Biography

Professor Islam is currently a professor of law and the Director of Law Higher Degree Research (PhD & MPhil degrees) at Macquarie Law School. He studied Economics and Law at The University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and obtained BA Honours and MA in Economics and LLB with first class in 1975. He also obtained LLM in 1979 and PhD in 1983, both in International Law, from Monash University, Australia, under the Monash Graduate Scholarships. He has nearly 40 years of legal teaching and research experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at universities in common law jurisdictions spanning both developed and developing countries since March 1975, which in the main include nearly 29 years at Macquarie University since February 1991. Professor Islam also served as an Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Law at The University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh and Head of the Department of Law at the University of Papua New Guinea.

Professor Islam has been an active legal academic and researcher and has published extensively in his areas of teaching and research interest, mostly in public international law. His major publications include: National Trials of International Crimes in Bangladesh: Transitional Justice as Reflected in Judgments, Brill/Martinus Nijhoffs, Leyden/Boston, March 2019; International Law: Current Concepts and Future Directions, LexisNexis Australia, 2014; An Introduction to International Refugee Law, Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston, 2013; and International Trade Law of the WTO, Oxford University Press, 2006. Professor Islam is actively involved in supervising higher degree research leading to M Phil and PhD degrees. He was awarded the "Outstanding Teacher Award" by Macquarie University in 2000 for his contributions to teaching and higher degree research supervision and administration. Professor Islam is also the recipient of the Macquarie University Arts Faculty Best Higher Degree Research Supervisor Award in 2013.