Dr. Uttam Kumar Das, a Human Rights Lawyer in Bangladesh has been working for reform of legal education.
He was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the year 2009-2010 and was affiliated with the University of Minnesota Law School and Human Rights Center in Minneapolis, U.S.A.
His focus was on "Laws and Policies Related to Labor Trafficking in the United States of America." As part of the Fellowship, Dr. Das volunteered for the Refugee and Immigrant Program at the Advocates for Human Rights, an international human rights organization in Minneapolis.
Dr. Das is admitted as an Advocate (Attorney) in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and is providing pro bono legal advice to promote rights of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking. He also lectures regularly on human rights issues at law schools in Dhaka.
He has organized two regional seminars in Dhaka on “Ethics in Legal Profession" and "Legal Education in South Asia," respectively on January 15 and January 16, 2011 under the banner of the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS). Dr. Das is now working as the Deputy Director at SAILS.
The seminars brought together the Law Minister, Chairpersons of National Human Rights Commission and Law Commission of Bangladesh, policy makers from Bar Council and renowned jurists and legal academics among others from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Major newspapers in Bangladesh gave significant coverage of the programs; link of a relevant report: http://www.thedailystar.net/law/2011/01/04/event.htm
"The aged-old legal education in Bangladesh needs drastic reform and standardization to meet the need of the time," says Dr. Das.
According to him, "legal education should be human-centric and practical which could be able to contribute to pro-people justice system." He is also advocating for incorporating human rights issues in legal curriculum, and contributing to national newspapers on the issue.
He has been liaising with the legal academics, law schools, Bar Council, Law Commission and National Human Rights Commission for the reform.
Dr. Das is a visiting faculty to the Kathmandu School of Law in Nepal. He runs a blog as well; link: http://udas1971.blogspot.com.
He has been invited to present key note papers at symposiums in the capital recently organized by the largest NGO, BRAC and migrant rights organization, WARBE Development Foundation.
Dr. Das was part of a three-member technical team commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2010 to draft a comprehensive law on human trafficking. The draft law is now under the review of the relevant ministries. The Government of Bangladesh is likely to adopt the law soon as an Act endorsed by the National Parliament.
He formally worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Dr. Das got his Doctor of Philosophy from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. He is now scheduled to get his second LL.M. (Master of Law) with concentration in International Human Rights Law from the University of Minnesota Law School.
He was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the year 2009-2010 and was affiliated with the University of Minnesota Law School and Human Rights Center in Minneapolis, U.S.A.
His focus was on "Laws and Policies Related to Labor Trafficking in the United States of America." As part of the Fellowship, Dr. Das volunteered for the Refugee and Immigrant Program at the Advocates for Human Rights, an international human rights organization in Minneapolis.
Dr. Das is admitted as an Advocate (Attorney) in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and is providing pro bono legal advice to promote rights of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking. He also lectures regularly on human rights issues at law schools in Dhaka.
He has organized two regional seminars in Dhaka on “Ethics in Legal Profession" and "Legal Education in South Asia," respectively on January 15 and January 16, 2011 under the banner of the South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies (SAILS). Dr. Das is now working as the Deputy Director at SAILS.
The seminars brought together the Law Minister, Chairpersons of National Human Rights Commission and Law Commission of Bangladesh, policy makers from Bar Council and renowned jurists and legal academics among others from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Major newspapers in Bangladesh gave significant coverage of the programs; link of a relevant report: http://www.thedailystar.net/law/2011/01/04/event.htm
"The aged-old legal education in Bangladesh needs drastic reform and standardization to meet the need of the time," says Dr. Das.
According to him, "legal education should be human-centric and practical which could be able to contribute to pro-people justice system." He is also advocating for incorporating human rights issues in legal curriculum, and contributing to national newspapers on the issue.
He has been liaising with the legal academics, law schools, Bar Council, Law Commission and National Human Rights Commission for the reform.
Dr. Das is a visiting faculty to the Kathmandu School of Law in Nepal. He runs a blog as well; link: http://udas1971.blogspot.com.
He has been invited to present key note papers at symposiums in the capital recently organized by the largest NGO, BRAC and migrant rights organization, WARBE Development Foundation.
Dr. Das was part of a three-member technical team commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in 2010 to draft a comprehensive law on human trafficking. The draft law is now under the review of the relevant ministries. The Government of Bangladesh is likely to adopt the law soon as an Act endorsed by the National Parliament.
He formally worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Dr. Das got his Doctor of Philosophy from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. He is now scheduled to get his second LL.M. (Master of Law) with concentration in International Human Rights Law from the University of Minnesota Law School.
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