Publications, Research and Projects
Dr Md Shamim Alam has used his years of expertise and knowledge to work on a range of publications and works of research to display his strength in the field. His research capacity, publications and international Pro-bono work contribute to the wide range of situations he is able to work with and reach expected outcomes. The information listed below are some major examples of work Shamim has been working on overtime.
Research Capacity and Publications
• Alam S: ‘Provident Funds in Bangladesh: A legal framework for Developing Countries’, 12 Australian Journal of Asian Law, 2011 (University of Melbourne). See also: <http://www.lawapps.law.unimelb.edu.au/db/ajal.index.cmf >
• Alam, S and Nicoll, G “The Foundation Stones for a Private Pension Fund in Bangladesh” Australian Journal of Asian Law, Vol. 17, No. 2, article 5, 2016 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2938854
• Alam S and Nicoll G: ‘The Conceptual Framework for a Private Pension fund in Bangladesh’, submitted to the AJAL, now attending to reviewers suggested amendments for publication.
• Alam S: Working currently to publish my SJD thesis through University of Melbourne Press
• A criminal matter in which I acted successfully was reported in The Canberra Times by Ms. Jenna Hand (Court Reporter) on Saturday, September 26, 2009.
• Remunerated research undertaken for the Australian Immigration Department on the Evaluation of the e-Visa Usability, 2010.
International Pro-bono work
• Presented international seminar and advice on pension fund law provided to the Mankiganj Bar Association in Bangladesh (17 May 2014 – 26 May 2014), funded to $10,000 by the Australian Attorney General’s Department, supported and publicized by the Centre for Asia Pacific Pro-bono (CAPPB) at the Law Council of Australia:
See Summary of Report: ‘Facilitating welfare and human rights in Bangladesh’
• In 2014: Presentations on a research project conducted by the School of Law of the University of Canberra into pension funds and proposed private fund to senior Ministers, Departmental Secretaries, Academics at Dhaka University and the Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.
• From 2009- 2012, undertaken wide range of comparative research for the Bangladeshi Cabinet Law Minister in establishing the War Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh, responding to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the Guidelines of the European Human Rights Commission, subsequently appointed a member of the International War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)