Md. Kamruzzaman Jahad

Md. Kamruzzaman Jahad is an LL.B. candidate at Feni University and a Legal Research Assistant at the Bangladesh Society of International Law. His research interests span public international law, global peace and security, sustainability, and climate and environmental justice, alongside cultural heritage and emerging technologies. Originally from coastal Noakhali, he examines how legal frameworks address environmental vulnerability, displacement, structural inequality, and the rights of marginalised communities. His work also explores questions of power, legal pluralism, and international governance.

He was selected for the CBS Research Fellowship 2026 as lead author of research examining Mangalkavya as a source of unwritten “living law” in pre-colonial Bengal. He is a Youth Climate Negotiators Fellow with Youth for NDCs and UNICEF Bangladesh, selected for the COP31 youth-negotiation pathway in Türkiye. As a Peace Champions Fellow under Project PAHELA, implemented by SURGE Bangladesh and the Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, he engages with interfaith and interethnic harmony through research and community dialogue.

His publications include co-authored commentary on the BBNJ Agreement and high-seas biodiversity. His forthcoming work includes “Two Lunar Orders: Bilateralism, Legal Pluralism, and the Contested Future of Outer Space Governance,” for the POLIscope Institute and The Security Distillery’s special issue on “Power and Contestation in Global Peace and Security,” and a co-authored chapter on nanotoxicity regulation and safety standards in Dhaka’s informal waste economy, to appear in a CRC Press/Taylor & Francis volume. His research has been selected for presentation at conferences in Bangladesh and abroad, including a fully funded selection for ICIMOD’s cryospheric sciences conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, examining cryospheric change and renewal of the Ganges Treaty.

His team represented Bangladesh as the country’s sole representative at the Asia Cup International Law Moot Court Competition 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, receiving the Second Best Memorial Award. His team also received the Best Memorial Award at the Bangladesh Qualifying Rounds of the 30th Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition.

Role at BSIL

Joined BSIL as a Legal Research Intern in August 2025; became a Legal Research Assistant in September 2026, under the Bangladesh Center for International Law (BCIL).

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Publications and Forthcoming Work

• Miraj Hosen and Md. Kamruzzaman Jahad, ‘The BBNJ Objection Loophole: Ensuring Article 23 Protects the High Seas, Not the Exploiters’ (Bangladesh Blog of International Law, 11 May 2026). Read here
• Md. Kamruzzaman Jahad, ‘Two Lunar Orders: Bilateralism, Legal Pluralism, and the Contested Future of Outer Space Governance’, POLIscope Institute and The Security Distillery, special issue on ‘Power and Contestation in Global Peace and Security’ [Forthcoming].
• Mahbuba Kamal, Md. Kamruzzaman Jahad and Miraj Hosen, ‘Frameworks and Policies for Nanotoxicity: Legal Insights and Safety Standards in Dhaka’s Informal Waste Economy’, book chapter (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis) [Forthcoming].