Year: 2015

  1. Genocide and Justice Studies

Memorialization and Art Forms in Confronting Genocide: An Interview with Amy Fagin

Amy Fagin is a U.S. based visual artist who is specializing in the traditional art form of manuscript illumination. Her body of work includes a powerful post-modern contribution to the materials, techniques and theory used in manuscript illumination as a reinterpreted art form for contemporary consideration. She is the creator of Beyond Genocide, an emerging series […]
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  1. Book Review

Book Review: ‘Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment from Vessels: The Potential and Limits of the International Maritime Organisation,’ by Saiful Karim

The book under review is a recent contribution to the marine environmental law and policy by a young scholar of Bangladeshi origin, who is currently teaching at Queensland University of Technology Law School, Australia. Today, we live in an increasingly risky world in which sources of threat to our lives and livelihood reside not only […]
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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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