A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
◉ Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
(5 August 2024 - 4 February 2028)
- Scholarships: Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS) and Monash International Tuition Scholarship (MITS)
◉ Master of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Academic Standing: Distinction
- Award: Edinburgh Award 2022
◉ Master of Laws, LLM (Specialization in International Law), East West University, Bangladesh.
- Academic Standing: Distinction
- Award: Chancellor's Gold Medal
◉ Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons.) (Minor in Economic Laws), BRAC University, Bangladesh.
- Academic Standing: Highest Distinction
- Award: Vice Chancellor's Gold Medal
◉ Postgraduate Diploma on Human Rights (2021), Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal & Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy.
Academic Standing: Best Delegate
◉ Research Intern (Human Rights: Refugee Rights & Transitional Justice) (2020),
Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, Indonesia.
◉ Research Intern (Int'l Criminal Law & Int'l Humanitarian Law) (2015-16),
Office of the Chief Prosecutor, International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICTBD).
MD. PIZUAR HOSSAIN (aka 'Mohammad Pizuar Hossain') (currently a PhD Candidate (International Law), Monash University in Melbourne, Australia) (LL.B. (Highest Distinction) (BRAC U), LL.M. (Distinction) (East-West U), MSc (Distinction) (U of Edinburgh)) is a Senior Lecturer in Law at East-West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an enrolled lawyer at the Bangladesh Bar Council and a member of the Dhaka District Bar Association. He has been elected to the Advisory Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) for 2023-25. He provides pro bono professional support for the victims of human rights violations as a Consultant for the Bangladesh Office of Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, Indonesia, and as a Legal Researcher for the Edinburgh International Justice Initiative (EIJI), Scotland, the United Kingdom (UK). He has played the role of an adjudicator in a couple of prestigious moot court competitions, including International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition (the Hague, the Netherlands), Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (Oxford, UK), and the 1st and 2nd International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition (Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Mr. Hossain holds a specialized Master's degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK. He has been awarded the “Chevening Award (2021-22)” to pursue the Master's degree from the UK. While pursuing his Master's in the UK, he has achieved the "Edinburgh Award" from the University of Edinburgh and the "Human Rights Volunteer Award" from Chevening (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the UK). He has received “Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal” and “Chancellor’s Gold Medal” in his Bachelor of Laws (LLB, Honours) and Master of Laws (LLM in International Law) programs, respectively. He has also received the “ESDR Fellow Award 2021” from Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal, and Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy.
His research interests lie at the crossroads of public international law, criminology, human rights, transnational crimes, genocide studies and constitutional law. Presently, he is involved in the following research activities:
Mr. Hossain has so far published articles in many refereed international journals, including Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Oxford University Press - US), International Annals of Criminology (Cambridge University Press - UK), International Journal of Human Rights (Routledge/Taylor & Francis - UK), Commonwealth Law Bulletin (Routledge/Taylor & Francis - UK), Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (Thomson Reuters - Canada), Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law (Edward Elgar Publishing - Australia), Australian Journal of Asian Law (Melbourne Law School - Australia), and Asian Journal of Legal Studies (Thailand). He is engaged with a number of international journals as consultant, editor, and article reviewer, such as Genocide Studies International Journal (Canada); Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal (UK); Commonwealth Law Bulletin (UK); Prosecution Journal (Nepal); and ALSA Academic Journal (Thailand).
Senior Lecturer (Full-Time), Department of Law, East West University (28 Nov 2019 - Present).
Lecturer (Full-Time), Department of Law, East West University (10 Sept 2017 - 27 Nov 2019).
Research Associate (Full-Time), East West University Center for Research and Training (01 Apr - 31 Aug 2017).
Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Human Rights Abuses against the Rohingya in Myanmar: Exploring the Role of Transitional Justice', [2022-23], Funded by East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT). [Status: Ongoing]
Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Rohingya Persecutions in Myanmar: Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide? (A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment)', [2018-19], Funded by East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT). [Status: Completed]
Advisory Board Member, International Association of Genocide Scholars - the United States (IAGS) [July 2023 - Present].
Conference Committee Member, 2025 IAGS Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa [September 2023 - Present].
Data Contributor, Global Atrocity Justice Constellations, European Union (EU) [August 2022 - Present].
Legal Researcher (pro bono), Edinburgh International Justice Initiative, Scotland, the United Kingdom [January 2022 - Present].
