Research
Journal articles, book chapters and commentary by BSIL founders, fellows and advisers.
A case study of the 2024 floods in Bangladesh, looking at how water contamination during and after the disaster threatened public health and what legal and policy measures can secure…
Analyses the use of lethal force against protesters during the July 2024 movement in Bangladesh through the lens of the right to life under international human rights law.
Cambridge International Law Journal Details on The July Revolution: Use of Lethal Force and the Right to Life
Examines the 2024 reinstatement of public-service job quotas in Bangladesh and assesses the quota system against international law standards on discrimination and equality.
Cambridge International Law Journal Details on The July Revolution: Quota, Discrimination and Equality in International Law
A mixed-methods study of how undergraduate law students at BRAC University value general education within a professional law degree, drawing on surveys and interviews and offering recommendations for curriculum reform…
SAGE Publications Details on Student Perspectives of the Value of General Education in Professional Studies: Investigating a Law School in Bangladesh
Examines how international criminal law, from Nuremberg to the Rome Statute, addresses the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage, and argues that the current framework still leaves significant gaps in protection.
Harvard International Law Journal Details on Crimes Against Culture: The International Law Framework for Cultural Heritage Destruction and its Limitations
Argues that laws enacted in Bangladesh in the name of national interest have enabled serious environmental harm, raising unaddressed constitutional concerns despite an extensive body of environmental legislation.
Oxford Human Rights Hub Details on When ‘National Interest’ leads to Ecocide: The Unseen Constitutional Violation of Environmental Laws in Bangladesh