Shahdeen Malik is a Bangladeshi lawyer, eminent jurist, a constitutional expert, and legal activist.

Early life

Malik's father, Abdul Malik Chowdhury, was the chief conservatory officer of the Forest Department. He did his masters in law at the Patrice Lumumba University in Russia in 1979. He did another masters in law at the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

in 1984. He did his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1994.

Career

Malik joined the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

in 1980 as a lecturer. Malik joined Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust in 1990. He wrote Public Interest Litigation in South Asia - Rights in Search of Remedies in 1997. Malik started his practice at the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2003. Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of

BRAC University BRAC University ( bn, ব্র্যাক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as BracU) is a private research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 as a branch of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed's BRAC ...

. In 2008, Malik was the lawyer for the University of Dhaka. From 2010 to 2019, Malik served at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs as an honorary director. He criticised the

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which abolished the caretaker government on 19 July after praising it on 10 July 2011. In 2013, he was the lawyer of the

Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws i ...

. Malik is a Trustee board member of the

Centre for Policy Dialogue The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), established in 1993 by Rehman Sobhan, its Founder chairman, with support from leading civil society institutions in Bangladesh, is mandated by its Deed of Trust to service the growing demand originating ...

. He is a member of the governing body of the ActionAid Bangladesh, and the

Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

. He is an Independent director of Pubali Bank Limited. He is an Adjunct Professor at Gono University. In February 2022, Malik withdrew his name from consideration for the next

election commissioner of Bangladesh Election Commissioners of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের নির্বাচন কমিশনার), publicly referred to as EC, are members of Bangladesh Election Commission, who are bestowed upon the responsibility to arran ...

. He described the speech by the Minister of Law, Anisul Huq, in Geneva defending the human rights record of the government as embarrassing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Shahdeen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni Academic staff of the University of Dhaka Academic staff of BRAC University Academic staff of Gono University