Consultant (pro bono), Bangladesh Office of the Asia Justice and Rights, Jakarta, Indonesia [October 2020 - Present].
Researcher (pro bono), Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice (CSGJ) at Liberation War Museum (LWM), Dhaka, Bangladesh [2015 - 2021].
Article Reviewer, Discover Global Society, Springer [April 2024 - Present]
Article Reviewer, Human Rights Review, ISSN 1874-6306, Springer [October 2023 - Present]
Article Reviewer, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, United Kingdom, ISSN: 03050718, 17505976, Routledge [2019 - Present].
Article Reviewer, Prosecution Journal (Nepal) [2019 - Present].
Article Reviewer, Genocide Studies International - International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, Canada [January 2022 - Present].
Editor, Contemporary Challenges: The Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal, The United Kingdom [October 2021 - Present].
Editor-in-Chief, NILS Bangladesh Law Review [January 2021 - December 2022]
Senior Consultant, Asian Law Students' Association Academic Journal, Thailand [2018 - Present].
1. 3rd TIB-DUMCS Anti-Corruption Moot Court Competition 2023 - Bangladesh.
Team's Achievement: Best New Team Award.
2. 13th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2021 - Geneva (virtual).
Team's Achievements: 3rd Best Memorial Award and 2nd Best Team of the Preliminary Rounds - https://www.ewubd.edu/news/east-west-university-team-made-history-world-moot-2021.
3. 1st Professor Shah Alam Constitutional Law Virtual Moot Court Competition 2020 – Bangladesh (virtual).
Team's Achievement: Champions Trophy - https://www.ewubd.edu/single-news/400.
4. 1st IHL Moot Court Competition 2019 – Bangladesh.
Team's Achievement: Runner-Up Trophy - http://home.ewubd.edu/press-briefing-on-ewu-moot-court-teams-achievement/.
5. INTA Asia Pacific Moot Court Competition 2018 – Singapore.
Team's Recognition: 2nd Best South Asian Oralist Team.
6. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition 2018-19 – India.
Team's Qualification: Preliminary Round along with University of Dhaka & BRAC University from Bangladesh.
7. International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition 2018 – Bangladesh.
Team's Achievement: Best Researcher Award.
Mohammad Pizuar Hossain's research interests lie at the crossroads of: (a) public international law - international human rights law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and international environmental law; (b) criminology and criminal justice - transitional justice, restorative justice, community justice, and gender justice; (c) transnational crimes and genocide studies - cybercrimes, terrorism, human trafficking, and genocide; and (d) constitutional law and public policy - freedom of speech, right to privacy, freedom of religion and right to health.
He has published articles in refereed national and international journals on 'trial by media and human rights violations', 'plea-bargaining and the criminal justice system of Bangladesh', 'rape as a weapon in Bangladesh’s War of Liberation', 'amnesty for war crimes and genocide', 'justice for Bangladesh genocide', 'killing of the Bengali intellectuals in 1971 genocide', 'the stages of Rohingya genocide', 'Geo-politics and the Rohingya repatriation', and 'water-management agreements between Bangladesh and India' from 2016 to 2022.
His journal articles, book chapters and working papers on role of transitional justice to prevent recidivism, restorative justice in Scotland, criminology of transitional justice, genocide memory words, role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in addressing genocide, criminology of aetiology of atrocity crimes, and online hate speech and Bangla content moderation are awaiting publication by 2023-24.
1. Summer School on International Criminal Court - 2021, organized by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland (8-11 June).
2. Economic Social and Development Residential School - 2021 - Diploma Course, organized by Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal (24-31 May).
3. Training of Human Rights Trainers - 2020 (Case Study Rohingya Youth), organized by Asia Justice and Rights, Indonesia (1 Oct-1 Dec).
4. 100 Bangladeshi Youth Delegates Visit to India - 2018, co-organized by the High Commission of India and the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (23 Mar-1 Apr).
5. Model International Criminal Court (MICC) Training Course - 2017, organized by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (18-21 Mar).
6. Human Rights Summer School on Human Rights and Terrorism - 2015, organized by the Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP), Dhaka, Bangladesh (20-31 Oct).
7. Winter School on Genocide, Justice, and the New Generation - 2015, organized by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh (17-24 Dec).
8. AsianSIL Youth Forum 2015, organized by the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL), Bangkok, Thailand (26-27 Nov).
