1st Edition

The July Revolution and International Law in Bangladesh

Edited By Mohammad Shahabuddin Copyright 2027
216 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The book offers an in-depth critical examination of the role of international law in the aftermath of the July Revolution in Bangladesh, and in its future trajectory as contemporary nation. The book discusses how violent crackdowns on student protests and UN-recognised crimes led to a series of cases before the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh and in this regard explores themes such... Read more

Introduction

Mohammad Shahabuddin

1. The July Revolution in Legal Thoughts            

Mohammad Shahabuddin 

2. Justice and Accountability for International Crimes Committed between July 1 and August 5, 2024

Manjida Ahamed

3. Victims, Heroes, and Transitional Justice in Post-revolutionary Bangladesh: Reparation or Reward?

Taqbir Huda

4. Identity and Belonging Amid a Shifting Political Landscape

Psymhe Wadud

5. The July Revolution and the Geopolitics of Bangladesh-China-India Relations

Lailufar Yasmin

6. The Impact of UN Peacekeeping on the Military’s Political Behaviour: 2007 and 2024 in Retrospect

Emraan Azad

7. Internet Shutdown and the Future of Digital Sovereignty in Bangladesh

Morshed Mannan

8. Beyond the Rhetoric of Sustainable Development: Towards Alternative Worldviews

Mohammad Golam Sarwar

9. Science Diplomacy in Climate Governance: Bangladesh’s Strategy for Climate Justice and the Renewed Hope after the July Revolution

Kamrul Hossain

Conclusion

Mohammad Shahabuddin

Biography

Mohammad Shahabuddin, PhD is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices (2016) and Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law (2021), and the editor of Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge, 2021). He is a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and the Japan Foundation Fellowship. Professor Shahabuddin was an Expert Panellist at the 14th and 15th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues in 2021 and 2022. He held senior academic leadership positions, including Deputy Head and Associate Dean of Birmingham Law School, and founding Head of the Department of Law & Justice at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.