Shahnaz Huda
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Shahnaz Huda is a law professor at the University of Dhaka.[1][2][3] She is the former chairman of the Department of Law of the University of Dhaka.[4] She is a member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhmmad Yunus led interim government of Bangladesh.[5]
Early life and education
Huda graduated from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in 1978 and Holy Cross College, Dhaka in 1980.[5] She finished her bachelors and masters in law at the University of Dhaka in 1984 and 1985 respectively.[5] She earned her PhD in 1996 at the University of East London.[6] Her thesis was “Born to be Wed: Bangladeshi Women and the Formation of the Muslim Marriage Contract”.[5] She completed her post-doctoral research at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.[6]
Career
Huda joined the law faculty of the University of Dhaka in 1989.[6]
In 2011, Huda published Combating Gender Injustice: Hindu Law in Bangladesh, a textbook for law schools in Bangladesh.[6] She is the Director of the Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS).[7] She recommend banning Fatwa.[8] In 2012, she signed a statement calling the government of Bangladesh to leave Grameen Bank alone.[9] She signed a statement critical of a High Court Division order that called for sedition charges against Asif Nazrul over comments he made on a television channel where he warned another 1/11 situation might happen due to the political crisis in the country.[10]
According to Huda in 2015, Bangladeshi law does not allow Muslims to adopt children only Hindu males are allowed to adopt.[11] She presided over a symposium organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs on "Revisiting Divorce and other Related Issues" in 2016.[12] She signed a statement calling for withdrawal of cases against Mahfuz Anam, editor of The Daily Star.[13]
In 2019, Huda condemned the Murder of Abrar Fahad as an attack on free speech.[14] In 2021, she signed a statement calling for the release of Rozina Islam.[15] She is an executive member of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik.[16] She called on the government to allow former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to travel abroad for medical treatment.[17] In 2022, she called on the government to renew registration of Odhikar.[18] In January and February 2024, she protested attempts to harass Muhmmad Yunus by the government of Bangladesh.[19][20] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, she was appointed member of the Police Reform Commission.[21]
Bibliography
- Revisiting Personal Laws in Bangladesh: Proposals for Reform (co-editors Faustina Pereira and Sara Hossain)[22]