About
Meher Nigar has been serving as a faculty in the Department of Law, Premier University, Chattogram, since April, 2008. Before that she worked as Foreign Visiting Researcher (Separation of Judiciary: Comparative Study), at University of the Ryukyus, Japan for one year. She has also contributed a chapter named ‘Political Subordination of Khasi Community’, in the book ‘Combating the Khasi Uprooting: Humanity Cries’. She has been awarded MPhil Degree in 2017 from University of Chittagong. At present, she is pursuing PhD on interrelation between gender-based violence, women empowerment and law.
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Premier University, Chittagong, Since September 2012 to Present.
- Lecturer, Department of Law, Premier University, Chittagong, from April 2008 to September 2012.
- Foreign Visiting Researcher, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, from December 2007 to April, 2008
- Assistant Examinations Services Officer, British Council, Chattogram, Bangladesh, July 2006-March 2007.
Qualification
- PhD Fellow, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- MPhil (Awarded), 2017; University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- LL.M. (Master of Laws), (2002); University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- LL.B. (Honours)(Bachelor of Laws), (2001); University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Research
At Doctoral Program, research topic is “Revisiting the Legal Regim Addressing the Challenges of Women Empowerment: A Study in Perspective of Gender-based Violence in Bangladesh”.
Research undertaken on “Liability Regime in Environmental Law: National and International Perspectives’ as fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Philosophy.
- Nigar, M. (2022). Towards an International Criminal Law Regime. The Chittagong University Journal of Law, (Accepted).
- Nigar, M. (2018). Revisiting the International Civil Liability Regime for Transboundary Pollution by Nuclear, Oil and Hazardous waste. Sri Lanka Journal of International Law, 26, 53-77.
- Nigar, M. (2017). Environmental liability and global commons: a critical study. The International Journal of Law and Management, 60 (2), 435-451.
- Nigar, M. (2016). Right to Information (RTI) in Bangladesh: Looking Within and Beyond. Indian Journal of Law and Justice, 7, 124-139.
- Nigar, M. (2016). Liability Regime under Environmental Laws of Bangladesh: a Critical Review. Premier Critical Perspectives, 2(1), 135-152.
- Nigar, M. (2015). Fatwa violence against women in Bangladesh: A socio-legal approach. The Chittagong University Journal of Law, XX, 03-118.
- Nigar, M. and Urmi, H.N. (2009). Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation in Administrative Law: A Bangladesh Perspective. The Chittagong University Journal of Law, 14, 50-70.
Certification
- Teachers Training Certificate on ‘International Humanitarian Law’. Jointly organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); held on 3rd – 5th July, 2012.
- ‘Bar Vocational Training’, conducted by the Legal Education and Training Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh; held on 17th March - 28th April, 2005.
- Certificate of Bangladesh Bar Council for practicing as an advocate in Chittagong District Bar.
- Certificate of participation in 4th Human Rights Summer School, Bangladesh, organized by ELCOP, 2003.
Area of Interests
Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Women rights, Women empowerment.