Mohiuddin Farooque was a lawyer, environmentalist, and founder of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. [1] He was the litigant in the landmark cases, Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1995), dealing with public interest litigation, and Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1996), dealing with environmental protection. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Farooque completed his bachelor's and master's in law at the University of Dhaka. [6] [7] He was born on 25 June 1954 in Gopalganj District, East Bengal, Pakistan. [8] His father was Hemayet Ahmed, and his mother was Anwara Ahmed. [8] He completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 1985. [8]
In 1993, Farooque established the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. [9]
Farooque was the plaintiff in the landmark Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1995), which established public interest litigation in Bangladesh. [10] [11] His next case, Mohiuddin Farooque v Bangladesh (1996), was the first time a court in Bangladesh recognized environmental protection. [10] [12] Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Bangladesh 55 DLR (2003) was another landmark legal case. [13]
Farooque was married to Salima Farooque, and they had two children. [6] His son, Issa Nibras Farooque, is a Canadian musician who created the Farooque Bhai Project named after him. [15]
Farooque died on 2 December 1997 at the National University Hospital, Singapore. [8] He had a fungal infection of the lungs. [6] Syeda Rizwana Hasan succeeded him as the chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association. [16] He was buried at the Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard. [6]