Mohiuddin Farooque

Mohiuddin Farooque was a lawyer, environmentalist, and founder of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association.[1] He was the litigant in the landmark cases, Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1995), dealing with public interest litigation, and Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1996), dealing with environmental protection.[2][3][4][5]

Early life

Farooque completed his bachelor's and master's in law at the University of Dhaka.[6][7] He was born on 25 June 1954 in Gopalganj District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[8] His father was Hemayet Ahmed, and his mother was Anwara Ahmed.[8] He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 1985.[8]

Career

In 1993, Farooque established the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association.[9]

Farooque was the plaintiff in the landmark Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1995), which established public interest litigation in Bangladesh.[10][11] His next case, Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1996), was the first time a court in Bangladesh recognized environmental protection.[10][12] Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Bangladesh 55 DLR (2003) was another landmark legal case.[13]

Bibliography

  • International Rivers: Rights of Riparian State[14]

Personal life

Farooque was married to Salima Farooque, and they had two children.[6] His son, Issa Nibras Farooque, is a Canadian musician who created the Farooque Bhai Project named after him.[15]

Death

Farooque died on 2 December 1997 at the National University Hospital, Singapore.[8] He had a fungal infection of the lungs.[6] Syeda Rizwana Hasan succeeded him as the chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association.[16] He was buried at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tang Prize | Laureates | Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA)". www.tang-prize.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Human Rights Council recognises the right to healthy environment". The Daily Star. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Right to Environment v. Development". The Daily Star. 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  4. ↑ "My Lord, we beg you to act". The Daily Star. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  5. ↑ "To prevent air pollution". The Daily Star. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Life Sketch" (PDF). Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Editorial" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Founder of BELA". BELA -. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  9. ↑ "About Us". BELA -. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  10. 1 2 "Landmark environmental law verdicts". The Daily Star. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  11. ↑ "Shoddy information on packets of tobacco products". The Daily Star. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  12. ↑ "Constitutional borrowing and transplants". The Daily Star. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  13. ↑ "Towards a rights-based approach to healthcare". The Daily Star. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  14. ↑ Fauchald, Ole Kristian (2011-01-07). Yearbook of International Environmental Law: Volume 20 2009. Oxford University Press. p. 887. ISBN 978-0-19-960882-9.
  15. ↑ "'Farooque Bhai Project' to drop new EP this summer". The Business Standard. 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  16. ↑ "A Guardian of People's Rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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