Anwarul Haque ( – 13 July 2017) was a

Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...

justice who served as the Chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1.

Education

Haque completed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Dhaka Government Muslim High School and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) from

Notre Dame College, Dhaka Notre Dame College, Dhaka ( bn, নটর ডেম কলেজ, ঢাকা), also known as NDC, is a Catholic higher secondary school (in the Indian subcontinent, as in the United Kingdom, higher secondary schools comprising the 11th and 12 ...

. He completed his bachelor's in law from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

Haque started practicing law in 1980. On 1 December 1981, he joined the judicial service as an Assistant Judge and later became a District and Sessions Judge in 1997. He was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division of

on 12 December 2010, and was appointed Judge of the same Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 10 December 2012. On 15 September 2015, Haque was appointed as the chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1. Prior to his appointment as the chairman, he worked as a member of the same tribunal since 25 March 2012. Haque was the head of the Governing Board of the

SAARC The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, ...

Arbitration Council and was a member of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel since 1988.

Personal life and health

Haque was married to Alatunnesa. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in January 2017 and took treatment in Bangladesh and Singapore. He was admitted to

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1965. The university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees. History Est ...

on 5 July and died on 13 July.

References

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