Arafat Hosen Khan, Board of Trustees
Arafat Hosen Khan is a fully qualified English Barrister and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh with an advanced degree in law. He is a researcher and a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Law, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a Partner at the Apex Court Chambers- a leading law firm in Bangladesh. Prior to this, he was working as an associate at Dr. Kamal Hossain & Associates, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has significant experience in institutional capacity building for a range of institutions including, Department of Labour (DoL), Department of Inspections for Factories and Establishments (DIFE), criminal justice sector institutions, National Legal Aid Services Organization, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), judicial capacity building among the indigenous population, Bangladesh Parliament, and women police (Police Reform) in Bangladesh. He has 11 years of professional experience, including several assignments related to access to justice and good governance, and have excellent experience in contemporary human rights issues. He worked all over Bangladesh and have excellent experience with some of the National and International NGOs focused on access to justice and human rights in Bangladesh including, ILO, USAID, DFID, UNDP, CHRI, BLAST, ASK, Manuser Jonno Foundation, and BELA. He worked on several UNDP projects as a legal expert (National Consultant) including the Justice Sector Facility (JSF) Project, Improving Democracy through Parliamentary Development (IPD) Project and the Justice Sector Strategy Dialogue Project. He is also worked in several ILO projects as a national consultant including National Employment Injury Compensation Project, Promoting Fundamental Rights and Labour Relations in Export Oriented Industries in Bangladesh (FRLR) Project and ILO shrimp project. He worked as a National Consultant for EU- Legal & Local Governance Expert for Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh (AVCB) Phase II Evaluation cum Formulation Mission and also legal consultant for Danish Working Environment Authority, Royal Danish, Embassy, Dhaka. He also worked various public interest litigation matters relating to access to justice and protecting the rights of the poor, women, children, labour, people with disabilities and the indigenous population of Bangladesh. He is a published writer on the contemporary legal and human rights issue. He has published a books and several academic articles both nationally and internationally. He is holding an MA in Global Ethics and Human Values from the King’s College London with Chevening Scholarship awarded by FCO, UK and awarded as an O’Brien Fellows in Residence, McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.