Sara Hossain

Sara Hossain
সারা হোসেন
Hossain in 2016
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
OccupationLawyer
SpouseDavid Bergman
Parents

Sara Hossain is a Bangladeshi lawyer. She is a barrister in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is the honorary executive director of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), a major legal aid provider. She has been at the forefront of advocating for women's rights in Bangladeshi courts and played a key role in drafting legal reforms to protect women. She was the plaintiff's lawyer in the landmark case of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLW) v. Bangladesh, in which the Supreme Court supported the judicial practice of referring to international human rights law in the absence of domestic legislation.[1] She is known for her role in challenging fatwa violence when a fatwa is issued to mete out punishment to women and girls.[2] She co-edited 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women with Lynn Welchman.

Hossain was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2016 by the United States Secretary of State.[3]

Early life and family

Sara Hossain is the eldest daughter of the statesman Kamal Hossain and the human rights advocate Hameeda Hossain.[4][5][6][7] Her father's family is part of a Bengali Muslim zamindar family of Shayestabad in Barisal which claims descent from Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam.[8] Her mother's family is from Sindh, Pakistan.

Education and work

Hossain completed her Bachelor of Art and Master of Arts in Law (jurisprudence) from Wadham College, Oxford in 1988. She was then called to the Bar at Middle Temple.[9] She enrolled in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1992 and went on to Appellate Division in 2008. Hossain also worked as a Legal Officer with INTERIGHTS for the South Asia division from 1997 to 2003. She was involved in supporting human rights litigation before national and international courts including the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Committee on the use of international and comparative human rights law. She also worked on a multi-country study on honour crimes with the Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at SOAS.[10] Currently, Hossain is a partner in the law firm Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates.[9]

In July 2018, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Hossain to co-chair (alongside David Crane and Kaari Betty Murungi) a three-person Commission of Inquiry into the killing of at least 140 Palestinians by the Israeli army.[11] In 2022, she was appointed as the chair of the UN fact finding mission on violence against women during the 2022 Iran protests.[12]

Organisations

Apart from BLAST, Hossain is a member of the Executive Committee of the Dhaka-based human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra. Formerly, she was a board member of the South Asia Women's Fund (SAWF). Hossain has also served as a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). She is currently a member of the Human Rights Committee of the International Law Association (ILA) and the Advisory Committee of the Women's International Coalition on Gender Justice (WICG), Hossain is a well-known figure in the international human rights arena.

Awards and achievements

In 2016, Hossain was awarded the International Women of Courage Award by US Secretary of State, John Kerry for "empowering women and girls and for giving voice to the voiceless in Bangladesh through your relentless legal advocacy."[13] Hossain was also named "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in 2008[14] and as "Asia 21 Fellow" by Asia Society, New York, USA in 2007.[15] She received the Anannya Top Ten Awards in 2005 as well as the Human Rights Lawyer Award by The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (now Human Rights First).

Personal life

Sara is married to British human rights activist David Bergman[4][16][17] who is an investigative journalist known for his reportage on war crimes committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[18]

Publications

Books and reports

  • Handbook on Legal Remedies for Forced Marriage (2014)
  • Bangladesh UPR Forum’s Submission to the Human Rights Council[19] (2009)
  • Human Rights in Bangladesh (2006-08)
  • Hossain, Sara; Welchman, Lynn, eds. (2005). 'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-84277-627-8.
  • Rights in Search of Remedies: Public Interest Litigation in South Asia[20] with Shahdeen Malik and Bushra Musa (1996)

The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace (2003)

Articles

  • ‘Wayward Girls and Well Wisher Parents: Habeas Corpus, Women’s Rights and the Bangladesh Courts’, in Forced Marriage (2010)
  • ‘Confronting Constitutional Curtailments: Attempts to Rebuild Independence of the Judiciary in Bangladesh’ in Handbook of Politics in South Asia (2010)
  • ‘South Asia’ with Iain Byrne in Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law (2008)
  • 'The Right to Marry' in Men’s Laws, Women’s Lives (2005)
  • 'Apostates, Ahmadis and Advocates : Uses and Abuses of Offences against Religion' in Warning Signs of Fundamentalism (2004-5)
  • 'Abduction and Forced Marriage: Rights and Remedies in Bangladesh and Pakistan' with Suzanne E. Turner, in International Family Law (2001)
  • 'Women's Reproductive Rights and the Politics of Fundamentalism: A View From Bangladesh' with Sajeda Amin, American University Law Review (1995)
  • 'Equality and Personal Laws in South Asia' in Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives (1994)

References

  1. ^ "BNWLA v. Govt. of Bangladesh & Ors" (PDF). Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust.
  2. ^ Pelham, Lipika (2015-12-18). "Bangladeshi lawyer takes aim at sexual violence by religious edict". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  3. ^ "Sara Hossain wins 'Int'l Women of Courage Award'". The Daily Star. 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Nurul Kabir to continue his defence on Dec 20". BDNews24. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  5. ^ Bergman, David (15 February 2013). "My response to Tahmina Anam's article on 'Shahbag', 1971 war crimes trials in Bangladesh, and demands for hangings". Bangladesh Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  6. ^ Anwar Parvez Halim (12 June 2011). "Sons and daughters of political parents". All Voices. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  7. ^ "Two decades of Gono Forum". Probe News. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "শায়েস্তাবাদের জমিদার পরিবার" [The zamindar family of Shayestabad]. বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of the Barisal Division] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
  9. ^ a b Administrator. "Sara Hossain". www.khossain.com.
  10. ^ "About The Honour Crimes Project: CIMEL: SOAS". www.soas.ac.uk.
  11. ^ "U.N. picks American to lead investigation into Gaza protest killings". Reuters. 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  12. ^ "Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran". United National Human Rights Council.
  13. ^ Kerry, John (March 29, 2016). "Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony". www.state.gov.
  14. ^ "World Economic Forum - Home" (PDF). www3.weforum.org.
  15. ^ "Asia 21 Fellows, Class of 2008". Asia Society. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  16. ^ "Yunus verdict today". The Daily Star. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  17. ^ Bergman, David (15 February 2013). "My response to Tahmina Anam's article on 'Shahbag', 1971 war crimes trials in Bangladesh, and demands for hangings". Bangladesh Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  18. ^ "Rejoinder to 'SQ's relatives unperturbed'". bdnews24. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  19. ^ Hossain, Sara (2009-01-01). Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Bangladesh: Compilation of Reports. Human Rights Forum on Universal Periodic Review, Bangladesh.
  20. ^ Hossain, Sara; Malik, Shahdeen; Musa, Bushra (1997-01-01). Public Interest Litigation in South Asia: Rights in Search of Remedies. University Press. ISBN 9789840513918.

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