Profile

Dr. Abul Hasanat is serving as Joint Secretary (Training Branch) (District Judge) in the Law and Justice Division, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (England).

His areas of research and teaching interests include environmental law, constitutional law, criminal law, international human rights law, and civil litigation. He has extensive judicial, academic, and research experience both in Bangladesh and abroad.

• PhD in Law
  2017—2020
  School of Law, Faculty of Business and Law
  Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
• Post Graduate Diploma in International Human Rights Law
  2016
  Abo Akademi University, Finland
• Master of Legal Science in International and Comparative Law (Thesis with Distinction)
  2012–2013
  Department of Law
  Uppsala University, Sweden
• Master of Laws
  2005–2006
  First Class
  University of Dhaka, Dhaka
• Bachelor of Laws (4-year Honours)
  2000–2004
  (Upper) Second Class (First Position, standing within 4% of the graduating class)
  University of Dhaka, Dhaka
• Higher Secondary Certificate
  1998–1999
  First Division/Class (4th Merit Position)
  Comilla Education Board
• Secondary School Certificate
  1996–1997
  First Division/Class (8th Merit Position)
  Comilla Education Board

• Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sylhet
  Sept 2023—Sept 2024
• Additional District & Sessions Judge, Chattogram
  Sept 2022—Sept 2023
• Adjunct Professor of Law, CIU, Chattogram
  Sept 2023—Dec 2023
• Adjunct Professor of Law, PCIU, Chattogram
  Jan 2023—Sept 2024
• Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Chattogram
  Jul 2021—Sept 2022
• Sessional Academic (Part Time), QUT, Australia
  Dec 2017—Nov 2019
• Deputy Director (JATI, Dhaka)
  Dec 2015—Mar 2017
• Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamalpur
  Aug 2015—Dec 2016

• Abul Hasanat, “Legal Aid in Environmental Litigation: How to Promote Sustainable Development in Bangladesh” (2023) KARNAFULI, District Legal Aid Committee, Chattogram, 41.
• Abul Hasanat and Lucy Cradduck, “Technology and Torrens: How to Support Bangladesh Landowners’ Rights” in Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference (28th, 2022) 1–14.
• Abul Hasanat, “Environmental Protection, ‘Complete Justice’ and Constitutional Rights: Analysing Bangladesh Supreme Court’s Decision in Metro Makers vs. BELA” (2021) 19(1) Bangladesh Journal of Law 95.
• Abul Hasanat, “Environmental Courts in Enforcement: The Role of Law in Environmental Justice in Bangladesh” (2020) 21(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 85.
• Abul Hasanat, “Ship‐Breaking in Developing Countries: A Requiem for Environmental Justice from the Perspective of Bangladesh by Md Saiful Karim” (2019) 28(1) Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 102.
• Abul Hasanat and Md. Saiful Karim, “Ocean Governance and Marine Environmental Conservation: Concepts, Principles and Institutions” in Daud Hassan and Md. Saiful Karim (eds), International Marine Environmental Law and Policy (Routledge, 2018) 16.
• Naris Aktar and Abul Hasanat, “Judicial Protection of the Environment in Bangladesh: A Comparative Overview” (2018) 17 Journal of Judicial Administration Training Institute 80.
• Abul Hasanat, Legal Challenges for Effective Enforcement of the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act 1995/2010 (Environmental Frontiers Colloquium Program, 6–7 February 2018, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia) (Conference Paper published) 40.
• Abul Hasanat and Dr. Salina Akter, “Right of Private Defence: How to be Understood and Interpreted” (2018) 5 Stamford Journal of Law 71.
• Nargis Aktar and Abul Hasanat, “Minimum Core Obligations of Economic and Social Rights: An Analysis on Independent and Reasonableness Standard of Review” (2017) 16 Journal of Judicial Administration Training Institute 107.
• Abul Hasanat and Nargis Aktar, “‘Reasonable Doubt’ in Criminal Cases: A Legal Analysis” (2015) 14 Judicial Administration Training Institute Journal 122.
• Abul Hasanat and Md. Iqbal Mahmud Fahim, “Judicial Use of UNCRC in Protection of Child Rights in Bangladesh” (2014) 8(1) World Vision Research Journal 17.
• Abul Hasanat, “Freedom of Religion in Bangladesh: Constitutional and Human Rights Perspective” in Mizanur Rahman and Rahmat Ullah (eds.), Human Rights and Religion: ELCOP Yearbook of Human Rights 2014 (ELCOP, 2014) 52.
• Abul Hasanat, “Using International Law in National Courts: Bangladesh Perspective” (2013) 13(1 & 2) Bangladesh Journal of Law 49.
• Abul Hasanat and Iffat Mubina Yousuf, “Economic Sub-ordination of the Displaced” in Mizanur Rahman (ed.), Agony of Development: A Study in Pauperization of Displaced Communities (ELCOP, 2007) 71.
• Abul Hasanat and Iffat Mubina Yousuf, “Displacement Related Environmental Hazards and Threats” in Mizanur Rahman (ed.), Agony of Development: A Study in Pauperization of Displaced Communities (ELCOP, 2007) 241.

• Environmental Law
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Civil Litigation

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK (Since 16 December 2021).
• QUT Postgraduate Research Award 2017.
• Visiting Research Grant, November 2016, Institute for Human Rights, Abo Academy University, Finland and Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland.
• Swedish Institute Study Scholarship 2012 (for Master of Legal Science, Uppsala University, Sweden).

Environmental Frontiers Colloquium Program, 6–7 February 2018, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (Conference Paper presented and published).

Reviewed two articles published in Australian Journal of Asian Law.

Reviewed one article published in Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law.