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Dr. M Sanjeeb Hossain
Dr M Sanjeeb Hossain is a Commonwealth Scholar and Teaching Fellow of the Warwick Law School, where he teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and International Humanitarian Law. He studied law, criminology and criminal justice at BRAC, Oxford and Warwick Universities. Sanjeeb conducts research and writes particularly in the areas of international criminal law and legal history. His first book, an edited volume titled Oprokashito Taher: Colonel Abu Taher (Bir Uttom)-er Oprokashito Rochona o Potraboli was published by Agamee Prokashoni in February 2018.
Current and previous academic affiliations
Warwick Law School, University of Warwick, UK
University of Oxford, UK
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Notable publications
(forthcoming) M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘‘Crimes against humanity’ in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 and the Principle of Legality’ in Mohammad Shahabuddin (ed) Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge 2021)
(forthcoming) M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘Justice for Taher’ in Lawrence Lifschultz (ed) Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution - Abu Taher’s Last Testament (Pamphleteers Press 2020)
M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘Where to from here, dear friends?’ (bdnews24.com The Opinion Pages, August 11, 2018)
M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘Fighting for justice after genocide in Rwanda: An interview with Charles Adeogun-Phillips’ Lacuna (23 April 2018)
M Sanjeeb Hossain and Bahzad Joarder, ‘The ‘forgotten’ 1971 genocide in Bangladesh’ Asia Dialogue (26 March 2018)
M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘Bangladesh’s struggle against impunity and the ‘international standards of justice’ conundrum’ (Dhaka Tribune, 25 March 2018)
M Sanjeeb Hossain, ‘Evaluating ‘Civilian’ Superior Responsibility’ in Tureen Afroz and Kazi Mukul (eds) Genocide, War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity in Bangladesh – Trials under International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 (Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971, 2010)