Dr. Asif Nazrul (Md. Nazrul Islam) is an advisor to the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh. He is a law teacher, researcher, columnist, and civil society activist. Currently, he is a professor of law at the University of Dhaka. Dr. Nazrul completed his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, in 1999, and later undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at the Environmental Law Center in Bonn, Germany. He also served as a Commonwealth Fellow at SOAS in 2007. He earned his LL.B. (Honours) and LL.M. from the University of Dhaka. Dr. Nazrul has been widely published in national and international legal research journals. He is an Executive Bureau member of South Asians for Human Rights, a regional human rights organization, and a member of the International Law Association. He is also involved with other national and international organizations. Dr. Nazrul is a constitutional expert and television personality, with extensive experience as a consultant with UNDP, ADB, and other international organizations on human rights, rule of law, and environmental issues. He is also a newspaper columnist for Prothom Alo and The Daily Star. Before joining Dhaka University in 1991, he worked at Bichitra, a well-reputed newsweekly of that time. He also served as a government officer (Magistrate) for a few months. Dr. Nazrul is now well-known as a political commentator and has been interviewed by various national and international media outlets, including the BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera. In the early 1990s, he was also a well-known novelist, with nine novels and four non-fiction books published.