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. 1 2 "Asian Studies Center :: Events". asia.isp.msu.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  4. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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