Shahdeen Malik

Dr. Shahdeen Malik was born in Saruala village of Biswanath Upazila under Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Malik's father, Abdul Malik Chowdhury, was the chief conservatory officer of the Forest Department.{{Cite web |date=2015-03-14 |title=Obituary |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/obituary-71529 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} Malik obtained LL.B (pass) degree from University of Dhaka. Later, He completed his master's in law at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in 1979.{{Cite web |title=Dr Shahdeen Malik {{!}} CPD |url=https://cpd.org.bd/board-of-trustees/dr-shahdeen-malik-2/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) |language=en-US}} He obtained another LL.M degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. He completed his PhD at SOAS, University of London in 1994.

Shahdeen Malik is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and head of chambers of a law firm named Ergo Legal Counsel. Shahdeen Malik’s practice spans over two decades in the Supreme Court and the district court where he was enrolled in 2000 and 1996 respectively. Malik started his practice at Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2003.Before entering law profession, Malik joined the University of Dhaka in 1980 as a lecturer.

Malik joined Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust in 1990. He wrote a book named Public Interest Litigation in South Asia - Rights in Search of Remedies in 1997.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37579439 |title=Public interest litigation in South Asia : rights in search of remedies |date=1997 |publisher=University Press |others=Sara Hossain, Shahdeen Malik, Bushra Musa |isbn=984-05-1391-5 |location=Dhaka |oclc=37579439}}

Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of BRAC University.

From 2010 to 2019, Malik served at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs as an honorary director.{{Cite web |title=DEPARTMENT OF LAW » Dr. Shahdeen Malik |url=https://gonouniversity.edu.bd/law/teacher/dr-shahdeen-malik/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |language=en}} He criticised the Fifteen Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which abolished the caretaker government on 19 July after praising it on 10 July 2011.{{Cite web |date=2011-07-19 |title='Despicable offence' committed |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-194779 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-07-10 |title='Spirit of liberation reflected' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-193609 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} In 2013, he was the lawyer of the Bangladesh Election Commission.{{Cite news |date=2013-08-01 |title=Bangladesh high court restricts Islamist party Jamaat |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23531826 |access-date=2022-11-26}}

Malik is a trustee board member of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. He is a member of the governing body of the ActionAid Bangladesh, and the Refugee and Migratory Movement Research Unit. He is an independent director of Pubali Bank Limited.{{Cite web |title=Pubali Bank Limited |url=https://www.pubalibangla.com/bod11.asp |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=www.pubalibangla.com}} He is an adjunct professor at Gono University.

In February 2022, Malik withdrew his name from consideration for the next election commissioner of Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-15 |title=Shahdeen Malik withdraws name from EC candidates' list |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/shahdeen-malik-withdraws-name-ec-candidates-list-371260 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}} He described the speech by the minister of law, Anisul Huq, in Geneva defending the human rights record of the government as embarrassing.{{Cite web |title=Law minister's speech in Geneva embarrasses us: Shahdeen Malik |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/Rights-activists-see-no-protection-against-torture |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}

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