Arafat Ibnul Bashar

Arafat Ibnul Bashar is a Commonwealth Shared Scholar, pursuing an LLM in Human Rights at the University of Glasgow, UK. Arafat has obtained his LL.B. (Hons) and LL.M. from the University of Chittagong, and a Diploma in ESDR from Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. With over three years of teaching experience, he is currently serving as a Lecturer (on study leave) in the School of Law, Chittagong Independent University. Having published in various national and international journals, Arafat regularly writes on contemporary legal issues in newspapers and has authored the book titled “Outlines of Private International Law.” Arafat has served in various editorial roles in Project Bajho, SCLS Law Review, Asia Blogs, etc., and has also served as a reviewer for many journals. He was an accomplished mooter during his student days, having qualified for the International Rounds of the 2020 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition as runners-up of the Bangladesh National Rounds, and has won many other national moot competition trophies. He is also enrolled as an Advocate in the
Lower Judiciary of Bangladesh. Arafat’s research interests lie in the fields of international and national human rights law, constitutional and administrative law, climate change, environmental law, public and private
international law, sports law, and history.