Department of Law and Human Rights - University of Asia Pacific

Education

Post Graduate Diploma:

Institution of Federalism of the University of Fribourg, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Passing Year: September, 2014
Result: Legitimate

Master of Laws-LLM

Department of Law, University of Dhaka

Passing Year: 2005
Result: 1st Class

Bachelor of Laws-LLB (Honours)

Department of Law, University of Dhaka

Passing Year: 2004
Result: 2nd Class

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor

Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific

01 November, 2012-to Date

Lecturer

Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific

6 April, 2009-31 October, 2012

Academic Administration

Head of the Department : Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh - (10th July, 2016 to 3rd October, 2017)
Assistant Proctor : UAP

Professional Affiliation

Professional work Experience

2nd March, 2008 to 5th April, 2009: Law Executive/Taxation, Legal and Company affairs/Finance, Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (Citycell) [Pacific Center”14 Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka-1212.]
13th December, 2005 to till 1st January, 2008: Advocate, Law and Equity in association with Hassan & Associates [TajCasilina Suit # 4E (3rd floor), House # SW (1) 4, 25, Gulshan-1, Dhaka]

Research Interests

Consumer Rights

Human Rights Law

Gender and development related Issues

Government and Politics

Research and Publication

Gender and Awareness of Laws on Intimate Partner Violence: A Study Among Bengali, Garo, and Santal Ethnic Communities in Rural Bangladesh

Author: R Karim, N Wahab, D Hossain, K Swahnberg | Year: 2022 | Journal: Journal of interpersonal violence, Volume 38, Issue 1-2

Eradicating of Domestic Violence against women: a Comparative Study on Legal Framework between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Author: VS Nazia Wahab | Year: November 2020 | Journal: High Technology Letters, Volume 26, Issue 11

An Evaluation: How far are the Rights of Women Prisoners Protected under Bangladeshi laws?

Author: Nazia Wahab | Year: January 2020 | Journal: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF LEGAL STUDIES , Volume 06, Issue: 1/2020, Pages: 1-15

Online Shopping and Consumer Rights Protection within Bangladesh: A Review of Current Laws and Regulations

Author: Nazia Wahab | Year: September 2018 | Journal: South Asian Law Review Journa, Volume 04, Issue: 2, Pages: 263-271

ADULTERATED FOOD INDUCED FEMALE INFERTILITY IN BANGLADESH: A HINDRANCE TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDGS)

Author: Nazia Wahab, Farhana Sultana | Year: October 2017 | Journal: Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities, Volume 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 12-28

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN BANGLADESH : A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Author: Shahnewaj, Nazia Wahab | Year: 2017 | Journal: Jagannath University Journal of Law, Volume 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-172

Will Existing Decentralization Process of Bangladesh Demand for Federalism: Bangladesh on It’s Verge for Sustainable Development

Author: Nazia Wahab | Year: October 2015 | Journal: Institute of Jurisprudence and International law (Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University

Book Chapter

Penal Code 1860 with Updated Case Reference and Amendments (1st edn, Law Book Company 2013)

Mir Shamsur Rahman and Nazia Wahab | Year: 2013 | Law Book Company

News Paper Article

The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010: An Appraisal

Nazia Wahab and Shahnewaj | Year: 24 May, 2017 | The Daily Sun

The ghost of ‘special circumstance’ provision

Nazia Wahab | Year: April 08, 2017 | The Daily Star

Maintenance to the parents

Nazia Wahab | Year: Feb 28, 2017 | The Daily Star

Paper Presented:

Nazia Wahab, “A Legal Analysis on Consumer Rights Protection in Bangladesh’s E-Commerce Platform under the Consumers Right Protection Act, 2009” (Digital Governance and Digital Politics in South Asia, St. Joseph's College, North Point, Darjeeling affiliated by University of North Bengal, 15th of September 2022

Nazia Wahab, “ Domestic violence, sexual harassment and cyber bullying on women during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: Challenges and the way forward” (Law Research Seminar Series, Department of Law & Human Rights, UAP, Dhaka (online platform), 10th July 2021

Nazia Wahab, “Legal framework for domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: a Critical Analysis” ("Law Research Seminar Series, Department of Law & Human Rights, UAP, Dhaka , 2021)

Nazia Wahab, “Online Shopping and Consumer Rights Protection within Bangladesh: A Review of Current Laws and Regulations” (Department of Law and Human Rights, UAP, Dhaka "Law Research Seminar Series”, 2018".

Nazia Wahab, “The impact of Environmental Pollution, Women’s Empowerment and achieving Sustainable Development Goals: South Asian Women in focus” (fifth International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences-2016), organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 10th and 11th November, 2016).

Nazia Wahab, “Women of Bangladesh Struggling against Domestic Violence: Critical Analysis of Existing Legal Framework, Gap and Scopes” (Third National Research Conference, 2014” organized by Bangladesh Peace and Development Mission, Social Science Research Council and Ministry of Planning, Government of People’s Republic Bangladesh, 6-7 June, 2014)

Conference Papers/ Workshops/ Seminars:

• Participated intensive training on Teaching, Learning and Quality Assurance, Organized by Bangladesh Agricultural University, Under HEQEP (Dated: 13-17 March, 2016)

• Participated in a day long training program titled “Workshop on Legal Research” organized by the Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific on March 25, 2014.

• Participated to 12th Advanced Training Course on Research Methodology (jointly organized by Bangladesh Peace and Development Mission (BPDM) and Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.) held from 8 November 2013 to 28 December 2013.

• Participated to Seminar on “Human Rights in Bangladesh” (Organized By: UAP Centre for Legal Studies.) held on December 10, 2011.

• Participatedto a seminar organized by Bangladesh National Women’s Lawyers Association (BNWLA), on the matter of Awareness Building on EVE Teasing in Bangladesh at UAP auditorium during 2010.

• Participatedto a seminar organized by Department of Law & Human Rights, UAP on the matter of “Present situation of Human Rights in Bangladesh” at UAP auditorium during 2011.