Dr Abdullah Al Arif, Founder and Director of BCOLP, is an internationally experienced legal researcher specialising in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He holds a PhD in law and has recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yokohama City University, Japan. Dr Arif published a research monograph, “Sustainable Fisheries Management and International Law: Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal,” with Routledge (2022) and several research articles in leading journals.
Quazi Omar Foysal, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is a Bangladeshi-qualified international lawyer. Foysal is currently pursuing a PhD in International Law at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at UCLouvain (Belgium), Geneva Academy (Switzerland) and the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and is an alumnus of Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea (South Korea). At BCOLP, he is responsible for coordinating the BCOLP Academy, the annual flagship training programme on the law of the sea.
Dr Sabrina Hasan, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is an Assistant Professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), as well as a part-time researcher at the ECUPL Institute of BRICS Legal Studies. She received the Chinese Government Marine Scholarship in 2018 and holds a Doctor of Law degree, majoring in Law of the Sea, from the South China Sea Institute of Xiamen University, awarded in 2022. She published several scholarly articles on ocean governance and the law of the sea in internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals.
Mr Mahdi Ezaz Maswood is a lawyer specialising in contracts, trade, fintech, e-commerce, franchise business, international transport, corporate investment, restructuring, and property law. With expertise in court proceedings in both Bangladesh and Europe, his primary interests include corporate investment, shipping law, maritime and corporate law, international sale of goods, and commercial arbitration. He also has strong experience in regulatory advising, corporate governance, strategy planning, and policy development.
Mobarak Hossain, Planning and Development Coordinator at BCOLP, is an Assistant Professor of Law at Dhaka International University, Bangladesh and an advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He holds a special two-year LLM degree in the Sea and Maritime Law from Ankara University, Turkiye. His LLM thesis focuses on “Towards the Sustainable Blue Economy in the Bay of Bengal: Legal Challenges for Bangladesh”. He writes opinion pieces in leading newspapers and research articles in academic journals.
Nadia Islam Nody, Research and Communications Coordinator at BCOLP, is a Lecturer of Law at the Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. She completed her LLB and LLM from Jahangirnagar, University, Bangladesh. She is a keen enthusiast of Environmental Law and International Law. She dedicated her academic journey to various voluntary humanitarian activities with NGOs such as the Liberation War Museum, BLAST, and SLAF.
Shah Maruf is a Lecturer at the Department of Law, East West University. He completed his LLB Honors and LLM (International & Comparative Law) from the University of Dhaka. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of Dhaka Law Review (DHLR) and worked with a UNICEF project as a Research Assistant. His primary areas of interest are (comparative) constitutional law, (international) environmental law, and international law. Maruf won the first prize in BCOLP’s Professor M. Habibur Rahman Law of the Sea Blog Competition in 2023.
Shadab Bin Ashraf is a Lecturer of Law at Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology (BAIUST) and an advocate at the Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Court. He holds an LLB and an LLM from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). He has coordinated international maritime law training programs with Gujarat Maritime University (GMU) in India. His recent research focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and technology law, with work published by Oxford University Press (OUP).
C.A.M. Al Wahi is a maritime law researcher, with a specialization in ocean law and policy. He holds an LLM (Professional) from Bangladesh University of Professionals and an LLB from Bangladesh Maritime University, where his academic focus centered on international maritime law, the law of the sea, maritime environmental law, and ocean governance and policies. Wahi has authored and co-authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals. At BCOLP, he contributes as a researcher and blog author, with a keen interest in sustainable ocean governance and Bangladesh’s maritime future.
Dr Anna Petrig is Professor of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Anna holds a PhD in the field of the Law of the Sea and Human Rights Law from the University of Basel and an LLM from Harvard Law School, where she studied as a Fulbright scholar.
Dr Makoto Seta is a Professor at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University. Specialising in international law, his research focuses on the law of the sea and sustainable ocean governance. He previously taught at Yokohama City University and holds a PhD in Law from Waseda.