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Brill - Nijhoff (Netherlands) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar (2024). International Criminal Justice Data in Bangladesh: A Scoping Review. International Criminal Law Review, Special Issue, 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-bja10184
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Taylor & Francis/Routledge (UK) - CHATHAM HOUSE |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar (2024). The Implications of the Arabic Case for Bangla Content Moderation on Facebook: Future Considerations for Combating “Bangla” Hate Speech. Journal of Cyber Policy, 1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23738871.2024.2337129
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Eleven Int’l Publishing (Netherlands) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2014). Covid-19 Pandemic and the Challenges in Providing Restorative Justice Services in Scotland: A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Restorative Justice, 7(2), 1-25. (accepted for publication)
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Cambridge University Press (UK) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2024). Transitional Justice to Address Genocide Denial: A Case Study of the Rohingya in Myanmar. International Annals of Criminology, 62(2), 1-21. (accepted for publication)
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Taylor & Francis/Routledge (UK) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2023-24). Assessing the International Criminal Court’s Response to Genocide: A Reference to the Case of Al-Bashir. International Journal of Human Rights, 28(4), 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2023.2294284 |
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Cambridge University Press (UK) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2023). Criminology of Atrocity Crimes: Analyzing Aetiology of the Rohingya Persecution in Myanmar. International Annals of Criminology, 61(1), 43-65. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/cri.2023.12
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Taylor & Francis/Routledge (UK) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2023). The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Analyzing the International Law Implications of Its Environmental Impacts on Bangladesh. International Journal of Human Rights, 27(2), 238-57. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2022.2081159
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Thomson Reuters (Canada) |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2022). Repatriation of the Rohingya Refugees: Geo-politics and the Potential Role of International Court of Justice. Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, 16(1), 183-207.https://lawlibrary.ca/2022/04/28/journals-update-9/ |
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Edinburgh School of Law (UK) |
Nishat, Nusrat Jahan & Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2022). 1971 Killing of the ‘Bengali’ Intellectuals: An Analysis from the Perspective of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Contemporary Challenges: The Global Crime, Justice, and Security Journal, 3(1), 4-27.http://journals.ed.ac.uk/Contemporary-Challenges/article/view/7075
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Oxford University Press (US) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2021). Stages of Rohingya Genocide: A Theoretical and Empirical Study. Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 35(2), 211-34. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcab033 |
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Edward Elgar Publishing (Australia) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2021). Bangladesh-India Water Sharing Cooperation: An Analysis from the Perspective of the International Environmental Law Principles. Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, 24(2), 182-200. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/apjel.2021.02.02
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ElectronicPublications (UK) -SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2021). Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Post-conflict Experiences of the Bangladesh War of Independence. Manchester Journal of Transnational Law & Practice, 17(1), 245-263. https://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue/253
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FIMT (India)
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2021). COVID-19 and the Right to Education of the Rohingya Refugee Children: A Human Rights Perspective. Fairfield Institute of Management & Technology Law Journal, 4(1), 1-12. http://fimtlawjournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Md.-Pizuar-Hossain.pdf
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Taylor & Francis/Routledge (UK) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar & Siddiki, Esrat Jahan. (2020). Amnesties and Developments in International Law: Re-evaluating the Legitimacy of Amnesty Granted by Bangladesh to the Pakistani War Criminals. Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 47(2), 320-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1835505
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Melbourne Law School (Australia) - SCOPUS |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar, & Afroz, Dr. Tureen (2019). Plea-Bargaining: Socio-Legal Impacts on the Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh. Australian Journal of Asian Law, 19(2), 1-19. https://law.app.unimelb.edu.au/bibliography/ajaldetail.php?id=33020
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ALSA (Thailand)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar. (2018). Party Autonomy in the International Commercial Arbitration: A Critical Evaluation of Its Ambits and Limits. Asian Journal of Legal Studies, 7(1), 60-76. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/alsacdmj5&div=13&id=&page=
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ALSA (Thailand)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar. Media Trial vs. Right to a Fair Trial: An Endeavour to Learn about Existing Judicial Safeguards and Thinkable Solutions. ALSA Academic Journal, 5(1), 25-63. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/alsacdmj3&div=11&id=&page=
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Faculty of Law,
University of Dhaka
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2014). Green Criminology and Environmental Harm: The Case for the (Potential) Crime of Ecocide under International Law. Dhaka University Law Journal. (under consideration)
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Digitally Right
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2023). Addressing Bangla Hate Speech on Facebook: Lessons from the Arabic Context for Bangla Content Moderation. In Karim, M. E. (ed.), Access, Awareness and Governance. Dhaka: Digitally Right, 2023, pp. 44-57. https://digitallyright.org/research-papers-from-the-tech-policy-fellowship-2022/
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ELCOP
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2017). Rape as War Weapon and Genocidal Tool Covered as War Tactics: The Bangladesh Experience. Bangladesh Journal of Minorities, 3(1), 1-23.
