Rate My Professor Sushmita Choudhury

Sushmita Choudhury serves as an Associate Lecturer in Law at the School of Law and Justice, University of Newcastle, Australia. She earned her LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and completed a Master of Laws at the University of Newcastle. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Law, supervised by Associate Professor Kevin Sobel-Read and Dr. Marie Hadley. Her doctoral thesis investigates Farmers' Rights in Bangladesh under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime, analyzing how the commercialization of agriculture affects traditional farming practices and farmers' access to seeds protected by IPRs for commercial breeders. Choudhury's research experience extends to human rights, refugee law, climate change displacement, and enclave populations between Bangladesh and India. She was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Higher Degree by Research Training Program Scholarship in 2020 and was a finalist in the University of Newcastle's Three Minute Thesis competition in 2021.

Choudhury has an extensive publication record highlighting her expertise in international human rights and environmental issues. Key works include the peer-reviewed article 'Trapped in Statelessness: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh,' published in 2017 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, which has garnered 320 citations. She co-authored the book 'Gray Image of Humanity in the Enclaves Zone' (2013, National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh), recognized by UNHCR as a reference on statelessness in Bangladesh, and authored 'The Way Forward to Fair and Equitable Share of Water in the Light of International River Law' (2017, Palal Publications). Other contributions encompass book reviews such as 'The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and Its Prospects' by Benoît Mayer (2017, CCLR) and 'Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights: Milestones to Equality' (2016, Dhaka University Law Journal), as well as 'World Health Organization, Should We See It in a New Light?' (2016, Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers' Association). Prior to her academic roles, she worked as a Human Rights Program Specialist with Relief International USA, supporting victims of human trafficking in Bangladesh, and was selected for the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program as a young human rights leader. At the University of Newcastle, she teaches in courses including LEGL1001 and LAWS1021 Torts II.