M. Ehteshamul Bari

Biography

Dr M Ehteshamul Bari is a Senior Lecturer in Law and the Deputy Head (Research) of the Thomas More Law School at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining ACU, Dr Bari held full time academic positions at Macquarie University, at Deakin University where he was also the Director of Deakin JD Program, and at the University of New England. He did his PhD in Law from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia in 2015 on an International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship.

Dr Bari is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of constitutional law, human rights, Asian legal systems and public international law. His expertise was, for instance, called upon by the Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for an Experts Consultation on Elections and Enforced Disappearances at the 131s session of United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances. Dr Bari has so far published 5 books- 4 monographs and 1 edited book- with reputed academic publishers, namely, Routledge and Springer, 25 book chapters and research articles including publications in the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Wisconsin International Law Journal, George Washington International Law Review, Emory International Law Review, Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review, Michigan State International Law Review, and Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems.

Dr Bari’s research has received significant media attention. For instance, on 8 January 2024, I was interviewed by Steve Lai on BBC Newsday about the Bangladeshi general election, which was held on 7 January 2024. On 17 January 2019, the Daily Naya Diganta- a leading newspaper in Bangladesh- ran a story on his research, which has so far been liked more than 16000 times and shared 2713 times on Facebook. Furthermore, he was interviewed by SBS Radio on 11 August 2017, which was broadcast on 12 August 2017, and the Lawyers Weekly ran a story on his research on 28 August 2017.

Dr Bari is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, namely, the Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Executive Dean's Higher Degree Research Award for Best Publication, the Excellence in Law Award (the best paper award) for his paper, 'The Unjust Exercise of Emergency Powers in Bangladesh and Their Consequent Impact on the Fundamental Rights: A Critical Appraisal' at the International Academic Conference on Law and Politics, held in Turkey and Justice Syed Mohammad Hossain Memorial Gold Medal for securing the highest marks in Constitutional Law at the LLB Honours Examination of the University Dhaka in Bangladesh.