On August 2, 2025, we successfully organised the LEB-BSIL-UAP International Law Conference (ILC) 2025 as a tribute to commemorate the martyrs of July 2024.
The conference aimed to reflect on the events of July 2024 and our ongoing commitment to contributing meaningfully to the international legal discourse and scholarship it demands.
This inaugural edition, themed “Revisiting July 2024 through the Lens of International Law,” featured 21 rigorously double-blind peer-reviewed research proposals out of 71 submissions across four thematic panels, all of which were presented at the conference before expert panellists and 165 participants.
At the closing and award ceremony, it was a distinct honour to have Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, as our esteemed Chief Guest. The event was further enriched by the presence of distinguished Special Guests, including Prof. Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan, Former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dhaka University; Dr. Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan, Registrar General, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh; Architect Mahbuba Haque, Chairperson, the Board of Trustees, University of Asia Pacific and Barrister Sara Hossain, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Mr. Zaid Ekram, an undergraduate law student at the University of Dhaka, has been honoured with the Judge Md Wahidul Islam Paper of the Conference Award. He received the award from Justice Chowdhury and Ms. Mansura Islam, wife of the late Judge Md Wahidul Islam and mother of our founder, Mr. Fahim Abrar Abid.
In the panel discussion “Accountability and Transitional Justice after Political Upheaval,” Mr. Rezoan Ashraf and Ms. Taposhi Rabeya, undergraduate law students from the University of Dhaka, were recognised with the Best Panel Paper Award.
Ms. Fatema Alam Oishy, LL.M. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Dhaka, along with Ms. Fariha Tasnim Mitu, LL.M. candidate, Queen's University in Canada, received the Best Panel Paper Award from the panel focused on “Democratic Self-Determination, Constitutionalism & International Legal Order.”
Mr. Tahsin Bin Zafar, Lecturer in Law at North Bengal International University, was awarded the Best Panel Paper Award from the panel discussion “International Engagement & Civilian Protection in Internal Crises.”
Last but not least, Ms. Mumtahena Ferdousy, Lecturer in Law at North Western University, and Ms. Rashpiatur Rashpi, Lecturer in Law at the Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology, were recognised with the the Best Panel Paper Award from the panel discussion “Post-Revolution Reconstruction, Development, and Criminal Justice.”
This conference was jointly organised by Legal Empowerment Bangladesh, Bangladesh Society of International Law and and the Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific (UAP). Mr. Rabby Towhid, Co-Convenor of ILC 2025 and Executive Director, LEB, gave his opening remark in the closing ceremony. The founder of BSIL and Convenor of ILC 2025, Mr. Fahim Abrar Abid, served as Programme Chair in the closing ceremony.
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