Muhammad Tanvir Hashem Munim

Overview

Tanvir's research focuses on the role of history in International Criminal Court (ICC) cases. Tanvir is a practising barrister in England and Wales (Call: 2009, Lincoln's Inn) and an advocate of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Before joining City, he has been practising as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh since 2013 and of the lower courts of Bangladesh since 2010. He has acted as a defence counsel in a number of international crimes cases before the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh (ICT-BD). 

Tanvir is the first Bangladeshi listed counsel of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague having full right of audience with eligibility to represent suspects/accused or victims before the court. He was also a listed counsel of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN-IRMCT) at the Hague. He is a member of the International Criminal Court Bar Association, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, Chittagong District Bar Association and Chittagong Income Taxes Bar Association. Tanvir specialises in International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Advocacy, Professional Ethics and Judicial Review. 

Tanvir passed his LLB from the University of London. He holds a PGDL in professional legal skills from the City, University of London. He passed his LLM in Legal Practice with distinction from the Nottingham Trent University. The topic of his dissertation was Universal Jurisdiction and the International Criminal Court. His dissertation in the form of an article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Rights and Justice of the Nottingham Trent University – a peer reviewed journal.

Tanvir taught University of London’s undergraduate law subjects extensively at different institutions both in the UK and Bangladesh as a guest/adjunct faculty for nearly 10 (ten) years. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. He taught extensively on the Bar Programme part time at the University of Hertfordshire with module leadership for Professional Ethics and teaching responsibilities for Criminal Litigation and Criminal Advocacy. At present he is teaching full time as a senior lecturer on the Bar Programme at University of the West of England - Bristol with module leadership for Advanced Criminal Law and teaching responsibilities for Professional Ethics, Criminal Litigation, Criminal Advocacy and Conferencing. He is also a member of the UWE Bristol Research in Public International Law (RIPIL) group. 

Tanvir's PhD is being supervised by Dr Aldo Zammit-Borda and Dr Jessica Corsi.

Qualifications

• Fellow (FHEA), Advance HE, October 2023
• LLM in Legal Practice (with Distinction), Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, 2018 - September 2020
• PGDL Professional Legal Skills, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2008 - August 2009
• LLB, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2005 - August 2007
• Diploma in Law, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2004 - August 2005

Postgraduate training

• Bar Vocational Course, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom, September 2008 - August 2009

Employment

• Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England - Bristol (UWE-Bristol), United Kingdom, June 2026 - present
• Lecturer, University of the West of England - Bristol (UWE-Bristol), United Kingdom, April 2025 - May 2026
• Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, January 2023 - November 2025
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2023 - present
• Lecturer in Law (Adjunct Faculty), Cambridge Business and Law Academy, Bangladesh, March 2015 - December 2016
• Lecturer in Law (Part Time), London Trinity College, United Kingdom, February 2009 - February 2010

Memberships of professional organisations

• Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Appellate Division), September 2023 - present
• Counsel, International Criminal Court, February 2021 - present
• Counsel, United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, January 2020 - November 2023
• Member, Association of Defence Counsels - International Criminal Tribunals, January 2020 - October 2023
• Associate Fellow, Society of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, November 2019 - present
• Member, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, October 2014 - present
• Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (High Court Division), August 2013 - present
• Member, Chittagong Taxes Bar Association, March 2011 - present
• Member, Chittagong District Bar Association, January 2011 - present
• Advocate, Bangladesh Bar Council, December 2010 - present
• Barrister, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, November 2009 - present

Languages

Arabic (can read, write, speak, understand spoken), Bengali (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), Hindi (can read, write, speak, understand spoken) and Urdu (can read, write, speak, understand spoken)

Title of thesis: How different stakeholders have approached history in cases before the ICC?

September 2022 - August 2026

Summary of research

The objective of my research project is to find out how different stakeholders have engaged with history in cases before the ICC, to investigate their strategic motivations behind using or introducing history and the implications of such use.

Research students

1^stsupervisor

• Professor Aldo Zammit Borda, Professor

2^ndsupervisor

• Dr Andrew Wolman, Senior Lecturer - Education and Research
• Dr Jessica Corsi, Senior Lecturer

Featured publications

1. Hashem Munim, M.T. (2022). Universal Jurisdiction and The International Criminal Court (ICC): A Pragmatic and Holistic Approach to the Consideration and Application of Universal Jurisdiction by the ICC. Journal of Rights and Justice, 3(2022)

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