Nusrat Sharmin is serving as a Joint District and Sessions Judge of the Bangladesh Judicial Service. She completed her LL.B.(Honours) from BRAC University, Bangladesh, with high distinction. Later, she obtained a Master of Health and Medical Law from the University of Melbourne, graduating with first-class honours (H1). She is also an Australia Awards Scholar.
She has over a decade of judicial experience in the Bangladesh Judiciary, having served in a range of roles, including Civil Judge, Judicial Magistrate, District Legal Aid Officer, and Publication and Research Officer at the Judicial Administration Training Institute. She has a research interest in human rights, health law, bioethics, and patient safety. She has published 2 articles in national and international journals. Her most recent article, Reimagining Legal Accountability in Bangladesh’s Healthcare: a Normative and Legislative Case for Open Disclosure, was published in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies (Brill) (https://doi.org/10.1163/27715086-20260024). She can be reached at nusratsharmin2000@yahoo.com.