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East West University Centre for Research and Training (Bangladesh) |
Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2024). Human Rights Abuses against the Rohingya in Myanmar: Exploring the Role of Transitional Justice. East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT), Working Paper.
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Digitally Right (Bangladesh)
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Chowdhury, Miraj Ahmed, Mohammad Pizuar Hossain (eds.) (2024). Misinformation on YouTube: High Profits, Low Moderation. Digitally Right, Report (ISBN: 978-984-37-0077-3), pp. 1-20. https://digitallyright.org/dismislabs-new-study-reveals-youtube-running-ads-on-misinformation-videos/ |
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Asia Justice and Rights
(Indonesia)
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Wandita, Galuh and Mohammad Pizuar Hossain (2024). Yearning for Our Rights and Longing for Our Homeland: Rohingya Youth Respond to Atrocities (Vol.2, Popular Version). Asia Justice and Rights, pp. 1-15.
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Digitally Right (Bangladesh)
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Chowdhury, Miraj Ahmed, Mohammad Pizuar Hossain, and Partho Protim Das. (2023). Hits and Misses: An Examination of Meta's Political Ad Policy Enforcement in Bangladesh. Digitally Right, Report (ISBN: 978-984-35-9047-3), pp. 1-37. https://digitallyright.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Hits-And-Misses.pdf.
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Asia Justice and Rights
(Indonesia)
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Wandita, Galuh, Mohammad Pizuar Hossain, Tati Krisnawaty and Angelina Lizar. (2024). Yearning for Our Rights and Longing for Our Homeland: Rohingya Youth Respond to Atrocities. Asia Justice and Rights, and Liberation War Museum, pp. 1-17. https://asia-ajar.org/resources/books-research/yearning-for-our-rights-and-our-homeland/
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Cooperation in Science
and Technology (COST),
European Union
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar. (2023). States and International Criminal Justice: COST CA18228 Scoping Survey (version 1): Bangladesh. University of Edinburgh,
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Asia Justice and Rights
(Indonesia)
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Krisnawaty, Tati et al. (2023). Rohingya: A Place to Belong, A Longing for Home. Edited by Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar, Birks, Teresa, Wandita, Galuh, and Conradsen, Pia. Asia Justice and Rights and Liberation War Museum, pp. 1-46. https://asia-ajar.org/resources/books-research/a-place-to-be-a-longing-for-home-twelve-stories-rohingya/?fbclid=IwAR1TTxTr3gQxSBeJb9gkhvnIRsNcJLNRWbjvZtO8NEiJHhwxSwEHpjrc4_M
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Asia Justice and Rights
(Indonesia)
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar, et. al. (2021). Quilting for Justice: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding the International Justice Mechanisms. Asia Justice and Rights and Liberation War Museum, pp. 1-61. https://asia-ajar.org/resources/books-research/quilting-for-justice/
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East West University Centre for Research and Training (Bangladesh) |
Hossain, Md. Pizuar. (2020). Rohingya Persecution in Myanmar: Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide?' (A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment). East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT), Working Paper No. 19, pp. 1-119. https://www.ewubd.edu/storage/app/uploads/public/60f/fc4/168/60ffc416805fe626967002.pdf
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Asia Blogs
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Hossain, Mohammad Pizuar, 'Bangladesh: a rethinking about the right to health through lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic', Asia Blogs, published on 8 February 2022.https://asia-blogs.org/2022/02/08/bangladesh-a-rethinking-about-the-right-to-health-through-lessons-learnt-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3frw69YRQ8sKijFidAKBjcEdztVOm_Al5-M-_10zPFRWwIk4XBu4lreMM.
