Department of Law
Faculty
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social SciencesAddress
A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
- LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, University of Dhaka.
- LL.B. (Hons) University of Dhaka.
Riad Mahmud currently working as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law, East West University, Bangladesh. His area of teaching is mainly Public International Law and Constitutional Law. In addition, he also supervises thesis dissertations on international law, constitutional law, international transboundary crime, and environmental law. He was the convenor of the department’s Committee on Moot from 2019 to 2021, during which the teams representing East West University achieved unprecedented success in national and international mooting competitions.
Riad Mahmud’s research focuses on comparative analysis of public law, especially laws of South Asia. He has published widely on human rights, labor rights, environmental law, transboundary crimes, and energy laws of Bangladesh. His work has been supported by the International Academy of the Belt and Road, the Learned Society of Wales, and the Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP).
Before joining the Department of Law, East West University he taught International Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Environmental Law in the Department of Law, Daffodil International University from 2015 to 2018, where he also served as the Moderator of the Daffodil Moot Court Society. He worked as an intern in the USAID and National Centre for State Court’s Justice for All (JFA) program in 2014. He also worked as a research associate in the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) in 2013.
Mr. Riad completed his LL.B. from, the nation’s pioneer and top-ranked, the Department of Law, University of Dhaka. In 2013 he also completed LL.M. from the same institution with a specialization in International and Comparative Law. As a student, he was actively involved in mooting and served the Dhaka University Moot Court Society as a General Secretary.
He is an enrolled Advocate in the Dhaka Bar Association since 2018. He is also the National Administrator of the National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition for 2021-2022.
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Institution
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Designation
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Tenure
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Department of Law,
East West University.
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Senior Lecturer
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July 2021 to Present
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Department of Law,
East West University.
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Lecturer
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September 16, 2018, to July 2021.
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Department of Law,
Daffodil International University,
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Lecturer
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September 2015 to September 2018.
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Justice for All program,
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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Intern
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December 2014 to April 2015.
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Robi Ayn Jiggasa,
Robi Axiata Limited.
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Legal Advice provider
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January 2014 to March 2014.
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Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS)
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Legal and Research associate
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November 2013 to February 2014.
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Public International Law, Laws Relating to Transboundary Crimes and Constitutional Law.
- ‘Laws Relating to Dispute Resolution Concerning Foreign Entities’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Environmental Law’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Laws Relating to Labour Management and Treatment’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Laws Relating to Construction of Infrastructure’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Monetary and Banking System and Law’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Foreign Direct Investment System in Bangladesh’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Foreign Trade System in Bangladesh’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press inDecember 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- ‘Custom System and Laws of Bangladesh’, ‘Bangladesh’, in the edited book “Essential of the Laws of the Belt and Road Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka”, published by Zhejiang University Press in December 2017, ISBN 978-7-308-17226-4.
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- “History of the Tea Gardens and Tea Workers of Bangladesh”, in the book “Story of the Tea Workers: Subsistence against Hegemony”, published by ELCOP in January 2015, Dhaka. ISBN: 978-984-33-8210-8.
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- “Marginalization of the Marginals: A Systemic Refusal of Labour Rights”, in the book “Story of the Tea Workers: Subsistence against Hegemony”, published by ELCOP in January 2015, Dhaka. ISBN: 978-984-33-8210-8.
- Mahmud Riad and Saleh Ayesha, “Energy Laws of Bangladesh: Calling for Collaboration to Treat in Amenability with the Standard of Acceptance and Application”, Journal of Governance and Innovation, Vol. V, No. 2, (2019), ISSN- 2312-5551.
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- Mahmud Riad, ‘The Legal Regime of Public Private Partnership in Bangladesh: An Overview and Analysis’, BiLD Law Journal, Vol I, No I, (2016), ISSN-L 2518-6523.
- Mahmud Riad and Hasan Ismail, ‘The legitimacy of a State’s Wilful Inaction to Prevent Illicit Transboundary Drug Trafficking: Bangladesh and Myanmar Perspective’ (Socio-Legal StudiesAssociation Virtual Conference 2021, Cardiff University, 30 March-1 April)
"The Possibility of Jute as GI Product", Law and Our Rights, The Daily Star, September 4, 2018.
- Champion, 1st Law Debate and Moot Competition 2013, organized by the LondonEastbank College.
- Winner, Prof. K.A.A. Quamruddin Memorial Best Fellowship Award, in the 13th Human Rights Summer School, 2012
- Advocate, Dhaka Judge Court, Bangladesh Bar Council.
- National Administrator, National Rounds (2022), Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition.
