Shamsul Bari

Shamsul Bari is the Chairman of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh and a former director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[1] He is the vice chairman of Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust.[2]

Career

Bari worked as a lawyer in Bangladesh.[3] He also taught at the Universities of Chicago.[3] Bari served at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for 20 years.[4] In 1985, he was the Chief of the General Legal Section of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[5] In 1989, Bari was the deputy director of the Division of Refugee Law & Doctrine of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[6]

He founded Research Initiatives, Bangladesh in 2002.[7] from 2002 to 2009, he served in the Netherlands Development Assistance Research Council ( RAWOO) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands).[7] He is a director of Legal Action Worldwide.[7]

In 2008, he was appointed the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia.[4] In January 2010, he issued a warning for Puntland and Somalia.[8][9] He co-chaired the Transparency Advisory Group which was established in 2011.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Shamsul Bari". The Daily Star. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  2. ^ "Board of Trustees". BLAST. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  3. ^ a b "Asian Studies Center :: Events". asia.isp.msu.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. ^ a b "Human Rights in Practice: Dr. Shamsul Bari | University of Minnesota Law School". law.umn.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  5. ^ "Voluntary Repatriation EC/SCP/41". UNHCR. 1 August 1985. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Solution to the Refugee Problem and the Protection of Refugees EC/SCP/55". UNHCR. 23 August 1989. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Conference Keynote Speakers and Panelists || 18th International Entrepreneurship Conference". ieforums.org. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  8. ^ "The UN Independent Expert on Somalia, Dr. Shamsul Bari, issues a strong warning on the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in the country". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Chronology of Events". UNPOS. Retrieved 2023-11-28.