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The Daily Star
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, '1971: Another Chapter in World History When Intellectuals were Targeted', The Daily Star (Supplement on Martyred Intellectuals Day), published on 14 December 2018. https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/martyred-intellectuals-day-2017/news/1971-another-chapter-world-history-when-intellectuals-were-targeted-1672981.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Genocidal Tactic to Make Nation Talentless', The Daily Sun, published on 16 December 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/275558/Genocidal-Tactic-to-Make-Nation-Talentless-.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'UN Security Council Veto Power: A Boon or Bane?', The Daily Sun, published on 20 November 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/269905/UN-Security-Council-Veto-Power:-A-Boon-or-Bane.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Myanmar Genocide and Trial of Perpetrators', The Daily Sun, published on 23 September 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/256577/Myanmar-Genocide-and-Trial-of-Perpetrators-?fbclid=IwAR0I8Hug1oxlNt5sDBIbZ6rNYLEZ3XQBcVcx4me59qQy7q13Mwi6Hte9WRo.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'India-Bangladesh Ganges Water Sharing Issue', The Daily Sun, published on 10 September 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/253450/IndiaBangladesh-Ganges-Water-Sharing-Issue/2017-09-10?fbclid=IwAR1XkT0Srj7zAGk_X8fmGqLfB8H6PcqCm2VLZ-IjIizbNNVu9Zu8FWZXOVM.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Women’s Involvement with Terrorism in Bangladesh', The Daily Sun, published on 7 July 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/238630/Women%E2%80%99s-Involvement-with-Terrorism-in-Bangladesh?fbclid=IwAR2eLYs2vmbP_pu3CCKdHNQ39ICh4AiF-2DjSzZZWlsyG5wbR0kMvciRjbo.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'May Day and The Bangladesh Labour Code 2006', The Daily Sun, published on 1 May 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/post/223372/May-Day-andBangladesh-Labour-Code-2006?fbclid=IwAR1VcFI20Q-dgulxRhaZLld_wrar46NnlUarJPcYQ50QcUugJAStDZlYVhk.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Looking Back at March 25 Genocide,' The Daily Sun, published on 25 March 2017. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/214601/Looking-Back-at-March-25-Genocide.
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The Daily Sun
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Pakistan’s Heinous Policy of Killing the Intellectuals,' The Daily Sun, published on 30 December 2016. https://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/194827/Pakistan%E2%80%99s-Heinous-Policy-of-Killing-Intellectuals/2016-12-30.
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The Bdnews24
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'War Baby Should Be Called Victory Baby,' TheBdnews24.Com, published on 1 November 2016. https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2016/11/01/war-baby-should-be-called-victory-baby/.
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The Daily Star
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Enact Law to Regulate Public Trust,' The Daily Star, published on 10 May 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/enact-law-regulate-public-trust-1221145.
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The Daily Star
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Protecting Trademark Rights,' The Daily Star, published on 20 September 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/law-our-rights/protecting-trademark-rights-1286491.
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Norway
(In person)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'International Criminal Justice Data in Bangladesh: A Scoping Review', European Cooperation of Science and Technology (COST) Final Conference at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law on 19-20 February 2024 at Oslo, Norway.
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United States
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Evaluating the International Criminal Court's Response to Genocide: A Focus on the Al-Bashir Case', A Webinar on the Legacy of the Genocide Convention, to be hosted by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention on 19 December 2023.
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Italy
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'A Scoping Survey on International Criminal Justice: A Case Study of Bangladesh', 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: The Renaissance of European Criminology, jointly organised by the European Society of Criminology and University of Florence on 6 September 2023 in Florence, Italy.
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Spain
(In person)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Transitional Justice and Criminology: A Study on Myanmar’s Rohingya as a Case of Atrocity Crimes and Human Rights Abuses', 16th Biennial Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS): Authoritarianism & Genocide - Narratives of Exclusion, hosted by the University of Barcelona on 10-14 July 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Costa Rica
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Bangla Hate Speech on Facebook: Learning Possible Policy Responses through the Case of Arabic Content Moderation', RightsCon, hosted by Access Now on 5-8 June 2023 in San José, Costa Rica.
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Spain
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Digitizing Responses to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the Post-Pandemic Era', 15th Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), hosted by the University of Barcelona, Spain on 19-23 July 2021.
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United Kingdom
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'COVID-19 and the Right to Education of the Rohingya Refugee Children: A Human Rights Perspective', Education South Asia Conference, hosted by the Education South Asia initiative at South Asian Studies Programme, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies - OSGA (University of Oxford) on 23-24 July 2021.