Dr Youri van Logchem (LLB, LLM, PhD, FHEA) is a Full Professor of Law (with particular focus on Law of the Sea & International Environmental Law) at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway. He is also the Academic Director of the LLM in Law of the Sea at UiT.
Dr Abu Hena Muhammad Yousuf an Associate Professor in the Department of Oceanography under Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr Yousuf holds PhD at International Centre for Ocean Governance (ICOG) under School of Law at Western Sydney University, Australia.
Dr Shaikh Tareq Arafat is an Associate Professor in the Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology (FMRT) Discipline at Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh. Dr Arafat holds a PhD in Applied Marine Biosciences from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan.
Dr Nishara Mendis, Attorney-at-Law (Sri Lanka), is currently the Executive Director of the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI), Colombo Sri Lanka. She has an LLM from Yale Law School, The United States, and a PhD from Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Dr Monjur Hasan is an Assistant Professor of Law at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He earned his PhD in International Law of the Sea from the Ocean University of China in 2019 and completed his postdoctoral research at Ankara University National Centre for the Sea and Maritime Law, Turkey.
Dr Naporn (Prompt) Popattanachai is Assistant Professor in Environmental and Marine Law at the School of Law, University of Galway. Dr Prompt holds a PhD from Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, where his research focused on the protection of the marine environment.
Dr Abdullah Al Arif, Founder and Director of BCOLP, is an internationally experienced legal researcher specialising in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He holds a PhD in law and has recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yokohama City University, Japan. Dr Arif published a research monograph, “Sustainable Fisheries Management and International Law: Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal,” with Routledge (2022) and several research articles in leading journals.
Quazi Omar Foysal, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is a Bangladeshi-qualified international lawyer. Foysal is currently pursuing a PhD in International Law at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at UCLouvain (Belgium), Geneva Academy (Switzerland) and the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and is an alumnus of Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea (South Korea). At BCOLP, he is responsible for coordinating the BCOLP Academy, the annual flagship training programme on the law of the sea.
Dr Sabrina Hasan, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is an Assistant Professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), as well as a part-time researcher at the ECUPL Institute of BRICS Legal Studies. She received the Chinese Government Marine Scholarship in 2018 and holds a Doctor of Law degree, majoring in Law of the Sea, from the South China Sea Institute of Xiamen University, awarded in 2022. She published several scholarly articles on ocean governance and the law of the sea in internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals.
Dr Abdullah Al Arif, Founder and Director of BCOLP, is an internationally experienced legal researcher specialising in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He holds a PhD in law and has recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yokohama City University, Japan. Dr Arif published a research monograph, “Sustainable Fisheries Management and International Law: Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal,” with Routledge (2022) and several research articles in leading journals.
Quazi Omar Foysal, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is a Bangladeshi-qualified international lawyer. Foysal is currently pursuing a PhD in International Law at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at UCLouvain (Belgium), Geneva Academy (Switzerland) and the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and is an alumnus of Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea (South Korea). At BCOLP, he is responsible for coordinating the BCOLP Academy, the annual flagship training programme on the law of the sea.
Dr Sabrina Hasan, Deputy Director at BCOLP, is an Assistant Professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), as well as a part-time researcher at the ECUPL Institute of BRICS Legal Studies. She received the Chinese Government Marine Scholarship in 2018 and holds a Doctor of Law degree, majoring in Law of the Sea, from the South China Sea Institute of Xiamen University, awarded in 2022. She published several scholarly articles on ocean governance and the law of the sea in internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals.
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The Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy (BCOLP) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing education, research, and training in ocean law and policy, with a focus on Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal region.
Through fostering original research at local, regional, and global levels, BCOLP strives to contribute to the development of sound ocean law and policy frameworks. Our vision is of an international order guided by principles of sustainability and equitable distribution of natural resources, ensuring a prosperous and harmonious future for all.
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