19 Facts About Sara Hossain

Sara Hossain is a barrister in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Sara Hossain is the honorary executive director of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, a major legal aid provider.

Sara Hossain 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.

Sara Hossain was the amicus curiae in the landmark case of Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association v Bangladesh, in which the Supreme Court supported the judicial practice of referring to international human rights law in the absence of domestic legislation.

Sara Hossain is known for her role in challenging fatwa violence when a fatwa is issued to mete out punishment to women and girls.

Sara Hossain co-edited Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women with Lynn Welchman.

Sara Hossain is the eldest daughter of the statesman Kamal Hossain and the human rights advocate Hameeda Hossain.

Sara Hossain completed her Bachelor of Art and Master of Arts in Law from Wadham College, Oxford in 1988.

Sara Hossain was then called to the Bar at Middle Temple.

Sara Hossain enrolled in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1992 and went on to Appellate Division in 2008.

Sara Hossain worked as a Legal Officer with INTERIGHTS for the South Asia division from 1997 to 2003.

Sara Hossain 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.

Sara Hossain worked on a multi-country study on honour crimes with the Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at SOAS.

Currently, Sara Hossain is a partner in the law firm Dr Kamal Sara Hossain and Associates.

Apart from BLAST, Sara Hossain is a member of the Executive Committee of the Dhaka-based human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra.

Sara Hossain has served as a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.

Sara Hossain is currently a member of the Human Rights Committee of the International Law Association and the Advisory Committee of the Women's International Coalition on Gender Justice, Hossain is a well-known figure in the international human rights arena.

Sara Hossain received the Anannya Top Ten Awards in 2005 as well as the Human Rights Lawyer Award by The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

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