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Malaysia
(Online)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Trademark Protection in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment through the Lens of Treaty Obligations and Progression of Artificial Intelligence', Third IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference 2021, organized by IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Network on 24 - 27 March 2021.
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Cambodia
(In person)
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2019), ‘Impunity Experiment: An Ecumenical Approach to Rohingya Persecution’, 14th Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), organized by the IAGS on 14-18 July at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Sri Lanka
(In person)
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Amy Fagin, Joann Digeorgio-Lutz, Johann Peiris, & Md. Pizuar Hossain, (2019), ‘Post Conflict Strategies in Collective Memory and Reconciliation: Case Study of Sri Lanka’, Genocide Scholar’s Travel Seminar of 2019, organized by the Beyond Genocide Centre for Prevention on 01-13 January at Colombo, Kandy, Batticaloa and Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
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Thailand
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Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2015), ‘Legal Aspects of Cyberspace and Electronic Transaction in Today’s Changing Asian Landscape’, 5th Biennial Conference, organized by the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) on 26-27 November at Bangkok, Thailand.
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1. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Toward an International Crime of Ecocide: A Study of the Role of Green Criminology', NSU Law Conference: Law in the Contemporary World on 28 February 2024 at North South University, Department of Law, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'A Critique of the Legal Implications of Combating Violent Extremism in the Context of Bangladesh', A Roundtable Discussion on Combatting Violent Extremism, organised by ANTAR, Bangladesh in collaboration with the Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), Indonesia, and the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 26 September 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Voices of Rohingya Youth in Cox's Bazar Camp: Atrocity Response and Prevention', A Workshop on Participatory Action Research in the Rohingya Refugee Camp, organised by the Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) – Indonesia on 6 June 2023 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
4. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'Transitional Justice to Address the Rohingya Persecution in Myanmar'. A Workshop on Participatory Action Research in the Rohingya Refugee Camp, organised by the Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) – Indonesia on 20 January 2023 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
5. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, 'An Analytical Discussion on Atrocity Crimes Against the Rohingya People in Myanmar. Stellar Scholars’ Talk, hosted by the Centre for Peace and Justice - BRAC University on 19 March 2023 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
6. Mandujan, Martha Galvan; Hossain, Md. Pizuar; and DiGeorgio-Lutz, JoAnn (2021), 'Memory Words and Genocide Museums: The Efficacy of ‘Never Again’, LWM Global Virtual Conference on Commemorating Past Genocides and Learning to Prevent Atrocity Crimes 2021, organized by the Liberation War Museum on 12-13 March 2021 online, Bangladesh.
7. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2020), 'Transboundary Water Cooperation between India and Bangladesh: Analyzing the Crux of Compliance with the International Environmental Law Principles', 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences (ICSL) 2020 on Gender, Health, Information and Environment on 27-29 February at East West University, Aftabnagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
8. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2019), ‘Justice for Genocide: Perspectives of Bangladesh Genocide and Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide’, 6th International Conference on Bangladesh Genocide, organized by the Liberation War Museum on 14-16 November at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
9. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), ‘Persecutions against the Rohingyas: Mirroring Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide?’, 2nd International Conference on the Rohingya: Politics, Ethnic Cleansing and Uncertainty, organized by the Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka on 01-02 September at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
10. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2017), ‘Legal Responses to the Critics of the ICT-BD Trials: Due Process Standard and Sentencing Consideration’, 5th International Conference on Bangladesh Genocide, organized by the Liberation War Museum on 19-21 May at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
11. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2016), ‘Oral History and Testimonies: The ICT-BD Cases on Killing the Intellectuals’, International Conference on Genocide and Mass Violence: Theories, Traumas, Trials, and Testimonies, organized by the Center for the Study of Genocide (CGS), the University of Dhaka on 23-25 March at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2022), 'Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE): Existing Laws and Responses in Bangladesh', Workshop on Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE): Approaches on Gender Mainstreaming - organized by ANTAR, Bangladesh in cooperation with Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN), Indonesia, and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government , BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka.
2. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2022), 'Where can refugees get justice?', Short Course on Refugee Studies - Center for Peace and Justice, BRAC University (online).
3. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2022), ‘Mooting and Oral Advocacy’, Workshop on Mooting, Legal Research and Memorial Writing - organized by the Jagannath University Moot Court Society (online).
4. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2021), ‘How to Develop Networking Skills’, NILS Training for Developing Professional and Leadership Skills 2021 held on online Zoom.
5. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2020), 'Testimonies of Intellectual Killing in ICT-BD Cases: A Reflection of Truth towards Justice', 6th Winter School on Dealing with Past, Confronting Genocide through Peace Education and Justice, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
6. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2020), ‘Online Mooting and Art of Persuasion’, NILS Mooting School 2020 (6th Edition) held on online Zoom.
7. Hossain, Md. Pizuar (2020), ‘The effectiveness of the death penalty in the present milieu. Is it the way forward or not?’, International Legal League Penal Discussion held on online Google Meet and streamed on Youtube Live.
8. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2019) 'Killing Intellectuals and Rape of Women in 1971: Assessing the Tactics of the Perpetrators under International Criminal Law', 5th Winter School on Genocide, Justice and the Issue of Impunity, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
9. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2019) 'How to Do Legal Research and Prepare a Moot Memorial?', 4th NILS Mooting School, organised by the NILS Bangladesh jointly with the Department of Law, Eastern University.
10. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), 'Socio-Legal Significance of ICT-BD Trials in the Process of Justice', 1-Month Long 4th Certificate Course, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
11. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), 'Comparative Study of the Crime of Genocide', 1-Month Long 5th Certificate Course, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
12. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), 'Justice for the Genocidal Crime: An Appraisal of the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh', Training Program of the Assistant Judges of the Judicial Administrative Training Institute, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
13. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), 'Legal Research and Methodology', Workshop on Legal Research and Writing, organised by the NILS Mooting School jointly with the Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong.
14. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2018), 'Truth-Seeking, Memory and Liberation: Lessons for the Future', in the Workshop on Foundations for Peace and Reconciliation: Exchanging Lessons from Asia-Pacific, organised by Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Bali, Indonesia jointly with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
15. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2017), 'Rohingya Persecution: Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide', 4th Winter School on Genocide, Justice and the Issue of Impunity, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
16. Hossain, Md. Pizuar, (2016), ‘Socio-Legal Significance of ICT-BD Trials in the Process of Justice’, 3rd Winter School on Genocide, Justice and the Issue of Impunity, organised by the Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh.
1. Edinburgh Award 2021-22 (31 May 2022) - The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, the United Kingdom.
2. Human Rights Volunteer Award 2022 (10 June 2022) - Chevening (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office).
3. Chancellor’s Gold Medal (18 January 2018) - 17th Convocation of East West University.
4. Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal (05 November 2015) - 10th Convocation of BRAC University.
5. Academic Excellence Award (24 December 2015) - 2nd Winter School on Genocide, Justice, and the New Generation.
6. Special Recognition Award (26 April 2012) - Training and Resource Center of BRAC University.
1. Tech Policy Fellowship 2022 (11 October 2022) - Awarded by Digitally Right - knowledge partner 'Access Now' - for research and training on tech policies.
2. ESDR Fellow Award 2021 (5 August 2021) - ESDR (Postgraduate Diploma Course), Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal & Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy.
3. Vice Chancellor’s List (2012 - 2015, 9 semesters) – School of Law, BRAC University.
4. Dean’s List (2012, 2 semesters) – School of Law, BRAC University.
1. Chevening Scholarship (2021-22), awarded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the United Kingdom (UK) for pursuing MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Edinburgh, UK (https://global.ed.ac.uk/international-students-day?fbclid=IwAR3C-hxxzxgxyuB4uaK5bH2bRgEW7r2tBVs3PWGY5BbUMDMyXkK_drIcdZE).
2. Winter School Grant, awarded by the Global Campus of Human Rights, Italy to attend the 15th Economic Social and Development Residential School (ESDR) – Diploma Course from 24 to 31 May 2021.
3. Conference Scholarship (Early Scholar Category), awarded by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) to attend the 14th Conference of the IAGS in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 14 to 18 July 2019.
4. Conference Scholarship, awarded by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh to attend the Genocide Scholars’ Travel Seminar in Sri Lanka from 2 to 14 January 2019.
5. Merit Scholarship, awarded by East West University to complete the Master of Laws (LLM) program from September 2016 to August 2017.
6. Merit Scholarship, awarded by BRAC University to complete the Bachelor of Laws (LLB, Honours) program from September 2011 to August 2015.
- Member, Bangladesh Bar Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Member, Dhaka Bar Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Member, International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), United States.
- Member, IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network.
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