Mohammad Shahabuddin, PhD, is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices (2016) and Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law (2021), and the editor of Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge, 2021). He is a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and the Japan Foundation Fellowship. Professor Shahabuddin was an Expert Panellist at the 14th and 15th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues in 2021 and 2022. He held senior academic leadership positions, including Deputy Head and Associate Dean of Birmingham Law School, and founding Head of the Department of Law & Justice at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.

• Introduction1. The July Revolution in Legal Thoughts 2. Justice and Accountability for International Crimes Committed between July 1 and August 5, 20243. Victims, Heroes, and Transitional Justice in Post-revolutionary Bangladesh: Reparation or Reward?4. Identity and Belonging Amid a Shifting Political Landscape5. The July Revolution and the Geopolitics of Bangladesh-China-India Relations6. The Impact of UN Peacekeeping on the Military’s Political Behaviour: 2007 and 2024 in Retrospect7. Internet Shutdown and the Future of Digital Sovereignty in Bangladesh8. Beyond the Rhetoric of Sustainable Development: Towards Alternative Worldviews9. Science Diplomacy in Climate Governance: Bangladesh’s Strategy for Climate Justice and the Renewed Hope after the July RevolutionConclusion

Mohammad Shahabuddin, PhD, is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices (2016) and Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law (2021), and the editor of Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge, 2021). He is a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and the Japan Foundation Fellowship. Professor Shahabuddin was an Expert Panellist at the 14th and 15th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues in 2021 and 2022. He held senior academic leadership positions, including Deputy Head and Associate Dean of Birmingham Law School, and founding Head of the Department of Law & Justice at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.

• Introduction1. The July Revolution in Legal Thoughts 2. Justice and Accountability for International Crimes Committed between July 1 and August 5, 20243. Victims, Heroes, and Transitional Justice in Post-revolutionary Bangladesh: Reparation or Reward?4. Identity and Belonging Amid a Shifting Political Landscape5. The July Revolution and the Geopolitics of Bangladesh-China-India Relations6. The Impact of UN Peacekeeping on the Military’s Political Behaviour: 2007 and 2024 in Retrospect7. Internet Shutdown and the Future of Digital Sovereignty in Bangladesh8. Beyond the Rhetoric of Sustainable Development: Towards Alternative Worldviews9. Science Diplomacy in Climate Governance: Bangladesh’s Strategy for Climate Justice and the Renewed Hope after the July RevolutionConclusion

Mohammad Shahabuddin, PhD, is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices (2016) and Minorities and the Making of Postcolonial States in International Law (2021), and the editor of Bangladesh and International Law (Routledge, 2021). He is a recipient of the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and the Japan Foundation Fellowship. Professor Shahabuddin was an Expert Panellist at the 14th and 15th sessions of the UN Human Rights Council’s Forum on Minority Issues in 2021 and 2022. He held senior academic leadership positions, including Deputy Head and Associate Dean of Birmingham Law School, and founding Head of the Department of Law & Justice at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.

• Introduction1. The July Revolution in Legal Thoughts 2. Justice and Accountability for International Crimes Committed between July 1 and August 5, 20243. Victims, Heroes, and Transitional Justice in Post-revolutionary Bangladesh: Reparation or Reward?4. Identity and Belonging Amid a Shifting Political Landscape5. The July Revolution and the Geopolitics of Bangladesh-China-India Relations6. The Impact of UN Peacekeeping on the Military’s Political Behaviour: 2007 and 2024 in Retrospect7. Internet Shutdown and the Future of Digital Sovereignty in Bangladesh8. Beyond the Rhetoric of Sustainable Development: Towards Alternative Worldviews9. Science Diplomacy in Climate Governance: Bangladesh’s Strategy for Climate Justice and the Renewed Hope after the July RevolutionConclusion