambridge University "Key Essentials: The Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development and Law" Pilot course

Published: April 2023
9. SOAS "3 minutes thesis presentation" School of Law

Published: April 2023
10. SOAS "Climate crisis or climate justice?" LEDC, SOAS

Published: October 2022
11. King's College of London (Prof Philippe Sands and Sir Jonathan Bate) "The Rights of Nature and the Crime of Ecocide" KCL

Published: October 2022
12. Queen Mary University of London "Soft Law, hard law, crime? How to push climate change agenda" School of Law, Holborn, London

Published: September 2022
13. Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) "Duties and responsibilities of university teachers" Senate House, RU

Published: November 2015
14. UNDP "Right to self-determination of transgender people: A study in South Asia" Kathmandu, Nepal

Published: September 2015
15. National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh (NHRC-BD) "International Conference on Human Rights and Criminal Justice Delivery System in Bangladesh" Hotel Le Meridien, Dhaka.

Published: May 2015
16. AsianSIL Bangladesh Chapter "South Asia and International Law: Engagement or Encounter?" Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, Dhaka

Published: August 2014
17. Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Rajshahi "Teaching Methodology" HEQEP Project

Published: September 2013

International Refugee Law

Postgraduate module_Rajshahi University

International Criminal Law

Postgraduate module_Rajshahi University

Law of Property

Undergraduate module_Rajshahi University

Law of Criminal Procedure

Postgraduate module_Bangladesh Police Academy, Sardah, Rajshahi

Fundamentals of Land Management

Undergraduate module_Rajshahi University

Land Law

Undergraduate module_Rajshahi University Undergraduate module_Varendra University Rajshahi

Constitutional Law of Bangladesh

Undergraduate module_Rajshahi University Training module_RPATC_Bogura

Law of Equity, Trust, and Specific Relief

Undergraduate module_Rajshahi University

International Environmental Law

Undergraduate module_GTA_SOAS London

Running

Tort Law

Undergraduate module_Teaching Fellow_SOAS London

Running

 


Awards, Scholarships, and Grants

 

Prime Minster Gold Medal (2012)

·  Awarded for achieving the ever-highest CGPA (3.89 on a scale of 4 at the undergraduate examination in the Department of Law, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh) since the establishment of the university in 1953

·       Received from the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh in an event organised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh

Commonwealth PhD Scholarship (2021)


Awarded the scholarship funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) to pursue a full-time PhD in Law  in the UK


Covered the university fees, conference grants, monthly stipend, and spouse and children allowances (Total value around £150,000)


Commonwealth Master’s Scholarship (2019)

·       Awarded for 1-year taught Master’s Programme in the UK

·       Covered the university fees, travel grants, monthly stipend, and worm cloth allowances (Total value around £50,000)

Collaborative Institute on Migration (ICM) Award (2024)

·       Awarded a scholarship to attend and present a paper at the international conference on “The Migration and Climate Nexus” convened under the CLIMIG project of the French Collaborative Institute on Migration (ICM) to be held at Campus Condorcet, Paris-Aubervilliers, France on December 5-6, 2024) (Value €600)

FFVT International Summer School Scholarship (2024)

·       Awarded a scholarship to attend FFVT International Summer School on ‘Climate Im(mobility): Forced Migration and Governance’ to be held on 15-20 July at The Imperial Castle of Nuremberg, Germany, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) (Value €1000)

ECMN Conference Scholarship (2024)

·       Awarded a scholarship to present a paper at the Environmental and Climate Migration Network (ECMN) Conference 2024 under the theme of  ‘Environmental Changes and Migration: Bridging Disciplines for a New Research Agenda’ to be held on 9 – 12 July 2024 Liege, Belgium (value €1000)

SOAS Doctoral School Conference Grant (2023)

·       Awarded to present a paper at the International Conference on Human Rights and Social Justice, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, held on 6 – 7 October 2023 (Value £250)

SOAS School of Law Conference Grant (2023)

·       Awarded to present a paper at the First National Law Conference, Chittagong University, Bangladesh, held on 15 – 16 September 2023 (Value £250)

Rajshahi University Research Grant (2020)

·       Awarded to conduct a research project on ‘Climate mobility in Koyra, Khulna’ (Value BDT 400,000)

Rajshahi University Research Grant (2018)

·       Awarded to conduct an empirical research project on ‘Releases of convicted women prisoners: Law and policy of Bangladesh.’ (Value BDT 200,000)

University Gold Medal (2015)

·       Awarded for obtaining the first position among postgraduate students in the Faculty of Law 

·       Facilitated and funded jointly by Rajshahi University and Agrani Bank PLC

·       Received from the then Education Minster of Bangladesh

University Gold Medal (2014)

·       Awarded for securing the first position among undergraduate students in the Faculty of Law 

·       Facilitated and funded jointly by Rajshahi University and Agrani Bank PLC

·       Received from the then Education Minster of Bangladesh



Membership in Professional Bodies

 

  • Member, Global Strategic Litigation Council (GSLC), an initiative of Zolberg Institute of Migration and Mobility, New York (01 December 2024 to date)
  • Member, Standing Committee of Migration Politics and Governance (MigPoG), International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE), University of Liege, Belgium (09 October 2024 to date)
  • Member, Working Group on Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement, Refugee Law Initiatives (RLI), School of Advanced Study, University of London (04 October 2024 to date)
  • Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA), England and Wales (18 March 2022 to present)
  • Student Associate, International Law Association (ILA), British Branch  (20 August 2024 to date)
  • Member, Association of Law Teachers (ALT), England and Wales (08 July 2024 to present)
  • Research Affiliates, Refugee Law Initiatives (RLI) Research Affiliates Network, School of Advanced Study, University of London (04 October 2024 to date)
  • Member, Cultures of Adaptation Network (CAN), Utrecht University, The Netherlands (30 April 2024 to date)

  • Member, Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) University of Vienna, Austria (10 February 2023 to present)
  • Member, Centre for Law, Environment, and Development (LEDC), SOAS, University of London, UK (20 January 2022 to present)
  • Member of Faculty Committee (as a representative of lecturers in Law), Faculty of Law, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh (April 2014 to April 2016)
  • Advisor, Moot Court Society,  Department of Law, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh (2013 to present)
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