decades. He has been conducting Human Rights Summer School (HRSS), an initiative towards human rights education in favour of the rights of the poor and marginalized people since 2000. This initiative has gained popularity around the world and students from India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan and Canada are participating in the course. Dr. Rahman also initiated the Community Law Reform (CLR) program which has helped to widen legal education outside the classroom. He contextualized the idea of 'Street Law' in Bangladesh which is practiced in over 70 countries of the world. These initiatives have made Dr. Rahman a great organizer. He also established a nonprofit voluntary organization named Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) in 2000 and served as its Honorary Executive Director before being appointed to the present position. Recently Dr. Rahman has been awarded the 'Professor N.R. Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award 2010, which is considered to be the most prestigious law teacher award in the SAARC region. He is a lifetime member of a number of organizations like the Bangla Academy, the Asiatic Society, the Legal Education and Training Institute (LETI), the Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE), the Old Rajshahi Cadets' Associations (ORCA) etc. Dr. Rahman has been a consultant to a wide range of national and international organizations including the Government of Bangladesh, The World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, Ford Foundation (USA), Soros Foundation (USA). Save the Children, NORAD, European Commission, IOM etc. He has received a number of awards in recognition to his expertise in Law and Legal Education. He has travelled to numerous countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas as an invited guest speaker. Dr. Rahman is also a renowned researcher. He is the author of 8 research monographs and more than 75 research articles. He has edited more than 18 books on Law, Human Rights, Legal Education and Governance and sits on the Editorial Board in a number of reputed scholarly journals at home and abroad. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT, 2012 61